Eiko Matsumura

Eiko Matsumura (松村栄子, born July 3, 1961) is a Japanese novelist. She is best known for her novel Abaton (至高聖所(アバトーン)) which won the Akutagawa Prize in 1991.

Biography

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Matsumura was born in Shizuoka, Japan on July 3, 1961. She graduated from Tsukuba University. After graduation, she worked at a computer software company and began writing fiction. Her first work, Boku wa Kagayaku Hime (僕はかぐや姫) was published in 1990, and was well-received by critics.[1] It won the Kaien Award for New Writers [ja] and was nominated for the Mishima Yukio Prize.[2]

Matsumura's next story, Abaton (至高聖所(アバトーン)) won the Akutagawa Prize in 1991.[2]

Selected works

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  • Boku wa Kagayaku Hime (僕はかぐや姫), 1990
  • Abaton (至高聖所(アバトーン)), 1991

References

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  1. ^ Schierbeck, Sachiko Shibata (1994). Japanese women novelists in the 20th century : 104 biographies, 1900-1993. Marlene R. Edelstein. [Copenhagen]: Museum Tusculanum Press. ISBN 87-7289-268-4. OCLC 32348453.
  2. ^ a b "松村栄子(まつむら えいこ)-芥川賞受賞作家|芥川賞のすべて・のようなもの". prizesworld.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-11-10.