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Murasaki Yamada
8 books18 followersMurasaki Yamada (やまだ 紫, Yamada Murasaki), born Mitsuko Yamada (1948–2009) was a Japanese cartoonist, essayist and poet. She is considered a pioneer of literary comics, especially from a female perspective. Her work offered realistic portraits of women negotiating complicated family situations and social responsibilities.
With a background in design, Yamada debuted in comics in 1969 with a story published in Osamu Tezuka's magazine 'COM'. Soon after that, she became a leading voice in the avantgarde manga magazine 'Garo'. Her manga work appeared in almost every issue of Garo from 1978 to 1986.
Translations of Murasaki's books outside of Japan began to be released only many years after the author's death in 2009. Among her works available in English are Talk to My Back (1981-1984) and Second Hand Love (1986-1987).
NB: in foreign editions of her books, her pen name has been sometimes westernised as 'Murasaki Yamada' (surname first), other times as 'Yamada Murasaki' (last name first, as per Japanese convention).
With a background in design, Yamada debuted in comics in 1969 with a story published in Osamu Tezuka's magazine 'COM'. Soon after that, she became a leading voice in the avantgarde manga magazine 'Garo'. Her manga work appeared in almost every issue of Garo from 1978 to 1986.
Translations of Murasaki's books outside of Japan began to be released only many years after the author's death in 2009. Among her works available in English are Talk to My Back (1981-1984) and Second Hand Love (1986-1987).
NB: in foreign editions of her books, her pen name has been sometimes westernised as 'Murasaki Yamada' (surname first), other times as 'Yamada Murasaki' (last name first, as per Japanese convention).
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