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Hiroko Takenishi

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Japanese writer

JapanWritersBorn 1929 · age 97
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Hiroko Takenishi is a Japanese fiction writer and literary critic. Takenishi is best known for her semi-autobiographical short story "The Rite" (1963), which tells of her experience surviving the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima. In 2012 she was named a Person of Cultural Merit for her writing.

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Awards 8

2012Person of Cultural Merit
2003Noma Literary Prize
1994Japan Art Academy Prize
1986Mainichi art award
1981Kawabata award
1978Women's Literature Prize
1973Hirabayashi Taiko Prize
1964Toshiko Tamura Prize

Connected to Hiroko 6

Rie YoshiyukiAlso won Toshiko Tamura PrizeTaeko KonoAlso won Mainichi art awardKazushi HosakaAlso won Noma Literary PrizeKunio OgawaAlso won Japan Art Academy PrizeTomoko YoshidaAlso won Kawabata awardIsoya YoshidaAlso won Japan Art Academy Prize

About this person

Country
Japan
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
living
Dates
Born 1929 · age 97
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12 languages

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