Fumiko Kometani

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Foumiko Kometani, born in Osaka, Japan in 1931, is a Japanese author and artist (painter) and a long resident of the United States. Kometani moved to America as an abstract painter in 1960, settling in the MacDowell colony in New Hampshire where she met her husband, Josh Greenfeld (now living in California). She changed to writing when her mentally disabled son became too much to handle around the art supplies.

Kometani is also noted for her expressed displeasure of what she terms the fascist mentality of Post World War II Japan.

[edit] Awards

  • Bungakkai shinjinshoo (1985)
  • Shinchoo shinjinshoo (1985)
  • Akutagawashoo (1985) (One of the most prestigious literary awards in Japan)
  • Murasaki Shikibu Prize (1998)
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