is a Japanese novelist.
Biography
The novelist Aiko Satō was born in
Osaka
is a Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the List of cities in Japan, third-most populous city in J ...
in 1923. She is the second daughter of the novelist and the
agnate half-sister of the poet .
Satō graduated from Kōnan Higher Girls' School (the precursor to the modern ).
Works
Satō published early works in the magazine ''
Bungei Shuto'' (文芸首都). She wrote an autobiographical novel, ''Aiko'' (愛子, 1959), which she followed eight years later with a biography of her father entitled ''Hana wa Kurenai'' (花はくれない, "The Flowers Are Red", 1967) and seven years after that with a book about her mother, ''Joyū Mariko'' (女優万里子, "The Actress Mariko", 1974).
Her works ''Sokuratesu no Tsuma'' (ソクラテスの妻, "Socrates' Wife") and ''Futari no Onna'' (二人の女, "Two Women"), both published in 1963, earned a nomination for the
Akutagawa Prize
The is a Japanese literary award presented biannually. Because of its prestige and the considerable attention the winner receives from the media, it is, along with the Naoki Prize, one of Japan's most sought after literary prizes.
History
Th ...
, and ''Kanō Taii Fujin'' (加納大尉婦人, published 1964) was nominated for the
Naoki Prize
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 ...
. She won the 61st Naoki Prize for ''Tatakai-sunde Hi ga Kurete'' (闘いすんで日が暮れて), which portrays a woman's struggles with her incapable husband.
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1923 births
Living people
Japanese women novelists
20th-century Japanese novelists
21st-century Japanese novelists
Naoki Prize winners
21st-century Japanese women writers
20th-century Japanese women writers
Japanese women centenarians