Occupation novelist Movies Vibrator Role Novelist | Name Mari Akasaka Nationality Japanese | |
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Born 13 May 1964 (age 59)
Tokyo, Japan ( 1964-05-13 ) Books Vibrator, Vibration: Roman, Vibrations Similar People Satoshi Shirai, Ryuichi Hiroki, Tatsuru Uchida, Haruhiko Arai, Genichiro Takahashi | ||
Vibrator Mari Akasaka
Mari Akasaka (赤坂 真理, Akasaka Mari, born 13 May 1964) is a Japanese novelist.
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Biography
Mari Akasaka was born in Suginami, Tokyo, and studied Politics in the Law Department at Keio University. In 1999 her novel Vibrator was nominated for the Akutagawa Prize. She was again nominated for the Akutagawa prize in 2000 for her novel, Muse, and won the Noma Literary Prize for New Writers for the same novel.
Vibrator was adapted into a 2003 film directed by Ryūichi Hiroki, starring Shinobu Terajima and Nao Ōmori. The English translation of the book was published in 2005.
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