Kaoru Kurimoto
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| Kaoru Kurimoto | |
|---|---|
| Born | 13 February 1953 Tokyo, Japan |
| Occupation | novelist and critic |
| Nationality | Japanese |
Kaoru Kurimoto (栗本薫, born 13 February 1953) is the pen name of Sumiyo Imaoka, an award-winning Japanese novelist. Imaoka also uses the pen name Azusa Nakajima (中島梓 Nakajima Azusa) to write criticism. She is best known for her record-breaking 118-volume Guin Saga series, which has been translated into English, German, French, Italian and Russian.
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Kurimoto was born in Tokyo in 1953. She studied literature at Waseda University, graduating in 1975. Still in her early twenties, she won the Gunzo Prize for New Writers (Criticism), as Azusa Nakajima, in 1977, and the Edogawa Rampo prize in 1978. This spectacular introduction to the literary world drew a lot of attention, especially as she was the youngest ever winner of the Edogawa Rampo prize. Her use of two pen names was also discussed, and shortly after she won the Rampo prize the magazine Heibon Panchi featured a conversation between the 'two' writers.
Kurimoto is known for being prolific, and since her debut about thirty years ago, she has written nearly 400 books. This includes four years where she wrote more than twenty books, and she still produces more than ten books a year now. She writes in several genres, including science fiction, fantasy, horror, mystery, yaoi and Japanese-style historical romance.
Her writing shows the influence of Mori Mari, with a number of her works featuring homosexual love, and her 1979 novel Mayonaka no Tenshi played an important part in the creation of the yaoi genre. She was also heavily involved with the first issue of the yaoi magazine June in 1978, contributing stories and criticism as Kaoru Kurimoto and Azusa Nakajima, as well as using a number of other pseudonyms.
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| NAME | Kaoru Kurimoto |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 栗本薫; Sumiyo Imaoka (real name); Nakajima Azusa (pen name |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Japanese writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 13 February 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tokyo, Japan |
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