Yoko Ogawa
1962
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country of citizenship: Japan
native language: Japanese
languages spoken, written or signed: Japanese
educated at: Waseda University
award received: Kaien Shinjin Bungakusho, Akutagawa Prize, Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature, Yomiuri Prize, Tanizaki Prize, Shirley Jackson Award for Single-Author Collection, Noma Literary Prize, Kikuchi Kan Prize, Japan Art Academy Prize
student of: Tokuyoshi Hiraoka
Yōko Ogawa (小川 洋子, Ogawa Yōko, born March 30, 1962) is a Japanese writer. Her work has won every major Japanese literary award, including the Akutagawa Prize and the Yomiuri Prize. Internationally, she has been the recipient of the Shirley Jackson Award and the American Book Award. The Memory Police was also shortlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2020.Some of her most well known works include The Housekeeper and the Professor, The Diving Pool and Hotel Iris. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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