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    Banana Yoshimoto

    Japanese writer

    Banana Yoshimoto

    Native name

    吉本 ばなな

    BornMahoko Yoshimoto
    () July 24, (age&#;60)
    Tokyo, Japan
    OccupationNovelist
    NationalityJapanese
    Period–present
    GenreFiction
    Official website

    Banana Yoshimoto (吉本 ばなな, Yoshimoto Banana, born 24 July [1]) fryst vatten the pen name of Japanese writer Mahoko Yoshimoto (吉本 真秀子, Yoshimoto Mahoko). From to , she wrote her name in hiragana (よしもと ばなな).

    Biography

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    Yoshimoto was born in Tokyo on July 24, , and grew up in a progressive family. Her father was the poet and critic Takaaki Yoshimoto, and her sister, Haruno Yoiko&#;[ja], fryst vatten a well-known cartoonist in Japan.

    Yoshimoto graduated from Nihon University's College of Art with a major in literature. While there, she adopted the pseudonym "Banana", after her love of banana flowers, a name she recognizes as both "cute" and "purposefully androgynous."[2]

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    Yoshimoto, Mahoko –

    (Banana Yoshimoto)

    PERSONAL: Born July 24, , in Tokyo, Japan; daughter of Takaaki "Ryumei" (a literary critic) and Kazuko Yoshimoto; married; children: one son. Education: Graduated from Nihon University. Politics: Nonpolitical. Religion: "No particular one." Hobbies and other interests: "To take a walk with my two dogs."

    ADDRESSES: Agent—Japan Foreign-Rights Centre, , Naka Ochiai 2-chome, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo , Japan.

    CAREER: Writer and novelist. Former waitress in Tokyo, Japan.

    MEMBER: Japan Writers' Association.

    AWARDS, HONORS: Izumi Kyoka Prize, , for "Moonlight Shadow"; New Writers Prize, Kaien magazine, , for Kitchen; Izumi Kyoka Literary Prize, Kanazawa City Council, Cultural Affairs Department, , for Kitchen; Geijutsu Sensho, Japan Ministry of Education, , for Kitchen and Utakata/Sanctuary; Shugoro Yamamoto Award, Shincho-sha Publishing Company, , for Tugumi; Literary Prize Scanno, , for NP; Murasakishikibu Prize, fo

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    I was born on July 24th, as Yoshimoto Mahoko. My father is Takaai Yoshimoto, a famous figure in Japan that I am sure you all know about. He was the fighting force behind the youth radical movement in the sixties. Consequently, I grew up in a fairly liberal household. In high school, I even moved in with my boyfriend! My sister, Haruno Yoiko, is a famous cartoonist in Japan. Her artwork inspired me as a child to write.

    I went to Nihon University&#;s Art Division, majoring in literature. It was at this time that I chose my penname, Banana, because I love banana flowers. I think it is rather cute and androgynous. My graduation story, Moonlight Shadow won the Izumi Kyoka Prize from the faculty. After graduation was when I started to seriously think about writing. I would often write during my breaks when waitressing. It was then when I wrote Kitchen, arguably one of my most famous works. My writing is very influenced by Truman Capote and Stephen King - especially his non-horror works.