Fuyuko Kamisaka
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Fuyuko Kamisaka (上坂 冬子, Kamisaka Fuyuko, June 10, 1930 – April 14, 2009) was a Japanese non-fiction author.
Life and career
[edit]Kamisaka was born as Yoshiko Niwa in Tokyo on June 10, 1930. Her first work, Shokuba-no gunzo (People at a Place of Work), based on her experiences as a worker for Toyota, was published in 1959 and won a prize for works by new authors.
Her best-known work is ""Keishu Nazare-en" about a facility for Japanese widows of South Koreans.[1]
Other works dealt with Sugamo Prison, the Battle of Iwo Jima and vivisection experiments conducted by the Japanese on prisoners of war.
Death
[edit]Kamisaka died of cancer, aged 78, on April 14, 2009 in her native Tokyo.
Awards
[edit]In 1993, Kamisaka received the Kikuchi Kan Prize.
References
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