Amy Yamada

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Amy Yamada (山田 詠美, Yamada Eimi; born February 2, 1959) is a contemporary Japanese writer who is most famous for her stories that address issues of sexuality, racism, and interracial love and marriage. Her debut and subsequent popular success in the 1990s was a part of Japan's hip-hop and Black culture boom. While she is most known for her stories of complicated and messy romantic love, she also writes on the daily minutiae of life (slice-of-life), child-raising, and bullying.

Career

1. 1959
   Born
2. 1987
   Won Naoki Prize
3. 1989
   Won Hirabayashi Taiko Prize
4. 1991
   Won Women's Literature Prize
5. 1996
   Won Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature
6. 2001
   Won Yomiuri Prize

Trivia

• •Place of birth: Tokyo
• •Citizenship: Japan
• •Known as: novelist, writer, mangaka