Yōko Ogawa
Japanese writer
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Yōko Ogawa is a Japanese writer. Her work has won every major Japanese literary award, including the Akutagawa Prize and the Yomiuri Prize. Internationally, she has been the recipient of the Shirley Jackson Award and the American Book Award. Wikipedia
Born: 1962 (age 62 years), Okayama, Okayama, Japan
Influenced by: Haruki Murakami, Yasunari Kawabata, Anne Frank, and more
Education: Waseda University and Okayama City Municipal Ryuso Junior High School
Notable awards: Akutagawa Prize; 1990
Notable works: The Housekeeper and the Professor, The Memory Police
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