Takenishi, Hiroko (1929–)
Takenishi, Hiroko (1929–)
Japanese novelist and sociologist. Born 1929 in Hiroshima, Japan.
Studied Japanese classical literature and published social criticism; works, which often focus on the suffering of atom bomb victims, include The Rite (1963), Two Ways Between the Ancient and the Contemporary Times (1964) and Barracks (1980); also wrote A Theory on the Tales of Genji; her selected works, Takenishi Hiroko chosakushu, were published in 6 volumes (1995). Received Tamura Toshiki Prize (1964) and Kawabata Yasunari Prize (1980).
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BORN: 1935, Ehime, Shikoku, Japan
NATIONALITY: Japanese
GENRE: Fiction
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