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Mitsuyo Kakuta (角田 光代, Kakuta Mitsuyo, born 8 March 1967) [citation needed] is a Japanese author born in Yokohama. She has been engaged in translating into modern Japanese the 11th-century proto-novel The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu (紫式部).
Mitsuyo Kakuta ( 角田 光代, 1967–) set her sights on becoming a writer from an early age. Her debut novel—Kōfuku na yūgi (A Blissful Pastime), written while she was a university student—received the Kaien Prize for New Writers in 1990.
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Nov 9, 2004 · Mitsuyo Kakuta, Wayne P. Lammers (Translator) 3.66. 1,179 ratings196 reviews. This compelling novel, widely acclaimed for its perceptive portrayal of the everyday lives and struggles of Japanese women, struck a deep chord with readers throughout Japan.
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Mar 1, 2007 · Mitsuyo Kakuta's powerful second novel in English is a sympathetic portrait of two women brought together by tragedy, each struggling to determine her own destiny. Told in the voices of both the kidnapper and her victim, this compelling exploration of the nature of motherhood and family was a critical and popular success in Japan.
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Jun 22, 2007 · In 2005 it won the prestigious Naoki Prize, awarded semiannually for the best work of popular fiction by an established writer. Sayoko, a thirty-five-year-old homemaker with a three-year-old child, begins working for Aoi, a free-spirited, single career woman her own age who runs a travel agency-housekeeping business.
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1 day ago · Kakuta Mitsuyo won the Naoki Prize for "The Girl on the Other Side" and has many hits, such as "The Eighth Day Semi". In 2024, her 34th year as a writer, she decided to "change the way I work 180 degrees".
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