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Tomie Oohara

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Oohara Tomie

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1912-09-28 （Jikeya, Yoshino Village, Nagaoka District, Kochi Prefecture (now Motoyama Town), Japan）
Died
2000-01-27 （Suginami Ward, Tokyo, Japan） age 87
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese
Religion
Catholicism Baptized in 1976
Residence History
Jikeya, Yoshino Village, Nagaoka District, Kochi Prefecture (now Motoyama Town), Japan → Tokyo, Japan

Career

Occupations
Novelist
Active Years
1938-2000
Memberships
Japan Art Academy

Education

Kochi Prefectural Women's Normal School
Country: Japan
Dropped out due to tuberculosis

Awards

Women's Literary Award
1957
Work: Stomai Tsumbo
Result: 受賞
Mainichi Publishing Culture Award
1960
Work: A Woman Called En
Organization: Mainichi Newspapers
Result: 受賞
Noma Literary Prize
1960
Work: A Woman Called En
Organization: Noma Cultural Foundation
Result: 受賞
Women's Literary Prize
1970
Work: O-Yuki: The Collapse of the Tosa Ichijo Family
Result: 受賞
Order of the Sacred Treasure
1990
Category: 勲三等
Organization: Government of Japan
Result: 受章
Imperial Award
1998
Organization: Japan Art Academy
Result: 受賞
Japan Art Academy Award
1998
Organization: Japan Art Academy
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Stomai Tsumbo

1957

A Woman Called En

1960

O-Yuki: The Collapse of the Tosa Ichijo Family

1970

Kenreimon-in Ukyo-no Daibu

1975

Abraham's Tent

1981

Health

  • tuberculosis
    1930年代
    Began writing novels during convalescence
  • Heart failure
    2000年1月27日
    Cause of death

Legacy

A novelist who portrayed women's lives and historical female figures, focusing on those who endured hardships.

Museums

  • Tomie Oohara Literary Museum 568-2 Motoyama, Motoyama Town, Nagaoka District, Kochi Prefecture, Japan Opened in 1991

Academic Societies

  • Japan Art Academy

Archives

  • Tomie Oohara Literary Museum