is a Japanese writer. Masuda attended the

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, where she obtained a diploma in plant immunology in 1973. She taught at the Department of Biochemistry at the Faculty of Medicine at

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until 1980. Masuda's first story "Shigo No Kankei" was nominated for the new writer's prize in Shincho magazine. In 1983, she was nominated six times for the

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. She also won the

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for "Jiyū jikan" (1985), the

Kyōka Izumi , known by his pen name , was a Japanese novelist, writer and kabuki playwright who was active during the prewar period. Kyōka's writing differed greatly from that of the naturalist writers who dominated the literary scene at the time. Many ...

Prize for "Shinguru Seru" (1986) and the

Sei Itō , born , was a Japanese Modernist writer of poetry, prose and essays, and a translator. Life Sei Itō was born in Matsumae, Hokkaidō, under the name of Hitoshi Itō. After graduating from Otaru Higher Commercial School (now Otaru University ...

Prize for "Tsukuyomi" (2001).

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