Hiroko Takenishi

Hiroko Takenishi (竹西　寛子, Takenishi Hiroko, born 11 April 1929, Hiroshima) is a Japanese fiction writer and literary critic.

[1] Takenishi is best known for her semi-autobiographical short story "The Rite" (1963), which tells of her experience surviving the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima.

[2] In 2012 she was named a Person of Cultural Merit for her writing.

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