Akio Miyazawa


Akio Miyazawa was a Japanese playwright, writer, and academic.

Biography

Miyazawa studied at Tama Art University, which he left prematurely to co-found the group alongside,,, Naoto Takenaka, and.
In 1990, Miyazawa founded the theatre company. His book, Search Engine System Crash, earned him the Akutagawa Prize and the Mishima Yukio Prize. In 1993, he received the Kishida Prize for Drama for his play, Hinemi. In 2005, he was a visiting professor at Waseda University.
Miyazawa died of heart failure in Tokyo on 12 September 2022, at the age of 65.

Plays

  • Hinemi
  • ''Nyūtaun iriguchi''