Michiko Ishimure, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Michiko Ishimure

Japanese writer

Date of Birth: 11-Mar-1927

Date of Death: 10-Feb-2018

Profession: writer, poet, novelist

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Michiko Ishimure (?????, Ishimure Michiko, 11 March 1927 – 10 February 2018) was a Japanese writer and activist. She won the 1973 Ramon Magsaysay Award, Asia's highest award, for publicizing writings about Minamata disease, which was extremely controversial at the time.