Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (芥川 龍之介, Akutagawa Ryūnosuke, 1 March 1892 – 24 July 1927), art name Chōkōdō Shujin (澄江堂主人),He is regarded as the "father of the Japanese short story", and Japan's premier literary award, the Akutagawa prize, is named after him