Aiko Satō (佐藤 愛子, Satō Aiko, born 5 November 1923) is a Japanese novelist. [1]
The novelist [2] Aiko Satō was born in Osaka [2] in 1923. [2] She is the second [3] daughter of the novelist [4] Kōroku Satō [2] and the agnate half-sister [2] of the poet [4] Hachirō Satō . [2]
Satō graduated the Kōnan Higher Girls' School [2] (the precursor to the modern Konan Girls' Junior and Senior High School [ citation needed]).
Satō published early works in the magazine Bungei Shuto (文芸首都). [4] She wrote an autobiographical novel, Aiko (愛子, 1959), [4] which she followed eight years later with a biography of her father entitled Hana wa Kurenai (花はくれない, "The Flowers Are Red", 1967) [4] [a] and seven years after that with a book about her mother, Joyū Mariko (女優万里子, "The Actress Mariko", 1974). [4]
Her works Sokuratesu no Tsuma (ソクラテスの妻, "Socrates' Wife") and Futari no Onna (二人の女, "Two Women"), both published in 1963, [4] earned a nomination for the Akutagawa Prize, [4] and Kanō Taii Fujin (加納大尉婦人, published 1964) was nominated for the Naoki Prize. [4] She won the 61st [3] Naoki Prize for Tatakai-sunde Hi ga Kurete (闘いすんで日が暮れて), [2] which portrays a woman's struggles with her incapable husband. [4]
Aiko Satō (佐藤 愛子, Satō Aiko, born 5 November 1923) is a Japanese novelist. [1]
The novelist [2] Aiko Satō was born in Osaka [2] in 1923. [2] She is the second [3] daughter of the novelist [4] Kōroku Satō [2] and the agnate half-sister [2] of the poet [4] Hachirō Satō . [2]
Satō graduated the Kōnan Higher Girls' School [2] (the precursor to the modern Konan Girls' Junior and Senior High School [ citation needed]).
Satō published early works in the magazine Bungei Shuto (文芸首都). [4] She wrote an autobiographical novel, Aiko (愛子, 1959), [4] which she followed eight years later with a biography of her father entitled Hana wa Kurenai (花はくれない, "The Flowers Are Red", 1967) [4] [a] and seven years after that with a book about her mother, Joyū Mariko (女優万里子, "The Actress Mariko", 1974). [4]
Her works Sokuratesu no Tsuma (ソクラテスの妻, "Socrates' Wife") and Futari no Onna (二人の女, "Two Women"), both published in 1963, [4] earned a nomination for the Akutagawa Prize, [4] and Kanō Taii Fujin (加納大尉婦人, published 1964) was nominated for the Naoki Prize. [4] She won the 61st [3] Naoki Prize for Tatakai-sunde Hi ga Kurete (闘いすんで日が暮れて), [2] which portrays a woman's struggles with her incapable husband. [4]