Education
Waseda University.
絲山 秋子
Waseda University.
After graduation from Shinjuku High School and the Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University, she worked as a saleswoman for a major household equipment company and, as is common in Japanese corporate life, was transferred several times to various localities. Treatment for cyclic psychosis led to her writing. She has been praised for her ability to describe provincial scenery and represent regional accents and dialects, reflecting the characters" image, even though she was brought up in Tokyo.
She explains that she learned them through repeated company transfers all over Japan.
A translation of her Waiting in the Offing (Oki de Matsu) appears in the March 2007 (online) edition of Words Without Borders. An English translation of lieutenant"s Only Talk was published by The Japan Times in March 2009.