Banana Yoshimoto
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Banana Yoshimoto (よしもと ばなな Yoshimoto Banana, July 24, 1964 - ) is the pen name of Mahoko Yoshimoto (吉本 真秀子 Yoshimoto Mahoko), a Japanese contemporary writer. She chooses to write her name in hiragana.
Yoshimoto, daughter of Takaaki Yoshimoto (also known as Ryūmei Yoshimoto, one of the most famous and influential Japanese philosopher and critic in the 1960s), was born in Tokyo on July 24, 1964. Along with having a famous father, Banana Yoshimoto's sister, Haruno Yoiko is a well-known cartoonist in Japan.
She graduated from Nihon University's Art College, majoring in Literature.
Her debut novel, Kitchen was a phenomenal instant success, having over sixty printings in Japan alone. There have been two films made of the story, a Japanese TV movie and a more widely released version produced in Hong Kong by Yim Ho in 1997.
She won the 6th Kaien Newcomer Writers Prize in November 1987 and then the 16th Izumi Kyoka Literary Prize in January 1988, for her first work entitled Kitchen.
In addition, she was awarded the 39th edition, Best Newcomer Artists Recommended by the Minister of Education in August 1988 for Kitchen and Utakata/Sankuchuari. In March 1989 her piece, TSUGUMI was awarded the 2nd Yamamoto Shugoro Literary Prize.
She gave birth to a son nicknamed Manachinko in 2003.
Works
External links
- Official Banana Yoshimoto Site (http://www.yoshimotobanana.com)
- Article from Metropolis (http://metropolis.japantoday.com/biginjapanarchive299/271/biginjapaninc.htm)de:Banana Yoshimoto
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