Identity: Nakagami Kenji’s Kiseki and the Power of the Tale. Iudicium, 2010. Anne McKnight. Nakagami: Japan, Buraku and the Writing of Ethnicity. University of Minnesota, 2011. Machiko Ishikawa. Paradox and Representation: Silenced Voices in the Narratives of Nakagami Kenji. Cornell University Press, 2020. References Sources Short biography Short biography in French Kenji Nakagami's grave Kenji Nakagami at J'Lit Books from Japan Synopsis of The Kareki Sea (Karekinada) at JLPP (Japanese Literature Publishing Project) 1946 births 1992 deaths 20th-century Japanese novelists Japanese critics Magic realism writers Akutagawa Prize winners Writers from Wakayama Prefecture Deaths from cancer in Japan Deaths from kidney cancer 20th-century Japanese poets International Writing Program alumni Columbia University people People from Shingū, Wakayama