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Tomoso Nonaka

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Tomoso Nonaka
Borntokyo
Occupationwriter
Alma materMeiji University

Tomoso Nonaka (Japanese:野中ともそ) is a Japanese novelist and illustrator.[1]

Early life and education

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Nonaka was born in Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from Meiji University's Faculty of Letters, Department of Drama. While at university, she belonged to a music circle and devoted herself to band activities.[citation needed]

Career

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She went to New York in 1992 after working as a music writer in Tokyo for several years. She is the author and illustrator of over 15 publications, including novels, illustrated essays, and children's book translations.[2]

Her debut novel was honoured with the Shueisha New Writer of Literature Award. In 2007, she was a finalist for the Tshubota Joji Literature Award for Young Readers, as well as the 54th Shogakukan Children's Culture Publishing Award.

Novels

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  • Bread's Ringing Sea Scarlet Sky (1999)[3]
  • Flagler's Maritime Railway (2002)[4]
  • The brightest roof in the universe (2003)
  • Katyusha (2005)
  • Reggae Bar at the End of the World (2005)
  • Landing goldfish (2007)
  • Cherry (2007)
  • The nape of a dog (2009)
  • Pishan-chan (2009)
  • Duck Flight Presley (2011)
  • Aminaya Band Goes to the Sky (2012)
  • Wife's Wife (2014)
  • Rainbow Nest (2016)
  • Laundry shop Jujiro (2018)
  • Under the distant sky, we speak fearfully (2023)

References

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  1. ^ "Tomoso Nonaka". id.oclc.org. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  2. ^ "Tomoso Nonaka - Biografía, mejores películas, series, imágenes y noticias". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 2022-05-19. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  3. ^ 『パンの鳴る海、緋の舞う空』(1999年1月 集英社 ISBN 9784087743821 / 2004年10月 集英社文庫 ISBN 9784087477481).
  4. ^ 『フラグラーの海上鉄道』(2002年4月 集英社 ISBN 9784087753127 / 2006年9月 集英社文庫 ISBN 9784087460803).