Kunie Iwahashi

Kunie Iwahashi (岩橋 邦枝, Iwahashi Kunie, October 10, 1934 – June 11, 2014) was a Japanese novelist.[1] She was considered "the female Shintaro Ishihara".[2]

Iwahashi Kunie
Native name
岩橋邦枝
Born(1934-10-10)October 10, 1934
Died(2014-06-11)June 11, 2014
OccupationWriter
NationalityJapanese

Biography

Born Kunie Nemoto (邦枝根本), Iwahashi was born in Hiroshima.[3] Her mother and father were both teachers and Christians. The family evacuated from Hiroshima to Saga, Kyushu two months before the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945.[1]

Iwahashi's career began when she gained attention for her writing while attending Ochanomizu Women's College. Her short story "Gyakukoosen" was one of these early works.[3] It was adapted into a movie by the Nikkatsu film studio.[2] Iwahashi graduated in 1957 with a degree in pedagogical sociology. The same year, she was employed as a special feature writer for a magazine.

Personal life

She married in 1957 and had one daughter. Iwahashi's husband died of cancer in 1983.[1]

Awards
  • 1982 - Taiko Hirabayashi Prize for the short story collection Asai Nemuri
  • 1986 - New Artist Award for the novel Hanryo
  • 1992 - Women's Prize for Literature for the novel Ukihashi
  • 1994 - Nitta Jirou Prize for her biography of Hasegawa Shigure
  • 2012 - Murasaki Shikibu Prize for her biography of Nogami Yaeko[3]

Bibliography
Japanese Title Reading English Title Publish Date Publisher
逆光線 (short story collection) Gyakukoosen Counter-lights 1956 Mikasashobo
静かなみじかい午後 (short story collection) Shizukana mijikai gogo A Brief Quiet Afternoon 1976 Kawadeshobo
浅い眠り (short story collection) Asai nemuri A Light Sleep 1982 Kodansha
真夏日 (short story collection) Manatsubi Midsummer Days 1984 Kodansha
愛と反逆 近代女性史を創った女たち (biographies) Ai to hangyaku: kindai josei shi o tsukutta onna tachi Love and Rebellion: Women who made History 1984 Kodansha
伴侶 (novel) Hanryo Life Companion 1985 Shinchosha
中空に (short story collection) Nakazora ni In Mid-Air 1987 Kodansha
迷鳥 (short story collection) Meichoo Birds at a Loss 1988 Kodansha
浮橋 (novel) Ukihashi A Floating Bridge 1992 Kodansha

References
  1. Schierbeck, Sachiko Shibata; Edelstein, Marlene R. (1994). Japanese Women Novelists in the 20th Century: 104 Biographies, 1900-1993. Museum Tusculanum Press. ISBN 9788772892689.
  2. Anderson and Richie (2018). The Japanese Film: Art and Industry - Expanded Edition. Princeton University Press. p. 265.
  3. 日本人名大辞典+Plus, デジタル版. "岩橋邦枝(いわはし くにえ)とは". コトバンク (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-10-23.
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