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Place of Birth: Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
About Chiya Fujino
- Chiya Fujino (?? ??, Fujino Chiya, born February 27, 1962) is a Japanese writer of literary fiction.
- She has published several novels and short stories, and has been awarded three major Japanese literary prizes. Fujino is a transgender woman who reflects the difficulties of her own life journey in the characterisations of her writing.
- Many of her characters are social misfits in conflict with the conventions and mores of wider Japanese society. Born in the city of Fukuoka, Fujino attended Chiba University.
- In the 1980s, she worked in a major Japanese publishing house before beginning her own writing career.
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