Kunie Iwahashi

was a Japanese novelist. She was considered "the female Shintaro Ishihara". Her mother and father were both teachers and Christians. The family evacuated from Hiroshima to Saga, Kyushu two months before the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945. Iwahashi graduated in 1957 with a degree in pedagogical sociology. The same year, she was employed as a special feature writer for a magazine.

Personal life She married in 1957 and had one daughter. Iwahashi's husband died of cancer in 1983.

Awards 1982 - for the short story collection Asai Nemuri 1986 - for the novel Hanryo 1992 - for the novel Ukihashi 1994 - for her biography of Hasegawa Shigure 2012 - Murasaki Shikibu Prize for her biography of Nogami Yaeko