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Japanese writer and poet

For the Filipina screenwriter, see Michiko Yamamoto (screenwriter).

Michiko Yamamoto (山本道子, Yamamoto Michiko, born 4 December 1936) is the professional name of Michiko Furuya (古屋道子, Furuya Michiko), a Japanese writer and poet. Yamamoto has won the Shincho Prize for New Writers, the Akutagawa Prize, and the Izumi Kyoka Prize for Literature.

Biography

Yamamoto was born in Nakano, Tokyo and graduated from Atomi University in 1957.^[1] Her first three short stories, "Mahō," "Ame no Isu," and "Betei-san no Niwa" appeared in Shinchō magazine in March, July and November 1972 editions, respectively. "Rōjin no Kamo" was published August 1972 in the magazine Fūkei.

These four stories were based on her experience living in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, where she had accompanied her husband in 1967.^[2] They later appeared in a collective issue.

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