Setsuko Thurlow | |
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Born | 中村 節子 Nakamura Setsuko 3 January 1932 Hiroshima, Japan |
Nationality | Japanese, Canadian |
Known for | Anti-nuclear activism, Peace activism, Social work |
Awards | Officer of the Order of Canada (2007)
Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee award (2012) NAPF's Distinguished Peace Leadership Award (2016) Ahmadiyya Muslim Peace Prize (2016) Nobel Peace Prize (2017) |
Setsuko Thurlow (サーロー 節子, Sārō Setsuko, born 3 January 1932), born Setsuko Nakamura (中村 節子, Nakamura Setsuko), is a Japanese–Canadian nuclear disarmament campaigner and Hibakusha who survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945. She is mostly known throughout the world for being a leading figure of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear weapons (ICAN) and to have given the acceptance speech for its reception of the 2017 Nobel peace prize.