Taeko Tomioka

Henrei (1958) won the Mr. H Prize (H-shi Shō), awarded by the Association of Contemporary Japanese Poets.

Tomioka also wrote a poetical drama Matsuri (1959) and a screenplay Shinju ten no Amijima (Double suicide, 1968).

[1] In 1971, she published the novel Oka ni mukatte hito wa narabu (Facing the Hills they stand).

In 1974, she published Meido no kazoku (Family in hell), which received the Women's Literature Prize.

In 1997, Tomioka wrote Hiberunia kikō (A journey to Ireland), which received the Noma Literary Prize.