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Takako Nakajo

なかじょう たかこ

Nakajō Takako

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1938-01-01
Nationality
Japanese
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Novelist
Active Years
1985-

Awards

Oda Sakunosuke Award
1985
Work: Doreai
Organization: Oda Sakunosuke Award
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Doreai

1985 Short story

Handmade Funeral

1991 Novel 255 pages
Translations
  • Handmade Funeral

The Afternoon the Wind Whispers

1993 Novel 254 pages
Translations
  • The Afternoon the Wind Whispers

Bibliography

  • Doreai
  • Handmade Funeral
  • The Afternoon the Wind Whispers

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Contemporary fiction
Recurring Motifs
deathloss in everyday life

Legacy

Japanese novelist who won the 2nd Oda Sakunosuke Award in 1985. Published several books in the early 1990s; detailed public information is limited.

Trivia

  • Won the 2nd Oda Sakunosuke Award in 1985.
  • Authored 'Handmade Funeral' (1991) and 'The Afternoon the Wind Whispers' (1993).