Akiko Akazome

Akiko Akazome
Native name	Lại dã tinh tử
Born	(1974-10-31)October 31, 1974 Kyoto Prefecture,Japan
Died	September 18, 2017(2017-09-18)(aged 42) Uji,Kyoto Prefecture,Japan
Pen name	Xích nhiễm tinh tử
Occupation	Writer
Language	Japanese
Education	Kyoto University of Foreign Studies Hokkaido University
Genre	Fiction
Notable works	Otome no mikkoku
Notable awards	Akutagawa Prize Bungakukai Prize

Akiko Akazome(Xích nhiễm tinh tử,Akazome Akiko),bornAkiko Seino(Lại dã tinh tử,Seino Akiko),was a Japanese writer. Akazome won the 143rdAkutagawa Prizeand the 99th Bungakukai Prize before her death in 2017.

Biography

Akazome graduated from theKyoto University of Foreign Studies,where she studiedGerman,in 1996.She entered graduate school atHokkaido Universityintending to become an academic, but instead started writing stories that reflected herKyotoupbringing.

In 2004 Akazome won the 99th Bungakukai Prize for her story "Hatsuko-san," which was later published in book form asUtsutsu utsura(うつつ・うつら).Her 2010 bookOtome no mikkoku(Ất nữ の mật cáo,The Maiden's Betrayal),about a group of women in a German class readingAnne Frank'sThe Diary of a Young Girl,generated controversy for using a casual writing style to discuss serious subject matter.Otome no mikkokuwon the 143rdAkutagawa Prize,with the selection committee praising the use of humor to discuss social problems.The next year her bookUonteddo kaijin nijūichimensō(WANTED!!かい người 21 tướng mạo)was published byBungeishunjū.It was nominated for the Oda Sakunosuke Prize.

Akazome died of acute pneumonia in 2017 at the age of 42.

Recognition

• 2004 99th Bungakukai Prize
• 2010 143rdAkutagawa Prize(2010 thượng )

Works

• Utsutsu utsura(うつつ・うつら),Bungeishunjū,2007,ISBN9784163259307
• Otome no mikkoku(Ất nữ の mật cáo,The Maiden's Betrayal),Shinchosha,2010,ISBN9784103276616
• Uonteddo kaijin nijūichimensō(WANTED!!かい người 21 tướng mạo),Bungeishunjū, 2011,ISBN9784163807409

See also

• List of Japanese women writers