About Kyōko Nakajima
Born 1964. Kyōko Nakajima is a Japanese novelist, writer and editing staff.
Writing style Nakajima bases many of her settings and characters on her own personal experiences, such as caring for a parent with dementia, as in Nagai owakare, or dealing with a youthful sibling, as in Kirihatake no endan. Ian McCullough MacDonald, one of Nakajima's English translators, describes her writing as "deceptively simple prose."
Recognition 2010 143rd Naoki Prize (2010上) for Chiisai ouchi (The Little House)
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Who is Kyōko Nakajima?
Japanese novelist
When was Kyōko Nakajima born?
Kyōko Nakajima was born on 23 March 1964 in Tokyo, Tokyo.
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Kyōko Nakajima is a novelist, writer and editing staff.
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Kyōko Nakajima is Japanese.
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