Kaori Ekuni is a Japanese

Japanese people

The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...

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Author

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. She was born in Setagaya, Tokyo

Setagaya, Tokyo

is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo in Japan. It is also the name of a neighborhood within the ward. The ward calls itself the City of Setagaya in English...

. Her father is Japanese haiku

Haiku

' , plural haiku, is a very short form of Japanese poetry typically characterised by three qualities:* The essence of haiku is "cutting"...

 poet and essayist, Shigeru Ekuni.

Works

In Japan, she was dubbed the female Murakami

Murakami

Murakami is a Japanese surname, 35th by frequency in Japan. It can refer to:-People:*Emperor Murakami, 10th century emperor of Japan*Shingo Murakami , member of the popular Japanese boyband Kanjani8....

. Her numerous works of fiction have been translated into several different languages and published in many different countries. Her novel Twinkle Twinkle has been translated into English.

From 2004-2008 her books were continuously in Korea's top 50 bestsellers list. Twinkle Twinkle was a bestseller in 1991.

Awards

• Murasaki Shikibu
  Murasaki Shikibu
  Murasaki Shikibu was a Japanese novelist, poet and lady-in-waiting at the Imperial court during the Heian period. She is best known as the author of The Tale of Genji, written in Japanese between about 1000 and 1012...
  
   Prize, 1992, Kirakira Hikaru
• Yamamoto Shugoro
  Yamamoto Shugoro
  was the pen name of , a Japanese novelist and short-story writer active during the Showa period of Japan. He was noted for his popular literature, and is known to have published works under at least fourteen different pen names.-Early life:...
  
   Prize, 2001, It's not safe or suitable to swim
• Naoki Prize
  Naoki Prize
  The Naoki Prize is a Japanese literary award presented semiannually. The official name is Naoki Sanjugo Prize. It was created in 1935 by Kikuchi Kan, then editor of the Bungeishunjū magazine, and named in memory of novelist Naoki Sanjugo...
  
  , 2004 Gokyu suru Junbi wa Dekiteita