Ren Nishina (born 1994) is a Japanese novelist and translator who grew up in Hong Kong, Shanghai, and London. After completing the Philosophy, Politics and Economics program at the University of Oxford, Nishina entered the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Tokyo and became a part-time lecturer at Tama Art University. Nishina made a literary debut after receiving the Shincho Prize for New Writers in 2024 for "Sabishisa wa Ikko no Haikyo." The first book, "Tanshin/Magokoro," was shortlisted for the 175th Akutagawa Prize. Set around a project to convert an unfinished residential complex in China into an art museum, the novel examines property speculation, competing ambitions, tensions between Japan and China, and lives shaped by movement among different languages and cultures.
