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Choko Tanaka

たなか ちょうこ

Tanaka Choko

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1964-01-01 (Toyama Prefecture, Japan)
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Novelist
Active Years
2014-
Influenced By
Yoriko Shono, Yukichi Furui, Mieko Kanai, Noriko Ibaragi, Margaret Atwood

Awards

Women's R-18 Literary Prize (for women by women)
2011
Work: Beshimi
Category: 大賞
Organization: Shinchosha
Result: 大賞受賞
Sense of Gender Award
2018
Work: Chosan-sei
Category: 大賞
Organization: Gender-SF Research Group
Result: 大賞受賞
Booksellers' Adult Romance Novel Award
2023
Work: Picking Today's Flowers
Category: 大賞
Organization: Booksellers' Adult Romance Novel Award Committee
Result: 受賞(大賞)

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

I Don't Eat Sweet Sweets

2014 Fiction
familywomen

Theater Company: 42-Year-Old ♂

2017 Fiction
everyday lifecharacter study

Chosan-sei

2018 Fiction
gendersociety

Leave Me Alone When It Comes to Me

2019 Fiction
motherhoodindividual freedom

The One Who Succeeds

2020 Fiction
successionfamily

Picking Today's Flowers

2023 Fiction
romanceadult relationships

Bibliography

  • I Don't Eat Sweet Sweets
  • Theater Company: 42-Year-Old ♂
  • Chosan-sei
  • Leave Me Alone When It Comes to Me
  • The One Who Succeeds
  • Picking Today's Flowers

Style & Themes

Literary Style
quiet prosefocus on inner life
Recurring Motifs
family relationshipsfemale perspectivesubtleties of everyday life

Legacy

Began writing novels after turning forty and gained attention for quiet prose addressing family and gender. Recognition through multiple literary awards has increased her profile in recent years.

Trivia

  • Worked as an office worker for eight years before becoming a full-time housewife and later debuting as an author.
  • Began writing novels after the age of forty.