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was the
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of a novelist in
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Japan. Her real name was Nakazato Tsune.


Early life

Nakazato was born in Fujisawa city,
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and graduated from the Kanagawa Girls’ Higher School. When she was 17 years old she met
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and started writing, publishing multiple novellas before her marriage at age 19.


Literary career

In 1938, Nakazato became the first woman to win the prestigious
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, with her
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''Noriai bashi''. After
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, she came to be known for a number of works addressing the issue of
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, including ''Mariannu monogatari'' ("Maryann's Story", 1946) and ''Kusari'' ("Chain", 1959), which were drawn from her own daughter's marriage to an American. Her novel ''Utamakura'' ("Song Pillow", 1973) was awarded the Yomiuri Prize. In 1974, she received the
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Prize, and became a member of that institution in 1983. Nakazato was a resident of
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from 1932 until her death due to
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in 1987. Her grave is at the temple of
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in
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.


See also

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Japanese literature Japanese literature throughout most of its history has been influenced by cultural contact with neighboring Asian literatures, most notably China and its literature. Early texts were often written in pure Classical Chinese or , a Chinese-Japanes ...
*
List of Japanese authors This is an alphabetical list of writers who are Japanese, or are famous for having written in the Japanese language. Writers are listed by the native order of Japanese names, family name followed by given name to ensure consistency although some ...


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nakazato, Tsuneko 1909 births 1987 deaths 20th-century Japanese novelists Japanese women short story writers People from Fujisawa, Kanagawa People from Zushi, Kanagawa Akutagawa Prize winners Yomiuri Prize winners Deaths from colorectal cancer Deaths from cancer in Japan Japanese women novelists 20th-century Japanese women writers 20th-century Japanese short story writers