Woman on the Other Shore: An Evening with Mitsuyo Kakuta

Woman on the Other Shore: An Evening with Mitsuyo Kakuta

Woman on the Other Shore: An Evening with Mitsuyo Kakuta
Mitsuyo Kakuta, Writer
301 Philosophy Hall, Columbia University (116th St. and Amsterdam Ave.)
February 13, 2008, 6:00 – 7:30 PM

Copyright Osamu Koizumi

Celebrated writer Mitsuyo Kakuta will be discussing her recent works, including Woman on the Other Shore, with Dr. Michael Emmerich and Ms. Satoko Shimazaki.

Mistuyo Kakuta was born in Yokohama in 1967. She began her writing career while still a student at Waseda University. She is the author of over a dozen books and the recipient of several literary awards, including Japan’s most prestigious for popular fiction, the Naoki Prize, which she won for Woman on the Other Shore.

This event is co-sponsored by the Japan Foundation and the Weatherhead East Asian Institute.

 
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