Aki Shimazaki
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Aki Shimazaki (born 1954[1] in Gifu, Japan) is a Canadian novelist and translator. She moved to Canada in 1981, living in Vancouver and Toronto.[2] She has lived in Montreal, where she teaches Japanese and publishes her novels in French, since 1991.[1]
Her second novel, Hamaguri, won the Prix Ringuet in 2000.[1] Her fourth, Wasurenagusa, won the Canada-Japan Literary Prize in 2002.[1] Her fifth, Hotaru, won the 2005 Governor General's Award for French fiction.[3] Her books have been translated in English, Japanese, German, Hungarian and Russian.
Novels
- Tsubaki, 1999
- Hamaguri, 2000
- Tsubame, 2001
- Wasurenagusa, 2002
- Hotaru, 2005
- Mitsuba, 2006
- Zakuro, 2008
- Tonbo, 2010
- Tsukushi, 2012
- Yamabuki, 2013
References
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