Background
Nakazato was born in Fujisawa city, Kanagawa prefecture and graduated from the Kanagawa Girls’ Higher School.
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Tsuneko Nakazato
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Career
Her real name was Nakazato Tsune. Her early submissions to literary magazines caught the attention of Yokomitsu Riichi, who encouraged her to develop her literary skills. After World World War II, she came to be known for a number of works addressing the issue of international marriage, including Mariannu monogatari ("Maryann"s Story", 1946) and Kusari ("Chain", 1959), which were drawn from her own daughter"s marriage to an American.
Nakazato was a resident of Zushi, Kanagawa from 1932 until her death due to colon cancer in 1987.
Her grave is at the temple of Engaku-ji in Kamakura.
Achievements
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In 1938, Nakazato became the first woman to win the prestigious Akutagawa Prize, with her short story Noriai bashi. In the 1970s and 1980s, her writings gradually evolved away from the psychology of human life to a more symbolic approach, and her novel Utamakura ("Song Pillow", 1973) was awarded the Yomiuri Prize. In 1974, she received the Japan Art Academy Prize, and became a member of that institution in 1983. She was also awarded the Kawabata Yasunari Literary Prize in 1976.
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Nationality
Japan