Shu Fujisawa

Shu Fujisawa (藤沢 周) is a Japanese writer active during the late Shōwa and early Heisei period periods of Japan.

Biography
Fujisawa was born in the former Uchino-machi (then in Nishikanbara District, Niigata Prefecture; now part of Nishi-ku, Niigata), and a graduate of the Literature Department of Hosei University.

In 1998, he was awarded the prestigious Akutagawa Prize for his novel Buenosu Airesu gozen reiji (Midnight In Buenos Aires).

He is currently working as a professor at Hosei University.