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Hiroko Shimizu

清水博子

Born 1968 · Japan

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Books on prize lists

  • No English yet

    Akutagawa 2005 (second half) · Candidate

    vanity

    Hiroko Shimizu · 37 when first published

    Novel · 142 pages

    AI-generated summary:After a fire takes her flat, a young office worker lodges with her boyfriend's mother in a Kobe mansion, and the two women wage a refined, ruthless war.

  • No English yet

    Akutagawa 2001 (first half) · Candidate

    処方箋

    Shohōsen

    Title translated by AI:“Prescription”

    Hiroko Shimizu · 33 when first published

    Novel · 130 pages