Seiko Tanabe

Seiko Tanabe (田辺聖子, Tanabe Seiko, born March 27, 1928) is a Japanese author born in Osaka. She graduated from the Department of Japanese Literature of Shōin Joshi Senmon Gakkō (now Osaka Shoin Women's University). Author of numerous novels, she won the Akutagawa Prize, Yomiuri Prize, and Asahi Prize, and received the Order of Culture for her contributions to literature.