Takagi Nobuko

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Takagi Nobuko, 高樹のぶ子 (born April 9, 1946), pen-name of Tsuruta Nobuko, is a Japanese author.

Takagi was born in Yamaguchi Prefecture, graduated from the Junior College of Tokyo Woman's Christian University (now Tokyo Woman's Christian University), and first published in 1980 with Sono hosoki michi (That Narrow Road). It was nominated for the Akutagawa Prize, as were her subsequent stories Tôsugiru tomo (A Distant Friend, 1981), Oikaze (A Following Wind, 1982), and Hikari idaku tomo yo (To a Friend Embracing the Light, 1983) which won the prize. Other works include Ginga no shizuku (Drops Falling from the Milky Way, 1993) and Tsuta moe (The Burning Vine, 1994).

Takagi's main interest lies in exploring the themes of romantic love in many forms, including innocent love, married love, extra-marital affairs, and love triangles. She is currently a Special Guest Professor at Kyushu University.

[edit] Major prizes

• 1984 Akutagawa Prize for Hikari idaku tomo yo (To a Friend Embracing the Light)
• 1994 Shimase Literary Prize for Love Stories for Tsuta-moe
• 1999 Tanizaki Prize for Tokō no ki (透光の樹)