Keiko Iwasaka Explained

Keiko Iwasaka is a Japanese novelist.

Biography

Iwasaki was born in Nara^[1] or Osaka,^[2] Japan on June 17, 1946. She began writing poetry in high school, and began writing novels after graduating from Kwansei Gakuin University. She is married to Takayuki Kiyooka.

She won the Noma Literary Prize in 1986 for her novel . Her won the in 1992. Her 1994 won the Murasaki Shikibu Prize and the . She was awarded the 2000 for her .^[3]

She also wrote two nonfiction works about the poets and Mokutarō Kinoshita. Reviewers wrote positively about both books.^{[4] [5]}

Selected works

• , 1986
• , 1992
• , 1994
• , 2000

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: 日本人名大辞典+Plus . デジタル版 . 岩阪恵子とは . 2022-11-09 . コトバンク . ja.
2. Book: Schierbeck, Sachiko Shibata . Japanese women novelists in the 20th century : 104 biographies, 1900-1993 . 1994 . Museum Tusculanum Press . Marlene R. Edelstein . 87-7289-268-4 . [Copenhagen] . 32348453.
3. Web site: 岩阪恵子｜文学賞の世界 . 2022-11-09 . prizesworld.com.
4. Web site: 『木山さん、捷平さん』(新潮社) - 著者：岩阪 恵子 - 堀江 敏幸による書評 . 2022-11-09 . 好きな書評家、読ませる書評。ALL REVIEWS . ja.
5. Web site: 『わたしの木下杢太郎』(講談社) - 著者：岩阪 恵子 - 関川 夏央による書評 . 2022-11-09 . 好きな書評家、読ませる書評。ALL REVIEWS . ja.