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Taeko Tomioka (富岡 多恵子, Tomioka Taeko; July 28, 1935 – April 6, 2023) was a Japanese writer. She was born in Osaka, was educated at Osaka Women's College, worked as a high school English teacher and moved to Tokyo in 1960. Tomioka visited New York City in 1964 and returned home to Japan in 1966. In 1969, she married Suga Kishio.
Taeko Tomioka has 60 books on Goodreads with 503 ratings. Taeko Tomioka’s most popular book is Building Waves.
Taeko Tomioka (1935-) began her literary career as a poet. While still in college, from the age of twenty-one she began to compose poetry, and was fortunate to win quick recognition. From around the age of thirty-five she began to grow weary of poetry and turned to writing prose fiction.
Taeko Tomioka is the author of Building Waves (3.29 avg rating, 73 ratings, 14 reviews, published 2012), The Funeral of a Giraffe (3.75 avg rating, 4 rat...
Apr 24, 2012 · Taeko Tomioka, Louise Heal Kawai (Translator) 3.29. 73 ratings14 reviews. It is the early eighties, and the housing industry is booming. Previously unpopulated mountainous areas of the Japanese countryside are being leveled to accommodate new waves of people.
Apr 24, 2012 · Beautifully written by Taeko Tomioka, a renowned poet, Building Waves is often droll in tone, but always touching in its portrayal of a culture divided, and ultimately swept away, by...
Beautifully written by Taeko Tomioka, a renowned poet, Building Waves is often droll in tone, but always touching in its portrayal of a culture divided, and ultimately swept away, by ferocious...
