Japan-based writer first Taiwanese shortlisted for Mishima Yukio Prize
04/21/2021 07:55 PM
Japan-based Taiwanese writer Li Kotomi speaks at the 2019 Taipei International Book Exhibition. CNA file photo
Taipei, April 21 (CNA) Li Kotomi (李琴峰) has become the first Taiwanese writer shortlisted for Japan s Mishima Yukio Prize since its establishment in 1988, her publisher in Taiwan said Wednesday.
Li is not only the first Taiwanese writer ever to be shortlisted for the literary prize but is also the only woman among this year s five nominees, who were announced that day, UNITAS Publishing Co. Editor-in-Chief Jennifer Chou (周昭翡) told CNA.
She was picked for her work The Island Where the Red Spider Lily, which was first published in the March edition of the Japanese literary magazine Bungakukai.