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Saeko Himuro

Saeko Himuro
氷室 冴子
Saeko Himuro in 1986.jpg
Himuro in 1986.
Born January 11, 1957
Iwamizawa, Hokkaidō
Died June 6, 2008(2008-06-06) (aged 51)
Occupation Novelist, essayist
Genre Romance, coming of age
Notable works I Can Hear the Sea

Saeko Himuro (氷室 冴子 Himuro Saeko?, January 11, 1957 – June 6, 2008) was a Japanese novelist, essayist, and playwright born in Iwamizawa, Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan. During the 1980s and 1990s, she was one of the most popular authors released under Shueisha's Cobalt Bunko imprint. She is best known outside Japan for I Can Hear the Sea, later a Studio Ghibli movie. The cause of her death was determined as lung cancer.

All titles published by Shueisha Cobalt imprint unless otherwise noted.

1970s

1980s

1990s

These manga were either written by Himuro or the original story idea was created by her.


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