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Sonoko Sugimoto is a Japanese novelist who was born on June 26, 1925. She is best known for her novel, "The House of the Sleeping Beauties," which was published in 1961. Sugimoto was born in Tokyo, Japan, and graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1948. She began writing in the 1950s and her first novel, "The House of the Sleeping Beauties," was published in 1961. She has since written several other novels, including "The River of Life" (1966), "The Wind of Heaven" (1970), and "The Garden of the Gods" (1974). Sugimoto has won numerous awards for her work, including the Yomiuri Prize for Literature in 1966 and the Akutagawa Prize in 1970. She was also awarded the Order of Culture in 1985. Sugimoto is currently 92 years old and her net worth is estimated to be around $1 million. She is married and has two children.

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2017

In her later life she moved to Atami, Shizuoka. Sugimoto died on May 31, 2017.

1977

Sugimoto continued writing historical novels. Her 1977 Takizawa Bakin (滝沢馬琴), which was based on the life of the author by that name, won the Eiji Yoshikawa Award [ja]. Two of her novels were adapted into the 1985 Taiga drama, Haru no Hatō [ja]. Her 1986 Edo Shōgon (穢土荘厳) won the Joryū Bungaku Prize [ja]. In 1987 she was awarded the Medal with Purple Ribbon, one of the Japanese Medals of Honor. In 1995 she was recognized as a Person of Cultural Merit. In 2002 she was awarded the Kikuchi Kan Prize and the Order of Culture. Her collected works were published in 1998 as a 22-volume set.

1951

In 1951 and 1952 Sugimoto's first short stories, Sarugaki Shinki (申楽新記) and Rin no Fu (燐の譜) both won awards from the Sunday Mainichi [ja] magazine. When she won these awards she met Eiji Yoshikawa, and became his only disciple. She studied with him for ten years. After she finished studying with him, her work began appearing in print again, starting with Kaki no Ki no shita (柿の木の下) in 1961. Her next work, Koshū no Kishi (孤愁の岸) earned the Naoki Prize in 1962.

1925

Sonoko Sugimoto (杉本苑子, June 26, 1925–May 31, 2017) was a Japanese novelist. She was best known for writing historical fiction.

Sugimoto was born in Ushigome, Tokyo on June 26, 1925. As a child she performed as a stage and radio actor, and practiced traditional Japanese music and dance. She enjoyed books by Natsume Soseki and Mori Ogai. From 1944 to 1945 (during World War II), she worked for the Japanese government. She graduated from Bunka Gakuin with a degree in literature in 1949. She worked at a health center after graduation.

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