Eiko Matsumura

Eiko Matsumura is a Japanese novelist. She is best known for her novel which won the Akutagawa Prize in 1991.

Biography Matsumura was born in Shizuoka, Japan on July 3, 1961. She graduated from Tsukuba University. After graduation, she worked at a computer software company and began writing fiction. Her first work, was published in 1990, and was well-received by critics. It won the and was nominated for the Mishima Yukio Prize.

Matsumura's next story, won the Akutagawa Prize in 1991.

Selected works

, 1990 , 1991