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Nobuko Yoshiya

Japanese writer (1896-1973) · Japan · Writers · Died at 77

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Nobuko Yoshiya was a Japanese novelist active in Taishō and Shōwa period Japan.

A life in dates

1973Died11 July 19731970Medal with Purple RibbonAward1967Kikuchi Kan PrizeAward1952Female Literary AwardAward1896Born12 January 1896

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Awards

Medal with Purple Ribbon1970
Kikuchi Kan Prize1967
Female Literary Award1952

About this person

Nobuko Yoshiya was a Japanese novelist active in Taishō and Shōwa period Japan. She was one of modern Japan's most commercially successful and prolific writers, specializing in serialized romance novels and adolescent girls' fiction, as well as being a pioneer in Japanese lesbian literature, including the Class S genre. Several of her stories have been made into films.

Country
Japan
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1896 to 1973 · aged 77

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