Kaori Ekuni
Kaori Ekuni (江國 香織 Ekuni Kaori, born 21 March 1964) is a Japanese author.
Kaori Ekuni
- Born
- 21 March 1964
- Nationality
- Japan
- Occupation
- novelist · writer · poet · translator · young adult author
- Fields
- poetry
- Honours
- Murasaki Shikibu Prize · Jōji Tsubota Award · Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize · Naoki Prize · Shimase Romantic Literature Prize · Chūōkōron Award
- Languages
- Japanese
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Kaori Ekuni (江國 香織 Ekuni Kaori, born 21 March 1964) is a Japanese author.
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• Native Name — 江國 香織 • Born — 21 March 1964 • Language — japanese • Citizenship — Japan
Biography
Biography
She was born in Setagaya, Tokyo. Her father is Japanese haiku poet and essayist, Shigeru Ekuni.
Selected works in English
Selected works in English
• "Girl Friends", trans. Sharni Wilson, Lunch Ticket, 2020 • "Night, wife, detergent", trans. Sharni Wilson, Asymptote, 2020
Reception
In Japan, she was dubbed the female Murakami. Her numerous works of fiction have been translated into several languages and published in many countries, including her novel Twinkle Twinkle, which has been translated into English. From 2004 to 2008 her books were continuously in Korea's top 50 bestsellers list. Twinkle Twinkle was a bestseller in 1991.
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Awards
• Murasaki Shikibu Prize, 1992, Kirakira Hikaru • Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize, 2001, It's not safe or suitable to swim • Naoki Prize, 2004 Gokyu suru Junbi wa Dekiteita
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