Fumiko Kometani

Fumiko Kometani

Foumiko Kometani, born in Osaka, Japan in 1930, is a Japanese author and artist (painter) and a longtime resident of the United States. Kometani moved to the U.S. in 1960 when she was working as an abstract painter, spending time at the 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 hard 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 World War II Japanese Army.

Awards

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


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