Eiko Matsumura (松村栄子, born July 3, 1961) is a Japanese novelist. She is best known for her novel Abaton (至高聖所（アバトーン)) which won the Akutagawa Prize in 1991.
Biography edit
Matsumura was born in Shizuoka, Japan on July 3, 1961. She graduated from Tsukuba University. After graduation, she worked at a computer software company and began writing fiction. Her first work, Boku wa Kagayaku Hime (僕はかぐや姫) was published in 1990, and was well-received by critics.[1] It won the Kaien Award for New Writers and was nominated for the Mishima Yukio Prize.[2]
Matsumura's next story, Abaton (至高聖所（アバトーン)) won the Akutagawa Prize in 1991.[2]
Selected works edit
- Boku wa Kagayaku Hime (僕はかぐや姫), 1990
- Abaton (至高聖所（アバトーン)), 1991
References edit
- ^ Schierbeck, Sachiko Shibata (1994). Japanese women novelists in the 20th century : 104 biographies, 1900-1993. Marlene R. Edelstein. [Copenhagen]: Museum Tusculanum Press. ISBN 87-7289-268-4. OCLC 32348453.
- ^ a b "松村栄子（まつむら えいこ）-芥川賞受賞作家｜芥川賞のすべて・のようなもの". prizesworld.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-11-10.