Masayo Yamamoto Explained

Masayo Yamamoto is a Japanese novelist. She is best known for her 1983, which won the Bungei Prize.

Biography

Yamamoto was born on August 18, 1960, in Kanagawa prefecture, Japan.^[1] She attended Tsuda University,^[2] and her novel won the Bungei Prize while she was in school.^[3] Her novels,, and were all shortlisted for the Akutagawa Award, but did not win. In 1995 she won the Mishima Yukio Prize for her novel Midori-iro no Nigotta Ocha Arui wa Kōfuku no Sampo-michi (緑色の濁ったお茶あるいは幸福の散歩道).

Selected works

• , 1983
• , 1986
• , 1987
• Midori-iro no Nigotta Ocha Arui wa Kōfuku no Sampo-michi (緑色の濁ったお茶あるいは幸福の散歩道), 1995
• , 1996

Notes and References

1. Web site: 山本昌代とは . 2022-11-16 . 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: 山本昌代（やまもと まさよ）-芥川賞候補作家｜芥川賞のすべて・のようなもの . 2022-11-16 . prizesworld.com.