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was the pen name of , a Japanese novelist. Imaoka also used the pen name to write criticism. She was known for her record-breaking 130-volume ''Guin Saga'' series, which has been translated into English, German, French, Italian and Russian. Her style has been described as being part of the New Wave science fiction movement. ==Biography== Kurimoto was born in Tokyo and studied literature at Waseda University, graduating in 1975.〔 Still in her twenties, she won the ''Gunzo'' Prize for New Writers (Criticism), as Azusa Nakajima, in 1977, and the Edogawa Rampo Award in 1978 for "Our Era". This spectacular introduction to the literary world drew a lot of attention, especially as she was the youngest ever winner of the Edogawa Rampo Award. Her use of two pen names was also discussed, and shortly after she won the Rampo prize, ''Heibon Panchi'' magazine featured a conversation between the "two" writers. Kurimoto is known for having written nearly 400 books since she began her career. She wrote in several genres, including science fiction, fantasy, horror, mystery, yaoi and Japanese-style historical romance. Her writing shows the influence of Mori Mari, with a number of her works featuring homosexual love, and her 1979 novel, ''Mayonaka no Tenshi'' (真夜中の天使; ''Midnight Angel'') played an important part in the creation of the shonen-ai/yaoi genres, "pioneering interest" in them before they became widely popular. She has also supported yaoi in her work as Nakajima.〔 She was also heavily involved with the first issue of the yaoi magazine ''June'' in 1978, contributing stories and criticism as Kaoru Kurimoto and Azusa Nakajima, as well as using a number of other pseudonyms. She died on May 26, 2009, aged 56, in a Tokyo hospital, from pancreatic cancer, which was diagnosed in 2007. She had been writing the 130th volume of the Guin Saga up until May 23, 2009.〔http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/culture/news/20090527-OYT1T01174.htm〕 Kurimoto was given a special award posthumously by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan association.〔(Guin Saga's Kurimoto Wins Japanese Sci-Fi Writers Award )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kaoru Kurimoto」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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