Yōko Ogawa
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Yōko Ogawa (小川 洋子, Ogawa Yōko, born March 30, 1962) is a Japanese writer. Her work has won every major Japanese literary award, including the Akutagawa Prize and the Yomiuri Prize.[1] Internationally, she has been the recipient of the Shirley Jackson Award and the American Book Award.[2] The Memory Police was also shortlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2020.[3]
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Born | (1962-03-30) March 30, 1962 (age 62) Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan |
Occupation | Novelist, short story writer, essayist |
Nationality | Japanese |
Period | 1980–present |
Notable works | The Housekeeper and the Professor, The Memory Police |
Notable awards | Akutagawa Prize 1990 |
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Some of her most well known works include The Housekeeper and the Professor, The Diving Pool and Hotel Iris.