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Azusa

あずさ

Azusa

Profile

Gender
Unknown
Born
1992-01-01
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Light novel author
Active Years
2008-

Awards

Kodansha BOX Newcomer Award (2nd) 'Ryusui Prize' — Excellence Award
2007
Work: Switch
Category: 優秀賞
Organization: Kodansha BOX
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Switch

2009 Novel

A full-length novel written while the author was a third-year junior high school student. It was published in full in the literary magazine Pandora (Oct 2008) and released as a standalone volume by Kodansha BOX in June 2009.

YouthComing of ageIdentity

Bibliography

  • Switch (2009, Kodansha BOX)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Youthful perspectiveAccessible narration
Recurring Motifs
YouthSchool lifeGrowth

Legacy

A newcomer author who attracted attention with a debut novel written in junior high school. Notable for early award recognition and publication, though publicly available information is limited.

Trivia

  • Born in 1992 (year given in source; exact birth date not public in source).
  • Wrote the full-length novel 'Switch' in third year of junior high school.
  • Won an Excellence Award at the 2nd Kodansha BOX Newcomer Award ('Ryusui Prize') in 2007.
  • Debuted when 'Switch' was published in full in Pandora Vol.2 SIDE-A (Oct 2008).
  • The book 'Switch' was published by Kodansha BOX in June 2009 (ISBN: 978-4-06-283716-3).
  • Illustrations for the book are credited to an artist named '真' (Ma) in the source.
  • The source article contains few cited references and notes limited publicly available information.
  • Authority identifiers: VIAF 258278870; National Diet Library ID ndlna/01166416.