Teru Miyamoto Author

Born in Kobe in 1947, Teru Miyamoto is one of Japan's most celebrated authors. He has received Japan's most prestigious literary distinctions, including the Osamu Dazai Prize and the Akutagawa Prize, and several of his works have been made into award-winning movies, including Maborosi, directed by Hirokazu Koreeda. Roger K. Thomas is Professor of Japanese Language and Literature at Illinois State University. He has published translations of Teru Miyamoto, Yashushi Inoue and Fumiko Enchi.