Sonoko Sugimoto

Sonoko Sugimoto was a Japanese novelist. She was best known for writing historical fiction.

Biography Sugimoto was born in Ushigome, Tokyo on June 26, 1925. As a child she performed as a stage and radio actor, and practiced traditional Japanese music and dance. She enjoyed books by Natsume Soseki and Mori Ogai. From 1944 to 1945 (during World War II), she worked for the Japanese government. She graduated from Bunka Gakuin with a degree in literature in 1949. She worked at a health center after graduation.

In 1951 and 1952 Sugimoto's first short stories, and both won awards from the magazine. Her collected works were published in 1998 as a 22-volume set. Sugimoto died on May 31, 2017.

Selected works