Mayumi Inaba
Mayumi Inaba | |
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| Native name | 稲葉 真弓 |
| Born | Mayumi Hirano 平野 眞弓 8 March 1950 Saya, Ama, Aichi, Occupied Japan |
| Died | 30 August 2014 (aged 64) Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan |
| Pen name | Yumi Kurata ( 倉田 ゆみ ) Yuko Kurata ( 倉田 悠子 ) |
| Occupation | Novelist, poet, university professor |
| Period | 1973 – 2014 |
| Notable awards | Taiko-Hirabayashi Prize (1995) Kawabata Prize (2008) Tanizaki Prize (2011) Shinran Prize (2012) Medal of Honor, Purple ribbon (2014) |
Mayumi Inaba (稲葉 真弓, Inaba Mayumi; 8 March 1950 – 30 August 2014) was a Japanese writer and poet. She won the Tanizaki Prize in 2011 for her memoir To the Peninsula (半島へ). Her short story Asa ga nido kuru (朝が二度くる, Morning Comes Twice a Day) was translated into English by Lawrence Rogers for the collection Tokyo Stories: A Literary Stroll.