Seiko Tanabe

Seiko Tanabe (1927–2019) was a Japanese writer and translator, born in Kobe. Her work included novels, poetry, biographies, translations, essays, and radio plays. She received Japan’s Women’s Literature Prize for “Hanai nugu ya matsuwaru.” In 2000, she was named a Person of Cultural Merit, and in 2008 she received Japan’s Order of Culture from Emperor Akihito.