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Yoko Ogawa

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Japanese novelist (1962-)

JapanWritersBorn 1962 · age 64
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Yōko Ogawa 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.

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Awards 11

2023Japan Art Academy Prize
2023Japan Foundation Award
2021Kikuchi Kan Prize
2021Medal with Purple Ribbon
2020Noma Literary Prize
2008Shirley Jackson Award for Single-Author Collection
2006Tanizaki Prize
2004Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature
2004Yomiuri Prize
1990Akutagawa Prize
1988Kaien Shinjin Bungakusho

Connected to Yoko 6

Eri FukatsuAlso in The Professor and His Beloved Equation (2006)Hanns ZischlerAlso in The Ring Finger (2005)Charlie KaufmanAlso in The Memory PoliceHidetaka YoshiokaAlso in The Professor and His Beloved Equation (2006)Stipe ErcegAlso in The Ring Finger (2005)Reed MoranoAlso in The Memory Police

About this person

Yōko Ogawa 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.

Country
Japan
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
living
Dates
Born 1962 · age 64
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27 languages

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