Shinsuke NumataShinsuke Numata is a Japanese writer. He is a winner of the Akutagawa Prize for literature.BiographyNumata was born in Otaru, in Hokkaido, Japan, in 1978.WorksEiri - A book dealing with the relationship between two men and the aftermath of the 2011 [Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami|3/11 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami]. Eiri was adapted into the film Beneath the Shadow in 2020 by Japanese director Keishi Otomo.TranslationsEiri was translated into French as La Pêche au toc dans le Tôhoku by Patrick Honnoré and published in 2020.AwardsNumata was awarded 157th Akutagawa Prize in 2017, for his first published work, Eiri.