Banana Yoshimoto

Quick Facts

Full Name	Banana Yoshimoto
Occupation	Writer
Date Of Birth	Jul 24, 1964(1964-07-24)
Age	60
Birthplace	Tokyo
Country	Japan
Horoscope	Cancer

Banana Yoshimoto Biography

Banana Yoshimoto is one of the most popular and richest Writer who was born on July 24, 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Yoshimoto was born in Tokyo on the 24th of July 1964. She was raised in a family of liberals. Her father is popular poet and journalist Takaaki Yoshimoto. Her younger sister Haruno Yoiko is known as a cartoonist in Japan.

In August 1988 The Minister for Education presented Yoshimoto the 39th Most Popular artist for Newcomers Recommended Prize in the categories of Kitchen as well as Utakata/Sankuchuari. Then, in March of 1989 Goodbye , Tsugumi was given second place in the Yamamoto Shugoro Prize. Her debut lengthy novel Amrita received the Murasaki Shikibu Prize.

Another one of her novels, Goodbye Tsugumi (1989), received mixed reviews but was made into a 1990 movie directed by Jun Ichikawa.

Outside Japan, she has been awarded prizes in Italy: the Scanno Literary Prize in 1993, the Fendissime Literary Prize in 1996, the Literary Prize Maschera d’ argento in 1999, and the Capri Award in 2011.

Yoshimoto started her career in writing working as a waitress in an eatery at a golf club in 1987. She cited American writer Stephen King as one of her initial significant influences and was influenced from his non-horror tales. As her writing progressed she was also influenced by Truman Capote and Isaac Bashevis Singer.

Banana Yoshimoto Net Worth

Banana Yoshimoto is one of the richest Writer from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Banana Yoshimoto 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Banana Yoshimoto (Ji Ben banana, Yoshimoto Banana) (born the 24th of July, 1964) is the pen name of Japanese writer Mahoko Yoshimoto (Ji Ben ZhenXiu Zi Yoshimoto Mahoko) . From 2002 to 2015 she was writing her name in the form of hiragana (yoshimoto banana ).

The novel was published in November of 1987. Yoshimoto was awarded the Kaien Newcomers’ Literary Award for Kitchen. In 1988 the novel was nominated in the Mishima Yukio Prize, and in 1999, it was awarded the 39th Recommendation from the minister of Education for the Best Newcomer Artist. The year 1988 (January) Yoshimoto was awarded an Izumi Kyoka Prize for Literature, for her book Moonlight Shadow, which is included in the majority of copies of Kitchen.

Her debut work, Kitchen (1988), had over 60 printings in Japan alone. There have been two film adaptations: a Japanese TV movie and a more widely released version titled Wo ai chu fang, produced in Hong Kong by Ho Yim in 1997.

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Who is Banana Yoshimoto Dating?

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Her works describe the problems faced by youth, urban existentialism, and teenagers trapped between imagination and reality. Her works are targeted not only to the young and rebellious, but also to grown-ups who are still young at heart. Yoshimoto’s characters, settings, and titles have a modern and American approach, but the core is Japanese. She addresses readers in a personal and friendly way, with warmth and outright innocence, writing about the simple things such as the squeaking of wooden floors or the pleasant smell of food. Food and dreams are recurring themes in her work which are often associated with memories and emotions. Yoshimoto admits that most of her artistic inspiration derives from her own dreams and that she’d like to always be sleeping and living a life full of dreams.

Facts & Trivia

Banana Ranked on the list of most popular Writer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Banana Yoshimoto celebrates birthday on July 24 of every year.

Top Facts about Banana Yoshimoto

1. Banana Yoshimoto is the pen name of Japanese writer Mahoko Yoshimoto.
2. Her father was the poet and critic Takaaki Yoshimoto and her sister is a cartoonist.
3. She graduated from Nihon University’s College of Art with a major in literature.
4. She began her writing career while working as a waitress at a golf club restaurant in 1987.
5. Kitchen was her first novel and it had over 60 printings in Japan alone.
6. Goodbye Tsugomi (1989) received mixed reviews and was made into a 1990 movie directed by Jun ichikawa.
7. Her works include twelve novels and seven collections of essays which have together sold over six million copies worldwide.
8. She won the 6th Kaien Newcomer Writers Prize, for Kitchen in 1987.
9. In 1988, she was awarded the 16th Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature, for Moonlight Shadow.
10. In 1989, she received the 39th Minister of Education’s Art Encouragement Prize for New Artists.
11. In 1995, she won the 5th Murasaki Shikibu Prize for novel Amrita.
12. In 2000, she received the 10th Bunkamura Deux Magots Literary Prize, for Furin to Nambei.
13. Outside Japan, she has been awarded prizes in Italy such as the Scanno Literary Prize in 1993, the Fendissime Literary Prize in 1996 and the Literary Prize Maschera d’Argento in 1999.
14. The Lake was longlisted for the 2011 Man Asian Literary Prize.
15. She drew inspiration from Stephen King, Truman Capote, Isaac Bashevis Singer and manga artist Yumiko Ōshima.

What is Banana Yoshimoto known for?

Banana Yoshimoto, original name Yoshimoto Mahoko, (born July 24, 1964, Tokyo, Japan), Japanese author who achieved worldwide popularity writing stories and novels with slight action and unusual characters.

What is the purpose of Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto?

Banana Yoshimoto has written 12 books and seven essay collections. Published in 1987, “Kitchen” was her debut novel. “Kitchen” is a story about the persistence of loss and memory, and about finding one’s path through the world, with some romance and lots of delicious food along the way.

Is Banana Yoshimoto still writing?

Banana Yoshimoto
Period| 1987 –
Genre| Fiction
Website
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Why did Banana Yoshimoto change her name?

Yoshimoto changed her name from Mahoko to Banana because of its androgynous qualities and her love for banana flowers. She has consistently rejected male and female stereotypes in her work, opting instead for her own whimsical brand of gender-bending ambiguity.

Who is Yoshimoto?

Imagawa Yoshimoto (今川 義元, 1519 – June 12, 1560) was a pre-eminent daimyō (feudal lord) in the Sengoku period Japan. Based in Suruga Province, he was one of the three daimyōs that dominated the Tōkaidō region. He died in 1560 while marching to Kyoto to become Shōgun.