About Aki Shimazaki
Born 1954. Aki Shimazaki is a Canadian linguist, translator, novelist and writer.
Aki Shimazaki (born 1954 Since 1991 she has lived in Montreal, where she teaches Japanese and publishes her novels in French. Her fifth, Hotaru, won the 2005 Governor General's Award for French fiction. 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
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Who is Aki Shimazaki?
Canadian writer
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Aki Shimazaki was born in 1954 in Gifu.
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Aki Shimazaki is a linguist, translator, novelist and writer.
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Aki Shimazaki is Canadian.
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