Kyoko Nakajima

Kyoko Nakajima
Native name
中島 京子
Born (1964-03-23) March 23, 1964
Suginami, Tokyo, Japan
OccupationNovelist, essayist
LanguageJapanese
Alma materTokyo Woman's Christian University
GenreFiction, essay
Notable works
  • Chiisai ouchi (小さいおうち)
  • Tsuma ga shiitake datta koro (妻が椎茸だったころ)
  • Katazuno (かたずの)
Notable awards

Kyoko Nakajima (中島 京子, Nakajima Kyōko, born March 23, 1964) is a Japanese writer. She has won the Naoki Prize, Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature, Shibata Renzaburo Prize, Kawai Hayao Story Prize, and Chuo Koron Literary Prize, and her work has been adapted for film.