Tsuneko Nakazato
Tsuneko Nakazato | |
|---|---|
| Born | 23 December 1909 Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan |
| Died | 5 April 1987 (aged 77) Zushi, Kanagawa, Japan |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Genre | novels |
Tsuneko Nakazato (中里 恒子, Nakazato Tsuneko; 23 December 1909 – 5 April 1987) was the pen-name of a Japanese novelist in the Shōwa period. Her real name was Nakazato Tsune.
Early life
Nakazato was born in Fujisawa city, Kanagawa prefecture and graduated from the Kanagawa Girls’ Higher School, subsequently getting her first job at Bungeishunjū the following year, where she was introduced to Tatsuo Nagai at age 17. She started writing, publishing multiple novellas to the Phoenix Magazine before her marriage to Satou Nobushige at age 19.[1][2]
Literary career
In 1938, Nakazato became the first woman to win the prestigious Akutagawa Prize, with her short story Noriai bashi.[3][1] She later collaborated with Yasunari Kawabata to help edit and finish his novel Otome no Minato, which became one of the early significant works in the Class S subculture. After World War II, she came to be known for a number of works addressing the issue of international marriage, including Mariannu monogatari ("Maryann's Story", 1946) and Kusari ("Chain", 1959), which were drawn from her own daughter's marriage to an American.[1]
Her novel Utamakura ("Song Pillow", 1973) was awarded the Yomiuri Prize.[4] In 1974, she received the Japan Art Academy Prize,[5] and became a member of that institution in 1983.
Nakazato was a resident of Zushi, Kanagawa from 1932 until her death due to colon cancer in 1987. Her grave is at the temple of Engaku-ji in Kamakura.
See also
References
- ^ a b c Shibata Schierbeck, Sachiko; Edelstein, Marlene R. (1994). Japanese Women Novelists in the 20th Century: 104 Biographies, 1900-1993. Museum Tusculanum Press. ISBN 9788772892689.
- ^ Tsuneko, Nakazato (1987). Complete Works of Showa Literature 19. Shogakukan. pp. 1011–1015.
- ^ 芥川賞受賞者一覧 (in Japanese). Bungeishunjū. Retrieved 2010-01-27.
- ^ "読売文学賞" [Yomiuri Prize for Literature] (in Japanese). Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
- ^ "歴代授賞者一覧" [List of Prize Winners] (in Japanese). The Japan Art Academy. Retrieved September 21, 2018.