Banana Yoshimoto

1964 -

country of citizenship: Japan

native language: Japanese

languages spoken, written or signed: Japanese

occupation: writer, prosaist, essayist, novelist

award received: Kaien Shinjin Bungakusho, Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature, Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize, Murasaki Shikibu Prize, Bunkamura Les Deux Magots Literature Award, Tanizaki Prize

official website: www.yoshimotobanana.com

Banana Yoshimoto (吉本ばなな, Yoshimoto Banana, born 24 July 1964) is the pen name of Japanese writer Mahoko Yoshimoto (吉本真秀子, Yoshimoto Mahoko). From 2002 to 2015, she wrote her name in hiragana (よしもとばなな). Source: Wikipedia (en)