MIZUNO Senko

Date of Birth and Death
December 3, 1888 - May 31, 1919
Birthplace (modern name)
Fukushima
Occupation, Status
Literary Figure
Pen name etc.
MIZUNO Teiko, HATTORI Tei(real name)

Description

Novelist. In 1909 her short story Toro (In Vain), published in the magazine Bunsho Sekai, was appreciated by Tayama Katai. She then moved to Tokyo and studied under him. In 1911 she married the poet Kawanami Iwane and in the same year became a contributor to the magazine Seito (Bluestocking), hosted by Hiratsuka Raitehu. In 1915 she started to work as a press writer for Yomiuri Shimbun but next year she was diagnosed as having pleurisy and left the company. She kept writing from her sickbed.

Publications

National Diet Library's collections

SNS

MIZUNO Senko

  • Portrait of MIZUNO Senko1
  • Portrait of MIZUNO Senko2

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