Eiko Matsumura
Eiko Matsumura (松村栄子, born July 3, 1961) is a Japanese novelist. She is best known for her novel Abaton (至高聖所（アバトーン)) which won the Akutagawa Prize in 1991.
Biography
[edit]Matsumura was born in Shizuoka, Japan on July 3, 1961. She graduated from Tsukuba University. After graduation, she worked at a computer software company and began writing fiction. Her first work, Boku wa Kagayaku Hime (僕はかぐや姫) was published in 1990, and was well-received by critics.[1] It won the Kaien Award for New Writers and was nominated for the Mishima Yukio Prize.[2]
Matsumura's next story, Abaton (至高聖所（アバトーン)) won the Akutagawa Prize in 1991.[2]
Selected works
[edit]- Boku wa Kagayaku Hime (僕はかぐや姫), 1990
- Abaton (至高聖所（アバトーン)), 1991
References
[edit]- ^ Schierbeck, Sachiko Shibata (1994). Japanese women novelists in the 20th century : 104 biographies, 1900-1993. Marlene R. Edelstein. [Copenhagen]: Museum Tusculanum Press. ISBN 87-7289-268-4. OCLC 32348453.
- ^ a b "松村栄子（まつむら えいこ）-芥川賞受賞作家｜芥川賞のすべて・のようなもの". prizesworld.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-11-10.
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