Clemson English Alumnus Writes Award-Winning Novel—In Japanese

Greg Khezrnejat, Clemson ’07, has won the Kyoto Literature Award for his novel, “Kamo River Runner,” which is set to be released October 27 by Kodansha, Japan’s largest publishing house. Khezrnejat entered his novel into the competition in the category only for international writers who are not native Japanese speakers. However, he not only won the international category, but the competition judges were so impressed with his work that he also won the overall first prize.

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