Fumiko Kometani

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Fumiko Kometani (米谷ふみ子, Kometani Fumiko, born 1930 in

MacDowell Colony in New Hampshire where she met her husband, Josh Greenfeld (now living in California). She changed her focus to writing when her developmentally disabled son Noah became too hard to handle when he was around the art supplies in her studio. Her older son, Karl Taro Greenfeld
, is also a writer.

Kometani is also noted for her expressed displeasure of what she terms the fascist mentality of the World War II Japanese Army. She regularly participates in anti-war and anti-nuclear protests.

Her first book, Passover, received the distinguished Akutagawa Prize. It was subsequently described in The New York Times as "anti-Semitic" and an example of Japan's "widespread anti-Semitism", although Kometani's husband is Jewish, and the novel was an adaption of a visit to his parents' house. A judge for the Akutagawa Prize claimed that the Times had misinterpreted the sardonic and self-ridiculing tone of the novel.[3]

Awards

  • Bungakkai shinjinshoo (1985)
  • Shinchoo shinjinshoo (1985)
  • Akutagawashoo (1985) (One of the most prestigious literary awards in Japan)
  • Murasaki Shikibu Prize (1998)

References

  1. UCLA. June 25, 2004. Archived from the original
    on December 1, 2010. Retrieved January 2, 2011.
  2. ISBN 0-313-25486-9
    . Retrieved January 2, 2011.
  3. ^ Her Story : L.A. Writer Foumiko Kometani's Novella 'Passover' Created a Sensation in Japan, Winning an Unprecedented String of Literary Prizes. In This Country, It Created a Sensation of a Different Kind. 'Passover,' Critics Charged, Was a Work of Anti-Semitism.

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