original_creator
15Tanabe, Seiko
田辺 聖子
- Birthdate
- Mar 27, 1928 (98 yrs)
- Birthplace
- Osaka-shi, Osaka, Japan
- Active since
- 1956-2018
- Gender
- Female
Personal Information
Seiko Tanabe, a distinguished Japanese author, passed away on June 6, 2019. She graduated from the Department of Japanese Literature at Shouin Joshi Senmon Gakkou. Throughout her prolific career writing numerous novels, she received the Akutagawa Prize, the Yomiuri Prize, and the Asahi Prize. In recognition of her significant contributions to literature, she was also awarded the Order of Culture.
