Writer

Ozaki Mariko

Professor, School of Culture, Media, and Society, Waseda University, and researcher at the Yomiuri Research Institute. Joined the Yomiuri Shimbun in 1982. Appointed to the culture section of the paper’s Tokyo headquarters in 1992, where she served in such posts as head of the publishing department, lead editor, and senior staff writer. Received the Japan National Press Club’s top prize in 2016. Assumed her current position in 2020. Won the Minister of Education’s Art Encouragement Prize for her book Himitsu no ōkoku hyōden Ishii Momoko (Secret Kingdom: A Biography of Ishii Momoko). Other works include Jakuchō bungakushi (Setouchi Jakuchō’s Literary History), Ōe Kenzaburō zenshōsetsu kaisetsu (The Novels of Ōe Kenzaburō), and Shijin nante yobarete (Call Me a Poet) together with Tanikawa Shuntarō.

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last updated at : Jul 11, 2022