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Yūko Tsushima

Japanese author (1947-2016) · Japan · Writers · Died at 68

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Satoko Tsushima, known by her pen name Yūko Tsushima, was a Japanese fiction writer, essayist and critic. Tsushima won many of Japan's top literary prizes in her career, including the Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature, the Noma Literary New Face Prize, the Noma Literary Prize, the Yomiuri Prize and the Tanizaki Prize.

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2016Died18 February 20162012Mainichi art awardAward2005Art Encouragement PrizesAwardMurasaki Shikibu PrizeAward2001Osaragi Jirō AwardAward1998Noma Literary PrizeAwardTanizaki PrizeAward1995Sei Itō AwardAward1989Hirabayashi Taiko PrizeAward1986Yomiuri PrizeAward1983Kawabata awardAward1979Noma Literary New Face PrizeAward1978Women's Literature PrizeAward1977Izumi Kyōka Prize for LiteratureAward1976Toshiko Tamura PrizeAward1947Born30 March 1947

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Awards

Mainichi art award2012
Murasaki Shikibu Prize2005
Art Encouragement Prizes2005
Osaragi Jirō Award2001
Tanizaki Prize1998
Noma Literary Prize1998
Sei Itō Award1995
Hirabayashi Taiko Prize1989
Yomiuri Prize1986
Kawabata award1983
Noma Literary New Face Prize1979
Women's Literature Prize1978
Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature1977
Toshiko Tamura Prize1976

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Satoko Tsushima, known by her pen name Yūko Tsushima, was a Japanese fiction writer, essayist and critic. Tsushima won many of Japan's top literary prizes in her career, including the Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature, the Noma Literary New Face Prize, the Noma Literary Prize, the Yomiuri Prize and the Tanizaki Prize. The New York Times called Tsushima "one of the most important writers of her generation." Her work has been translated into over a dozen languages.

Country
Japan
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1947 to 2016 · aged 68

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