was a Japanese
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
Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...
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.
References
External links
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
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