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Fumiko Hanagi

はなぎ ふみこ

Hanagi Fumiko

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1935-01-01 （Ehime Prefecture, Japan）
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Novelist
Active Years
1984-

Education

Yamaguchi Prefectural Hofu High School
Country: Japan
Yamaguchi Women's Junior College
Home Economics / Home Economics
Country: Japan
Graduated from the Home Economics department.

Awards

Gunzō New Writers' Literary Prize
1984
Work: Damian's Prey
Organization: Gunzō (Kodansha magazine)
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Damian's Prey

1984 Novel

Matansa Is Still

1999 Novel

Skeleton

2002 Novel

Wandering Kurpa

2005 Novel

Bibliography

  • Damian's Prey (Kodansha, 1984)
  • Matansa Is Still (Kodansha Publishing Service Center, 1999)
  • Skeleton (Kodansha Publishing Service Center, 2002)
  • Wandering Kurpa (Shinfusha, 2005)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Contemporary fictionPsychological characterization with a focus on women's perspectives
Recurring Motifs
Inner lives of womenUnderstated unease in everyday life

Legacy

A Japanese female novelist who won the Gunzō New Writers' Literary Prize in 1984 and published intermittently thereafter. Known as a regional female writer who released several works between the 1980s and 2000s.

Archives

  • ISNI: 0000000377795924
  • VIAF: 254977557
  • National Diet Library authority ID: 00142416

Trivia

  • Born in 1935 (from Ehime Prefecture)
  • Won the 27th Gunzō New Writers' Literary Prize in 1984 for 'Damian's Prey'
  • Graduated from Yamaguchi Women's Junior College (Home Economics)
  • Authority records exist in ISNI, VIAF, and the National Diet Library