Mizuko Masuda, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Mizuko Masuda

Japanese novelist and writer

Date of Birth: 13-Nov-1948

Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan

Profession: writer, novelist

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Masuda Mizuko (?? ???, Masuda Mizuko, born 13 November 1948, Tokyo) is a Japanese writer.Masuda attended the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, where she obtained a diploma in plant immunology in 1973.
She taught at the Department of Biochemistry at the Faculty of Medicine at Nihon University until 1980.Masuda's first story "Shigo No Kankei" was nominated for the new writer's prize in Shincho magazine.
In 1983, she was nominated six times for the Akutagawa Prize.
She also won the Noma Award for "Jiyu jikan" (1985), the Kyoka Izumi Prize for "Shinguru Seru" (1986) and the Sei Ito Prize for "Tsukuyomi" (2001).