Tomoso Nonaka Explained

Tomoso Nonaka
Occupation:	writer
Birth Place:	tokyo
Alma Mater:	Meiji University

Tomoso Nonaka (Japanese:野中ともそ) is a Japanese novelist and illustrator.^[1]

Early life and education

Nonaka was born in Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from Meiji University's Faculty of Letters, Department of Drama. While at university, she belonged to a music circle and devoted herself to band activities.

Career

She went to New York in 1992 after working as a music writer in Tokyo for several years. She is the author and illustrator of over 15 publications, including novels, illustrated essays, and children's book translations.^[2]

Her debut novel was honoured with the Shueisha New Writer of Literature Award. In 2007, she was a finalist for the Tshubota Joji Literature Award for Young Readers, as well as the 54th Shogakukan Children's Culture Publishing Award.

Novels

• Bread's Ringing Sea Scarlet Sky (1999)^[3]
• Flagler's Maritime Railway (2002)^[4]
• The brightest roof in the universe (2003)
• Katyusha (2005)
• Reggae Bar at the End of the World (2005)
• Landing goldfish (2007)
• Cherry (2007)
• The nape of a dog (2009)
• Pishan-chan (2009)
• Duck Flight Presley (2011)
• Aminaya Band Goes to the Sky (2012)
• Wife's Wife (2014)
• Rainbow Nest (2016)
• Laundry shop Jujiro (2018)
• Under the distant sky, we speak fearfully (2023)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tomoso Nonaka . 2023-08-29 . id.oclc.org.
2. Web site: 2022-05-19 . Tomoso Nonaka - Biografía, mejores películas, series, imágenes y noticias . 2023-08-29 . La Vanguardia . es.
3. Book: 『パンの鳴る海、緋の舞う空』（1999年1月 集英社 ISBN 9784087743821 / 2004年10月 集英社文庫 ISBN 9784087477481）.
4. Book: 『フラグラーの海上鉄道』（2002年4月 集英社 ISBN 9784087753127 / 2006年9月 集英社文庫 ISBN 9784087460803）.