Aki Shimazaki

Aki Shimazaki (born 1954^[1] in Gifu, Japan) is a Canadian novelist and translator. She moved to Canada in 1981, living in Vancouver and Toronto.^[2] Since 1991 she has lived in Montreal, where she teaches Japanese and publishes her novels in French.^[1]

Aki Shimazaki

Her second novel, Hamaguri, won the Prix Ringuet in 2000.^[1] Her fourth, Wasurenagusa, won the Canada-Japan Literary Prize in 2002.^[1] Her fifth, Hotaru, won the 2005 Governor General's Award for French fiction.^[3] Her books have been translated in English, Japanese, German, Hungarian, Italian and Russian.

Novels

Pentalogy "Le poids des secrets" :

• Tsubaki, 1999
• Hamaguri, 2000
• Tsubame, 2001
• Wasurenagusa, 2002
• Hotaru, 2005

Pentalogy "Au coeur du Yamato" :

• Mitsuba, 2006
• Zakuro, 2008
• Tonbo, 2010
• Tsukushi, 2012
• Yamabuki, 2013

Pentalogy "L'ombre du chardon" :

• Azami, 2014
• Hôzuki, 2015
• Suisen, 2016
• Fuki-no-tô, 2017
• Maïmaï, 2018

Pentalogy "Une clochette sans battant" :

• Suzuran, 2019
• Sémi, 2021
• No-no-yuri, 2022
• Niré, 2023
• Urushi, 2024

In progress :

• Ajisaï, 2025^[4]