Taeko Tomioka
Japanese novelist, screenwriter, poet and writer
About Taeko Tomioka
Lived 1935 – 2023 (aged 87). Taeko Tomioka was a Japanese novelist, screenwriter, poet, writer and critic.
Taeko Tomioka (, Tomioka Taeko; July 28, 1935 – April 6, 2023) was a Japanese writer. She has also produced essays on literature from a feminist viewpoint.
In 1993, she published Nobuyoshi Araki: Akt-Tokyo, 1971-1991, a book of erotic photography. In 1997, Tomioka wrote Hiberunia kikō (A journey to Ireland), which received the Noma Literary Prize.
In 2000, The Funeral of a Giraffe: Seven Stories, a collection of her stories translated from Japanese to English, was published.
Tomioka died on April 6, 2023, at the age of 87.
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Japanese novelist, screenwriter, poet and writer (1935–2023)
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Taeko Tomioka was born on 28 July 1935 in Osaka.
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Taeko Tomioka died on 6 April 2023 in Ito.
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Taeko Tomioka was a novelist, screenwriter, poet, writer and critic.
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Taeko Tomioka was Japanese.
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