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Michiko Yamamoto

Died in 2026

Yamamoto Michiko, whose real name was Furuya Michiko, was born on 4 December 1936 in Tokyo. A graduate of Atomi Junior College in 1957, she first published poetry. Married, she followed her husband to Australia, then moved from poetry to prose. In 1972 she received the Shinchō Prize for new authors, then the Akutagawa Prize. She lived in Kamakura, and died on 29 January 2026 in a hospital in Chigasaki, in Kanagawa Prefecture.

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