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吉田 知子吉良 知子

novelist writer

Tomoko Yoshida is a Japanese writer

Background

She studied economics at the Nagoya Women"s University and grew up in Shinkyō (currently Changchun), the capital of Manchukuo.

Career

After World World War II, she moved to Toyohara (nowadays Ioujno-Sakhalinsk) and came back to Japan in 1947, where she worked as a high school teacher in Hamamatsu and for the magazines Ise Shimbun, Gomu (ゴム) and Fabeln, Parabeln (寓話).

Achievements

  • 1970 Akutagawa Prize, Mumyōjōya (無明長夜) 1985 Women"s literature Prize, Manshū wa shiranai (満洲は知らない) 1992 Kawabata Prize, Osonae (お供え) 1998 Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature, Hako no tsuma (箱の夫).

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Awards

  • Akutagawa Prize; Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature 1970 Akutagawa Prize, Mumyōjōya (無明長夜) 1985 Women's literature Prize, Manshū wa shiranai (満洲は知らない) 1992 Kawabata Prize, Osonae (お供え) 1998 Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature, Hako no tsuma (箱の夫)

    Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature is a prize for literature in Japan named for Kyōka Izumi.; The Akutagawa Prize is a Japanese literary award presented semi-annually.