Tomoko Yoshida

Tomoko Yoshida (吉田 知子, real name Tomoko Kira 吉良 知子; Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture February 6, 1934) is a Japanese writer. She has won the Akutagawa Prize, the Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature, the Women's Literature Prize, and the Kawabata Yasunari Literature Prize.