Japan's Akira Otani Wins British Crime Novel Award
London, July 3 (Jiji Press)--The English version of "The Night of Baba Yaga," a novel by Japanese author Akira Otani, has won a prestigious British crime novel award, Britain's Crime Writers' Association said Thursday. Otani, 44, was awarded the 2025 Dagger prize for crime fiction in translation, becoming the first Japanese winner of the prize. The novel "sparkles with originality and de...
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London, July 3 (Jiji Press)--The English version of "The Night of Baba Yaga," a novel by Japanese author Akira Otani, has won a prestigious British crime novel award, Britain's Crime Writers' Association said Thursday. Otani, 44, was awarded the 2025 Dagger prize for crime fiction in translation, becoming the first Japanese winner of the prize. The novel "sparkles with originality and de...
