Born in 1945 in Obihiro, Hokkaido, writer Natsuki Ikezawa moved to Tokyo during his primary school years. He spent three years in Greece in his thirties, ten years in Okinawa from his forties to fifties, and five years in France in his sixties. He currently resides in Sapporo. Ikezawa began his writing career in Greece, initially focusing on poetry and translation. He made his long fiction debut in 1984 with Natsuno asano seisouken (The Stratosphere of a Summer Morning), a work that delves into social skepticism and human sexuality.
He won the 98th Akutagawa Prize for his 1987 novel Still Lives, becoming the first recipient of this prestigious award to use a word processor for his writing. His other award-winning works include Hahanaru shizenno oppai (Yomiuri Literary Award), The Fall of Mathias Giri (Tanizaki Junichiro Prize), Tanoshii shumatsu (Ito Sei Literary Award), Shizukana daichi (Shinran Prize), and A Burden of Flowers (Mainichi Publishing Culture Award).
Ikezawa has produced a significant body of work reflecting on the relationship between nature and humanity. In 2014, he launched the digital project “impala e-books,” which includes all his writings. He has also published multi-volume collections of world and Japanese literature. His perspective on the world has always been akin to viewing it from the frontiers. Today, he continues to write on the road, carrying with him both the lens of literature and science.