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Kiyo Awazu

あわづ きよ

Awazu Kiyo

Aliases: 金井キヨ

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1919-00-00 (Makimuraharu, Higashikubiki District, Niigata Prefecture, Japan)
Died
1988-09-06 (Tokyo, Japan) age 68
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese
Residence History
Makimuraharu, Higashikubiki District, Niigata Prefecture, Japan → Tokyo, Japan

Career

Occupations
educator, blind education instructor
Active Years
1951-1976
Influenced By
Yuri Saito

Education

Takada Blind School
Period: 1928–1937
Year of Graduation: 1937
Country: Japan
Tokyo Women's University
Period: 1943–1945
Year of Graduation: 1945
Country: Japan

Awards

Women's History Aoyama Nao Prize
1986
Work: Bloom Toward the Light
Result: 受賞
Yamakawa Kikue Prize
1986
Work: Bloom Toward the Light
Result: 受賞
Yamakawa Kikue Memorial Women Issue Research Grant
1986
Result: 受賞
Mainichi Publishing Culture Award
1986
Work: Bloom Toward the Light
Organization: Mainichi Newspapers
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Bloom Toward the Light

1986 Biography 122 pages

A biography depicting the life of Yuri Saito

disabled educationwomen's history

Bibliography

  • Bloom Toward the Light

Health

  • Blindness
    4歳時発症
    It became the starting point for her lifelong dedication to blind education
  • Liver cancer
    1988年9月まで
    Cause of death

Legacy

Dedicated her life to education for the visually impaired

In Popular Culture

  • Film 'Fumiko's Sea'

Trivia

  • She became blind at age four