Yukiko Katō

Yukiko Kato was a Japanese writer. She is best known for writing , which won the 1982 Akutagawa Prize.

Biography Kato was born Yukiko Shiraki in Sapporo, Japan on September 26, 1936. After graduation she worked for the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and the Nature Conservation Society of Japan.

Kato began her writing career after leaving public service. Her first story was published in 1981. Her next story, , which was published in 1982, won the . In the same year Kato won the Akutagawa Prize for . She won the Geijutsu Senshō Award for in 1991.

Selected works