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  • Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (Light Novel)

    Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (Light Novel) - Hardcover

    Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (Light Novel) - Hardcover

    By Seiko Tanabe

About Seiko Tanabe Books

Born in 1928 in Osaka, Seiko Tanabe was the author of many award-winning books, among them the novel Sentimental Journey, recipient of the prestigious Akutagawa Prize in 1964 as well as her biography of the poet Suifu Kishimoto which won her the 1998 Izumi Kyoka Prize for Literature and the 1999 Yomiuri Prize. Tanabe was designated a Person of Cultural Merit by the Japanese government in 2000 and then awarded the Order of Culture eight years later. She died in Kobe, Japan in 2019 at the age of 91.