Masayo Yamamoto

Masayo Yamamoto 2=山本昌代 is a Japanese novelist. She is best known for her 1983 2=応為坦坦録, which won the Bungei Prize.

Biography

Yamamoto was born on August 18, 1960, in Kanagawa prefecture, Japan. She attended Tsuda University, and her novel 2=応為坦坦録 won the Bungei Prize while she was in school. Her novels 2=豚神祀り, 2=春のたより, and 2=海鳴り were all shortlisted for the Akutagawa Award, but did not win. In 1995 she won the Mishima Yukio Prize for her novel Midori-iro no Nigotta Ocha Arui wa Kōfuku no Sampo-michi.

Selected works

2=応為坦坦録, 1983
2=豚神祀り, 1986
2=春のたより, 1987Midori-iro no Nigotta Ocha Arui wa Kōfuku no Sampo-michi, 1995
2=海鳴り, 1996