Keiko Iwasaka

Keiko Iwasaka 2=岩阪恵子 is a Japanese novelist.

Biography

Iwasaki was born in Nara or Osaka, Japan on June 17, 1946. She began writing poetry in high school, and began writing novels after graduating from Kwansei Gakuin University. She is married to Takayuki Kiyooka.
She won the Noma Literary Prize in 1986 for her novel 2=ミモザの林を. Her 2=画家小出楢重の肖像 won the in 1992. Her 1994 2=淀川にちかい町から won the Murasaki Shikibu Prize and the. She was awarded the 2000 for her 2=雨のち雨？.
She also wrote two nonfiction works about the poets and Mokutarō Kinoshita. Reviewers wrote positively about both books.

Selected works

2=ミモザの林を, 1986
2=画家小出楢重の肖像, 1992
2=淀川にちかい町から, 1994
2=雨のち雨？, 2000