Saeko Himuro
Saeko Himuro (氷室 冴子, Himuro Saeko, January 11, 1957 – June 6, 2008) was a Japanese novelist, essayist, and playwright born in Iwamizawa, Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan. During the 1980s and 1990s, she was one of the most popular authors released under Shueisha's Cobalt Bunko imprint. She is best known outside Japan for I Can Hear the Sea, later a Studio Ghibli movie. The cause of her death was determined as lung cancer.
Saeko Himuro 氷室 冴子 | |
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Himuro in 1986. | |
| Born | January 11, 1957 Iwamizawa, Hokkaidō |
| Died | June 6, 2008 (aged 51) |
| Occupation | Novelist, essayist |
| Genre | Romance, coming of age |
| Notable works | I Can Hear the Sea |
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