Hiroko Takenishi
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is a Japanese fiction
writer and literary critic. Takenishi is best known for her semi-autobiographical short story The Rite (1963), which tells of her experience surviving the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
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Fiction
Fiction is the form of any narrative or informative work that deals, in part or in whole, with information or events that are not factual, but rather, imaginary—that is, invented by the author. Although fiction describes a major branch of literary work, it may also refer to theatrical,...
writer and literary critic. Takenishi is best known for her semi-autobiographical short story The Rite (1963), which tells of her experience surviving the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
During the final stages of World War II in 1945, the United States conducted two atomic bombings against the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan, the first on August 6, 1945, and the second on August 9, 1945. These two events are the only use of nuclear weapons in war to date.For six months...
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