Tokyo Woman's Christian University, Sarah Lawrence College
Occupation(s)
Novelist, Playwright, Director, Impresario
Notable work
Earth (1956)
The River Ki (1959)
Sueemon 4th Generation（1963）
The Doctor's Wife (Ariyoshi novel) (1966）
The Twilight Years (1972）
Complex Pollution（1974-75）
Wamiya-sama (1977-78）
Spouse
Jin Akira
Children
Ariyoshi Tamao
Awards
Novel Shincho Award (1963）
Women's Literature Prize (1967）
Bungei Spring Reader Award (1968）
Art Selection (1970）
Japanese Literature Grand Prix (1970）
Mainichi Arts Award (1979）
Sawako Ariyoshi (有吉 佐和子 Ariyoshi Sawako, 20 January 1931 – 30 August 1984) was a Japanese writer, known for such works as The Doctor's Wife and The River Ki. She was known for her advocacy of social issues, such as the elderly in Japanese society, and environmental issues. Several of her novels describe the relationships between mothers and their daughters. She also had a fascination with traditional Japanese arts, such as kabuki and bunraku. She also described racial discrimination in the United States, something she experienced firsthand during her time at Sarah Lawrence, and the depopulation of remote Japanese islands during the 1970s economic boom.
SawakoAriyoshi (有吉 佐和子 AriyoshiSawako, 20 January 1931 – 30 August 1984) was a Japanese writer, known for such works as The Doctor's Wife and The River...
television personality SawakoAriyoshi (有吉 佐和子, 1931–1984), Japanese writer Sawako Hata (秦 佐和子, born 1988), Japanese singer and idol Sawako Yasumoto (安本 紗和子...
1987), Japanese footballer SawakoAriyoshi (有吉 佐和子, 1931–1984), Japanese writer This page lists people with the surname Ariyoshi. If an internal link intending...
film directed by Noboru Nakamura, based on the novel The River Ki by SawakoAriyoshi. Yoko Tsukasa as Hana Shima Iwashita as Fumio Chieko Higashiyama as...
The River Ki (紀ノ川, Kinokawa) is a 1959 Japanese novel by SawakoAriyoshi. It was first published in serialised form in the magazine Fujin Gahō between...
that same time, women writers such as Aya Kōda (幸田文), Minako Oba, and SawakoAriyoshi also made their debuts. After this generation, predominant and various...
Incense (香華, Kōge) is a 1964 Japanese drama film based on a novel by SawakoAriyoshi and directed by Keisuke Kinoshita. It was one of Kinoshita's last cinema...
The Twilight Years, a 1972 Japanese novel by SawakoAriyoshi, sold over a million copies in her home country and was praised by the Japan-studies community...
prosecuted for public obscenity. During the trial, Saiichi Maruya, SawakoAriyoshi and many other authors testified for the defense. However, in 1980...
described the prosperous activities of female writers including Sono and SawakoAriyoshi—one of her contemporaries who had published many reputable books that...
(born 1973), manga writer Hiro Arikawa (born 1972), light novelist SawakoAriyoshi (1931–1984), writer, novelist Mariko Asabuki (born 1984), novelist...
文緒の巻 directed by Noboru Nakamura; based on the novel The River Ki by SawakoAriyoshi Film scores 1966 処刑の島 Captive's Island directed by Masahiro Shinoda...
impossible, until Nobunaga Oda suppressed the Saika Ikki. The novelist SawakoAriyoshi titled one of her books after the river. 紀ノ川 [Kinokawa] (in Japanese)...
The piece was inspired by the book The Doctor's Wife, a novel by SawakoAriyoshi written in 1966. In 2016, Coyne had her first Taiwanese solo exhibition...
German journalist and science fiction author (died 2000) January 20 – SawakoAriyoshi, Japanese novelist (died 1984) January 24 – Leonard Baker, American...
playwrights: Tanaka Chikao, Yushi Koyama, Kaoru Morimoto, Yukio Mishima, SawakoAriyoshi, et al. Since 1955, the annual Kishida Kunio Drama Award has been presented...
Japanese to English Hanaoka Seisyuu no Tsuma (華岡青洲の妻｜The Doctor's Wife) : SawakoAriyoshi, 1978 (with Ann Siller Kostant) Ameyuki-san, Tomoko Yamazaki, 1986...
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