Banana Yoshimoto

Banana Yoshimoto
Native name
吉本 ばなな
BornMahoko Yoshimoto
(1964-07-24) July 24, 1964 (age 60)
Tokyo, Japan
OccupationNovelist
NationalityJapanese
Period1987–present
GenreFiction
Website
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Banana Yoshimoto (吉本 ばなな, Yoshimoto Banana, born 24 July 1964[1]) is the pen name of Japanese writer Mahoko Yoshimoto (吉本 真秀子, Yoshimoto Mahoko). From 2002 to 2015, she wrote her name in hiragana (よしもと ばなな).

  1. ^ "Banana Yoshimoto". Faber & Faber. Archived from the original on 2015-12-23. Retrieved 2015-12-23.