Eiko Matsumura

Eiko Matsumura (松村栄子) is a Japanese novelist born on July 3, 1961, in Shizuoka Prefecture, who debuted with Boku wa Kagayaku Hime (1990), winning the Kaien New Writers Award and nominated for the Mishima Yukio Prize. Her novel Abaton (至高聖所（アバトーン), 1991) won the prestigious Akutagawa Prize, establishing her as a prominent literary figure. Japanese