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Kiyoko Murata

Japanese writer, essayist and novelist · Japan · On the map · Writers · Born 1945 · age 81

Kiyoko Murata 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.

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2021Izumi Kyōka Prize for LiteratureAward2019Tanizaki PrizeAward2014Yomiuri PrizeAward2010Noma Literary PrizeAward1998Kawabata awardAward1997Murasaki Shikibu PrizeAward1992Hirabayashi Taiko PrizeAward1990Women's Literature PrizeAward1987Akutagawa PrizeAward1945Born12 April 1945