Momoko Hirotsu

Momoko Hirotsu
Native name 広津 桃子
Born (1918-03-21)21 March 1918
Died 24 November 1988(1988-11-24) (aged 70)
Occupation novelist
Nationality Japanese

Momoko Hirotsu (広津 桃子, Hirotsu Momoko, 21 March 1918 – 24 November 1988) was a Japanese novelist. She was the daughter of Kazuo Hirotsu.

Biography

After her father died, Hirotsu wrote Haru no oto (春の音), which won the Toshiko Tamura award in 1972. She also wrote Tsuwabuki no hana (石蕗の花), which won the Women's Literature award in 1981.[1] She wrote fewer works than her father Kazuo and her grandfather Hirotsu Ryurō. Momoko, who never married, died childless.[2] She was buried at Yanaka Cemetery.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Notiziario. Istituto giapponese di cultura. 1982. (in Italian)
  2. ↑ Hefte für ostasiatische Literatur. Kai Yeh. 1996. p. 119. (in German)
  3. ↑ "広津桃子". 谷中・桜木・上野公園裏路地ツアー. Retrieved 15 July 2017. (in Japanese)
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