Osama, written by what Israeli-born writer, won the 2012 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel beating out a novel about a time traveler who attempts to prevent the assassination of President John F. Kennedy written by Stephen King?
Lavie Tidhar Lavie Tidhar (Hebrew: לביא תדהר‎ ‎ ) (born 16 November 1976) is an Israeli-born writer, working across multiple genres. He has lived in the United Kingdom and South Africa for long periods of time, as well as Laos and Vanuatu. As of 2013, Tidhar lives in London. His novel "Osama" won the 2012 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, beating Stephen King's "11/22/63" and George R. R. Martin's "A Dance with Dragons". His novel "A Man Lies Dreaming" won the £5000 Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize, for Best British Fiction, in 2015. He won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel in 2017, for "Central Station".
Osamu Dazai Osamu Dazai (太宰 治 , Dazai Osamu , June 19, 1909 – June 13, 1948) was a Japanese author who is considered one of the foremost fiction writers of 20th-century Japan. A number of his most popular works, such as "The Setting Sun" ("Shayō") and "No Longer Human" ("Ningen Shikkaku"), are considered modern-day classics in Japan. With a semi-autobiographical style and transparency into his personal life, Dazai’s stories have intrigued the minds of many readers. His books also bring about awareness to a number of important topics such as human nature, mental illness, social relationships, and postwar Japan.