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Michiko Ishimure

Japanese writer (1927-2018) · Japan · On the map · Writers · Died at 90

Michiko Ishimure was a Japanese writer and activist.

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A life in dates

2018Died10 February 20182014Hanatsubaki Award for Contemporary PoetryAward2002Asahi PrizeAward1993Murasaki Shikibu PrizeAward1973Ramon Magsaysay AwardAward1970Oya Soichi Nonfiction AwardAward1927Born11 March 1927

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Awards

Hanatsubaki Award for Contemporary Poetry2014
Asahi Prize2002
Murasaki Shikibu Prize1993
Ramon Magsaysay Award1973
Oya Soichi Nonfiction Award1970

About this person

Country
Japan
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1927 to 2018 · aged 90

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