Kaoru Kurimoto

Novelist, Film story contributor

1953 – 2009

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Who was Kaoru Kurimoto?

Kaoru Kurimoto was the pen name of Sumiyo Imaoka, an award-winning Japanese novelist. Imaoka also used the pen name Azusa Nakajima to write criticism. She was known for her record-breaking 126-volume Guin Saga series, which has been translated into English, German, French, Italian and Russian. Her style has been described as being part of the New Wave science fiction movement.

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Born
Feb 13, 1953
Katsushika, Tokyo
Also known as
  • Kurimoto Kaoru
  • 栗本 薫
  • くりもと かおる
  • 今岡 純代
  • Sumiyo Imaoka
  • Imaoka Sumiyo
  • 山田 純代
  • Sumiyo Yamada
  • Yamada Sumiyo
  • 中島 梓
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Nationality
  • Japan
Profession
Died
May 26, 2009
Tokyo

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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