Michiko Ishimure

Michiko Ishimure (石牟礼道子, Ishimure Michiko; 11 March 1927 – 10 February 2018)^[1] was a Japanese writer and activist.

Michiko Ishimure
石牟礼道子
Born	11 March 1927 Kawaura, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
Died	10 February 2018 (aged 90) Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Known for	writer, activist, environmentalist, writing
Notable work	Paradise in the Sea of Sorrow: Our Minamata Disease, Story of the Sea of Camellias, Lake of Heaven

She won the 1973 Ramon Magsaysay Award, among the most prestigious awards in Asia, for publicizing writings about Minamata disease, which was extremely controversial at the time.^[2]

Select works

• Paradise in the Sea of Sorrow: Our Minamata Disease (1969) translated into English by Livia Monnet^[3][4] and into German by Ursula Graefe.^[5]
• Story of the Sea of Camellias (1976) translated into English by Livia Monnet^[6]
• Lake of Heaven (1997) translated into English by Bruce Allen.^[7]
• Anima no tori (Birds of Spirit) (1999)
• Shiranui: A Contemporary Noh Drama translated into English by Bruce Allen.^[8]