Tsushima, Yuko (1947–)
Tsushima, Yuko (1947–)
Japanese writer. Born 1947 in Tokyo, Japan; dau. of Osamu Dazai (postwar novelist who committed suicide in 1948).
One of the 1st Japanese writers to achieve popular success while addressing women's issues, published Choji (1978, Child of Fortune, 1983); won Kawabata Award for Silent Traders; works, translated into English by Geraldine Harcourt, include Woman Running in the Mountains (1992) and The Shooting Gallery & Other Stories (1997).
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