Mayumi Inaba

Mayumi Inaba
Native name
稲葉 真弓
BornMayumi Hirano
平野 眞弓
(1950-03-08)8 March 1950
Saya, Ama, Aichi, Occupied Japan
Died30 August 2014(2014-08-30) (aged 64)
Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
Pen nameYumi Kurata ( 倉田 ゆみ )
Yuko Kurata ( 倉田 悠子 )
OccupationNovelist, poet, university professor
Period1973 – 2014
Notable awardsTaiko-Hirabayashi Prize (1995)
Kawabata Prize (2008)
Tanizaki Prize (2011)
Shinran Prize (2012)
Medal of Honor, Purple ribbon (2014)

Mayumi Inaba (稲葉 真弓, Inaba Mayumi, 8 March 1950 – 30 August 2014) was a Japanese writer and poet. She won the Tanizaki Prize in 2011 for her memoir To the Peninsula (半島へ). Her short story Asa ga nido kuru (朝が二度くる, Morning Comes Twice a Day) was translated into English by Lawrence Rogers for the collection Tokyo Stories: A Literary Stroll.