Asako Serizawa

{{Short description|Japanese writer}}

Asako Serizawa is a Japanese writer who is the recipient of PEN/Open Book Award in 2021,{{Cite web |date=2021-04-08 |title=Announcing the 2021 PEN America Literary Awards Winners |url=https://pen.org/literary-awards/2021-pen-america-literary-awards-winners/ |access-date=2022-10-21 |website=PEN America |language=en}} The Story Prize Spotlight Award,{{Cite web |last=Clossey |first=Erin |date=2021-04-14 |title=Alumna Wins PEN Literary Award for First Book |url=https://today.emerson.edu/2021/04/14/alumna-wins-pen-literary-award-for-first-book/ |access-date=2022-10-21 |website=Emerson Today |language=en-US}} Massachusetts Book Award, Pushcart Prize,{{Cite web |date=2021-02-10 |title=Asako Serizawa has won the 2021 Story Prize Spotlight Award. |url=https://lithub.com/asako-serizawa-has-won-the-2021-story-prize-spotlight-award/ |access-date=2022-10-21 |website=Literary Hub |language=en-US}} Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award{{Cite web |title=2016 Winners |url=https://www.ronajaffefoundation.org/2016 |access-date=2022-10-21 |website=RJF |language=en}} and two times recipient of O. Henry Award.{{Cite web |date=2017-09-05 |title=The O. Henry Prize Stories |url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/C97/the-o-henry-prize-collection/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905135754/https://www.randomhouse.com/anchor/ohenry/winners/past.html |archive-date=2017-09-05 |access-date=2022-10-21 |website=Random House}} She is the fellow of Civitella Ranieri Foundation{{Cite web |date=2018-08-21 |title=Fellows |url=https://civitella.org/fellows/ |access-date=2022-10-21 |website=Civitella Ranieri |language=en-US}} and National Endowment for the Arts.{{Cite web |title=Meet the Creative Writing Fellows |url=https://www.arts.gov/impact/literary-arts/creative-writing-fellows |access-date=2022-10-21 |website=www.arts.gov |language=en}}