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本の話 (Hon no Hanashi) by Shigeko Yuki — book cover

本の話 (Hon no Hanashi)

by Shigeko Yuki

Akutagawa Prize · 1949 · Winner

Award History

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Akutagawa Prize1949Winner

About the Author

Shigeko YukiJapanese

Shigeko Yuki (born Shige Shinkai) was a Japanese writer born on December 2, 1900, in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. She began her literary career after her 1945 separation from painter Usaburō Ihara, initially writing children's stories before transitioning to novels, winning the first postwar Akutagawa Prize in 1949 for Hon no hanashi (A Tale of Books). Notable works include Yagurumasō (1947), Jochūkko (1951, adapted to film), and Yasashii otto (1963); she died on December 30, 1969, from diabetes and blood poisoning.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigeko_Yuki, French

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