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Kanako Nishi was born on 7 May, 1977 in Tehran, Iran, is a Japanese writer and artist. Discover Kanako Nishi's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 46 years old?

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Occupation Novelist, essayist, artist
Age 46 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 7 May 1977
Birthday 7 May
Birthplace Tehran, Iran
Nationality Japan

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Kanako Nishi (西 加奈子) is a Japanese writer and artist.

She has won the Oda Sakunosuke Prize, the Kawai Hayao Literary Prize, and the Naoki Prize, and several of her books have been adapted for film.

1977

Kanako Nishi was born in Tehran, Iran on May 7, 1977.

Her family moved back to Japan at age 2, but her father's job took them away from Japan again to Cairo, Egypt when she was 7 years old.

The Nishi family stayed in Cairo for four years, then returned to Izumi, Osaka.

She later drew on this experience in creating the main character in her bestselling novel Saraba! Nishi attended junior high and high school in Izumi municipal schools.

After high school, she attended Kansai University in Osaka.

At age 26, Nishi lied to her parents about getting a job in Tokyo, and left Osaka to pursue her dream of writing professionally.

2004

Her first book, the short story collection "Blue" (「あおい」), was published in 2004.

She has since published over 20 books, including novels, essay collections, short story collections, and illustrated children's books.

2005

That same year, director Hitoshi Yazaki adapted Nishi's novel Sakura, which had sold more than 500,000 copies since its publication in 2005, into a film starring Nana Komatsu, Takumi Kitamura, and Ryo Yoshizawa.

Nishi's characters frequently use Osaka-ben, the distinctive Japanese dialect common in Osaka and surrounding cities.

She often writes words in hiragana rather than kanji to allow multiple interpretations, and for aesthetic effect.

Her English translator, Allison Markin Powell, has said that Nishi's writing is "deceptively simple yet beautiful", and that it "establishes an immediate intimacy with her characters."

Her work addresses issues in "religion, individualism, and society", especially during times of upheaval and disaster.

Nishi started reading The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison as a first-year high school student and has preferred reading foreign authors ever since.

Her favorite author is Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

Nishi is a fan of professional wrestling, particularly New Japan Pro-Wrestling.

2006

In 2006, Nishi's novel lit. "Tower to heaven" (「通天閣」) won the Oda Sakunosuke Prize, which is named for the Buraiha writer Sakunosuke Oda.

That same year Kanako's novel lit. "Yellow Elephant" (「きいろいゾウ」), a story about a long-married couple who receive a mysterious letter that leads them to revisit the history of their relationship, was published by Shogakukan.

2011

In 2011 her novel lit. "Round table" (「円卓」), about the daily life of an elementary school girl who prefers to be alone, was published by Bungeishunjū.

2012

Nishi's 2012 novel Fukuwarai (lit. "Funny Face"), about the relationships between an eccentric editor and the people around her, won the inaugural Kawai Hayao story prize, drawing praise from prize judge and novelist Nahoko Uehashi.

2013

It was later adapted into the 2013 film Kiiroi Zou, starring Aoi Miyazaki and Osamu Mukai.

2014

It was later adapted into a 2014 Isao Yukisada film starring Mana Ashida and Ryuhei Maruyama.

2015

Nishi won the 152nd Naoki Prize in 2015 for her novel lit. "Farewell!"

(「サラバ!」), which drew heavily on her childhood experiences in its portrayal of a male protagonist born in Iran who overcomes hardships while moving between Egypt and Japan.

Saraba! drew particular praise from the committee members for its unorthodox style and language.

Later that year Vogue Japan named Nishi one of its 2015 Women of the Year.

2016

In 2016 her novel Makuko (「まく子」), about an elementary school boy whose friendship with a new transfer student leads to his discovery of a big secret, was published by Fukuinkan Shoten.

2019

The novel was adapted into a 2019 film for Nikkatsu by screenwriter and director Keiko Tsuruoka, with Hikaru Yamazaki and Ninon in the lead roles.

2020

In 2020, Kanako's previously published stories "Sam no Koto" (lit. "Sam") and "Saru ni Au" (lit. "Meet the Monkey") were adapted into a two-part television series for subscription channel dTV, with the main characters played by fourth generation members of idol group Nogizaka46.

A new volume containing the adapted stories was scheduled for publication by Shogakukan in March 2020, prior to the show's premiere.