Kiyoko Murata

1945 -

country of citizenship: Japan

languages spoken, written or signed: Japanese

award received: Akutagawa Prize, Women's Literature Prize, Hirabayashi Taiko Prize, Murasaki Shikibu Prize, Kawabata award, Noma Literary Prize, Yomiuri Prize, Tanizaki Prize, Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature, Order of the Paulownia, 8th class, Medal with Purple Ribbon

Kiyoko Murata (村田喜代子, Murata Kiyoko, born 1945) is a Japanese writer. She has won the Akutagawa Prize, the Noma Literary Prize, and the Yomiuri Prize, among other literary prizes. The Government of Japan has awarded her the Medal with Purple Ribbon and Order of the Rising Sun, and she has been appointed to the Japan Art Academy. Her work has been adapted for film by Akira Kurosawa and Hideo Onchi. Source: Wikipedia (en)