was a Japanese writer and poet. She won the

Tanizaki Prize The Tanizaki Prize (谷崎潤一郎賞 ''Tanizaki Jun'ichirō Shō''), named in honor of the Japanese novelist Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, is one of Japan's most sought-after literary awards. It was established in 1965 by the publishing company Chūō K� ...

in 2011 for her memoir ''To the Peninsula'' (半島へ). Her short story was translated into English by Lawrence Rogers for the collection '' Tokyo Stories: A Literary Stroll''.

Biography

Inaba was born in

Aichi Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Aichi Prefecture has a population of 7,461,111 () and a geographic area of with a population density of . Aichi Prefecture borders Mie Prefecture to the ...

in 1950. Her writing career began when she was 16 and won a poetry competition sponsored by the magazine '' Bungei Shunjū''. She soon began writing fiction and won the Prize for Young Female Authors in 1973 for her short story . She was also awarded the Hirabayashi Taiko Prize for short story . Inaba's short story , named after a type of seaweed commonly known as dead man's fingers, won the 2007 Yasunari Kawabata Prize for best short story. She died of

pancreatic cancer Pancreatic cancer arises when cell (biology), cells in the pancreas, a glandular organ behind the stomach, begin to multiply out of control and form a Neoplasm, mass. These cancerous cells have the malignant, ability to invade other parts of ...

at age 64.作家で詩人、稲葉真弓さん死去

References

1950 births 2014 deaths Japanese writers Recipients of the Medal with Purple Ribbon Academic staff of Aichi Shukutoku University Japanese women memoirists {{Japan-writer-stub