It was later translated into English under the title Record of a Night Too Brief. In 1996 Hebi wo fumi ( Tread on a snake) won the Akutagawa Prize, one of Japan's most prestigious literary awards. In 1994, at the age of 36, Kawakami debuted as a writer of literary fiction with a collection of short stories entitled Kamisama ( God). She also taught science in a middle school and high school, but became a housewife when her husband had to relocate for work. Her first short story, "Sho-shimoku" ("Diptera"), appeared in NW-SF in 1980. Career Īfter graduating from college Kawakami began writing and editing for NW-SF, a Japanese science fiction magazine. She graduated from Ochanomizu Women's College in 1980. Kawakami was born in Tokyo in 1958 and grew up in the Takaido neighborhood of Suginami City. Her work has been adapted for film, and has been translated into more than 15 languages. She has won numerous Japanese literary awards, including the Akutagawa Prize, the Tanizaki Prize, the Yomiuri Prize, and the Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature. Hiromi Kawakami ( 川上 弘美, Kawakami Hiromi, born 1958) is a Japanese writer known for her off-beat fiction, poetry, and literary criticism.
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