Atsuko Asano (writer)
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Born | Mimasaka-cho, Aida District (now Mimasaka city), Okayama Prefecture, Japan | September 14, 1954
Occupation | Author, novelist |
Nationality | Japan |
Alma mater | Aoyama Gakuin University |
Period | 1991–present |
Genre | Children's literature, period novel |
Atsuko Asano (Japanese: あさの あつこ, Hepburn: Asano Atsuko, born 1954 in Okayama Prefecture[1][2]) is a Japanese writer. She wrote the children's novel series Telepathy Shōjo Ran and the manga series The Manzai Comics.[3] She started writing children's novels when she was in college. She graduated from Aoyama Gakuin University with the Bachelor of Letters degree.[4] After that, she worked as a temporary teacher of the elementary school in Okayama for two years.[5] She published Hotarukan monogatari as her first novel in 1991.[1][6] She is married to a dentist and they have two sons and a daughter.
Asano received the Noma Prize for Juvenile Literature in 1997 for the book series Battery,[1] which has been adapted into a film.[7] The same series won the Shogakukan Children's Publication Culture Award in 2005.[1] Her work frequently appears in literary magazines and she has also been featured in the Mainichi Shimbun.[8]
She likes reading mystery novels. One of her favorite mystery novels is Cat of Many Tails, written by Ellery Queen.[1]
She is a supporter of the Japanese Communist Party (JCP).[9]
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- "The Manzai Comics #1–6"
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- "Telepathy Shōjo Ran"
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- "Battery #1–7"
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- "No. 6"
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Battery(6 volumes)." . Retrieved on February 26, 2009.
- ^ "「バッテリー 1~6」 あさのあつこさん." Yomiuri Online. February 22, 2005. Retrieved on February 26, 2009.
- ^ "Telepathy Shōjo Ran Novels Animated for TV in Japan." Anime News Network. December 26, 2007. Retrieved on February 26, 2009.
- ^ バッテリー あさのあつこ. April 2006. Retrieved on October 15, 2009.
- ^ 『あさのあつこ完全読本』2005年 河出書房新社
- ^ あさのあつこ カドカワード.jp Archived February 27, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on October 15, 2009.
- ^ "バッテリー Archived July 6, 2008, at the Wayback Machine." Variety Japan. Retrieved on February 26, 2009.
- ^ ""Take the test for your favorite school". Mainichi Shimbun, February 11, 2009. Retrieved on February 26, 2009.
- ^ "だから私は日本共産党/作家/あさのあつこさん – YouTube" (in Japanese). Japanese Communist Party Official Channel – YouTube. April 19, 2012. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
External links[]
- J'Lit | Authors : Atsuko Asano | Books from Japan (in English)
- Atsuko Asano at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- JLPP author profile
- Battery (Japanese)
- 1954 births
- Living people
- Japanese writers
- People from Okayama Prefecture