Kieko Watanabe

Kieko Watanabe
渡辺喜恵子
Black and white photo of a woman with short hair. She is wearing glasses and smiling. She is looking at someone outside of the photograph to the right.
BornNovember 6, 1913
Akita Prefecture
DiedAugust 8, 1997(1997-08-08) (aged 83)
OccupationNovelist

Kieko Watanabe (渡辺喜恵子, November 6, 1913–August 8, 1997) was a Japanese novelist. She is best known for her Naoki Prize-winning work, Mabuchi-gawa (馬淵川). Many of her works were historical fiction.