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Maki Kashimada (鹿島田 真希, Kashimada Maki, born 1976) is a Japanese writer. She has won the Bungei Prize, the Mishima Yukio Prize, the Noma Literary Prize, and the Akutagawa Prize.
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Native name | 鹿島田 真希 |
Born | 1976 (age 47–48) Japan |
Occupation | Writer |
Language | Japanese |
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Kashimada was born in Tokyo, Japan.[1] In 1998, while still a university student, she submitted her work Nihiki for the Bungei Prize, winning the 35th Bungei Prize.[2] She later graduated from Shirayuri Women's University after writing a thesis on Julia Kristeva.[3][4]
In 2005 Kashimada won the 18th Mishima Yukio Prize for Rokusendo no ai (Love at Six Thousand Degrees), a story set in Nagasaki and loosely inspired by Marguerite Duras' screenplay for Hiroshima mon amour.[4] In 2007 Kashimada won the 29th Noma Literary Prize for Pikarudī no sando.[5] In 2012, after having her work nominated for the Akutagawa Prize multiple times and almost sharing the award with Akiko Akazome in 2010, Kashimada won the 147th Akutagawa Prize for Meido meguri (Touring the Land of the Dead).[6][7]
Kashimada is a member of the Japanese Orthodox Church and is married to a member of the clergy.[8][9]
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