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Naoki Award The Naoki Prize, officially , is a Japanese literary award presented biannually. It was created in 1935 by Kikuchi Kan, then editor of the ''Bungeishunjū'' magazine, and named in memory of novelist Naoki Sanjugo. Sponsored by the Society for the ...
-winning author.


Life

The daughter of the chief priest of Yoyogi Hachiman shrine, Hiraiwa was born in
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in 1932. After graduating from the Department of Japanese Literature at Japan Women's University, the aspiring author studied under novelist Togawa Yukio and became a member of Shinyo-kai, an organization to promote literature established in memory of novelist Hasegawa Shin. In 1959, her work ''Taganeshi'' (A Sword Name-Engraver) won the Naoki Award. Hiraiwa died from pneumonia on 9 June 2023, at the age of 91.


Works

Hiraiwa's representative works include the historical detective-story series ''Onyado Kawasemi'' (The Kawasemi Inn). Her works cover a wide range of genres, including historical and contemporary novels, mysteries, novels on adolescence and scripts for plays and TV dramas. In 1987, she became a member of the selection committee for the Naoki Award.


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J'Lit , Authors : Yumie Hiraiwa* , Books from Japan

Yumie Hiraiwa:books by Yumie Hiraiwa
1932 births 2023 deaths Japanese writers Japanese historical novelists Women historical novelists 20th-century Japanese screenwriters 21st-century Japanese screenwriters Recipients of the Order of Culture Recipients of the Medal with Purple Ribbon Persons of Cultural Merit Naoki Prize winners Japan Women's University alumni Writers from Tokyo {{japan-writer-stub