Makiko Mori

Makiko Mori was a Japanese novelist. She won the 1980 Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature for her book . Her real name was Eiko Matsuura.

Early life and education

Mori was born on 19 December 1934 in Sakata, Japan. She was the second child of three children. Her father was a physician. When she was six years old, her father died. Mori began suffering from rheumatism when she was 10 years old. She graduated from Yamagata Prefectural Sakata Higashi High School in 1953. When she was 19 years old, her mother died. Mori left home after her mother's death. She moved to Kobe and then Tokyo. She began reading a lot. She loves to read the works of Jean-Paul Sartre, Franz Kafka, Kōbō Abe and Yutaka Haniya.

Career

Mori made her debut as a writer in 1965 with the novel . Her novel won the Bungakukai New Writer's Award and was nominated for the Akutagawa Prize. Several of her other books were also nominated for this award, such as in 1965, in 1969, and in 1971. Three of her works were nominated for the Women's Literature Award. Her book won the Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature in 1980.

Mori lived a solitary life. Her death was discovered on 17 November 1992. Throughout her career she wrote nine books. later wrote a book about her life that was called .

Style

Mori's style was known for her isolated female character who live depressing (sad) lives. They are often emotional and wander with little sense of identity. Many of her works are about isolation and end with death.