Kunie Iwahashi

Iwahashi Kunie
Native name	岩橋邦枝
Born	(1934-10-10)October 10, 1934
Died	(2014-06-11)June 11, 2014
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	Japanese

Kunie Iwahashi (岩橋 邦枝, Iwahashi Kunie, October 10, 1934 – June 11, 2014) was a Japanese novelist.[1] She was considered "the female Shintaro Ishihara".[2]

Biography

Born Kunie Nemoto (邦枝根本), Iwahashi was born in Hiroshima.[3] Her mother and father were both teachers and Christians. The family evacuated from Hiroshima to Saga, Kyushu two months before the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945.[1]

Iwahashi's career began when she gained attention for her writing while attending Ochanomizu Women's College. Her short story "Gyakukoosen" was one of these early works.[3] It was adapted into a movie by the Nikkatsu film studio.[2] Iwahashi graduated in 1957 with a degree in pedagogical sociology. The same year, she was employed as a special feature writer for a magazine.

Personal life

She married in 1957 and had one daughter. Iwahashi's husband died of cancer in 1983.[1]

Awards

• 1982 - Taiko Hirabayashi Prize [ja] for the short story collection Asai Nemuri
• 1986 - New Artist Award [ja] for the novel Hanryo
• 1992 - Women's Prize for Literature [ja] for the novel Ukihashi
• 1994 - Nitta Jirou Prize [ja] for her biography of Hasegawa Shigure
• 2012 - Murasaki Shikibu Prize for her biography of Nogami Yaeko[3]

Bibliography

Japanese Title	Reading	English Title	Publish Date	Publisher
逆光線 (short story collection)	Gyakukoosen	Counter-lights	1956	Mikasashobo
静かなみじかい午後 (short story collection)	Shizukana mijikai gogo	A Brief Quiet Afternoon	1976	Kawadeshobo
浅い眠り (short story collection)	Asai nemuri	A Light Sleep	1982	Kodansha
真夏日 (short story collection)	Manatsubi	Midsummer Days	1984	Kodansha
愛と反逆 近代女性史を創った女たち (biographies)	Ai to hangyaku: kindai josei shi o tsukutta onna tachi	Love and Rebellion: Women who made History	1984	Kodansha
伴侶 (novel)	Hanryo	Life Companion	1985	Shinchosha
中空に (short story collection)	Nakazora ni	In Mid-Air	1987	Kodansha
迷鳥 (short story collection)	Meichoo	Birds at a Loss	1988	Kodansha
浮橋 (novel)	Ukihashi	A Floating Bridge	1992	Kodansha

References

1. Schierbeck, Sachiko Shibata; Edelstein, Marlene R. (1994). Japanese Women Novelists in the 20th Century: 104 Biographies, 1900-1993. Museum Tusculanum Press. ISBN 9788772892689.
2. Anderson and Richie (2018). The Japanese Film: Art and Industry - Expanded Edition. Princeton University Press. p. 265.
3. 日本人名大辞典+Plus, デジタル版. "岩橋邦枝(いわはし くにえ)とは". コトバンク (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-10-23.