Tomoko Yoshida

Tomoko Yoshida (1934–) was born in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, but spent most of her childhood in China. After WWII, she and her mother relocated to Sakhalin for a year, returning to Japan in 1947. Her first stories were published in Gomu, a little magazine she started with her husband, also a writer, in 1963. Known for her unique blending of the everyday with the surreal, she has been awarded many literary prizes in Japan.