About Agata Hikari
Lived 1943 – 1992 (aged 49). Agata Hikari was a Japanese novelist, writer and historian.
Kazue Asai (浅井 和枝; January 25, 1943 – September 6, 1992), known by her pen name Agata Hikari , was a Japanese novelist and translator. She won several awards throughout her career, but was best known for her Noma Literary Prize-winning novel .
Biography Hikari was born in Tokyo, Japan on January 25, 1943. Her father was a police officer. She attended Waseda University, but dropped out and became a copywriter. Uhoho Tankentai was adapted into the film House of Wedlock. Her 1986 won the Noma Literary Prize. Her 1988 was nominated for the Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize.
Hikari died on September 6, 1992, of stomach cancer.
Selected works
, 1982 , 1983 , 1984 , 1986 , 1986 , 1988
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Who was Agata Hikari?
Japanese novelist
When was Agata Hikari born?
Agata Hikari was born on 25 January 1943 in Ōme.
When did Agata Hikari die?
Agata Hikari died on 6 September 1992.
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Agata Hikari was a novelist, writer and historian.
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Agata Hikari was Japanese.
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