Aki Shimazaki (born 1954 in Gifu, Japan) is a Canadian novelist and translator. She moved to Canada in 1981, living in Vancouver and Toronto. Since 1991 she has lived in Montreal, where she teaches Japanese and publishes her novels in French.
Her second novel, Hamaguri, won the Prix Ringuet in 2000. Her fourth, Wasurenagusa, won the Canada-Japan Literary Prize in 2002. Her fifth, Hotaru, won the 2005 Governor General's Award for French fiction. Her books have been translated in English, Japanese, German, Hungarian, Italian and Russian.
Novels Pentalogy "Le poids des secrets" : Tsubaki, 1999 Hamaguri, 2000 Tsubame, 2001 Wasurenagusa, 2002 Hotaru, 2005
Pentalogy "Au coeur du Yamato" : Mitsuba, 2006 Zakuro, 2008 Tonbo, 2010 Tsukushi, 2012 Yamabuki, 2013
Pentalogy "L'ombre du chardon" : Azami, 2014 Hôzuki, 2015 Suisen, 2016 Fuki-no-tô, 2017 Maïmaï, 2018
Pentalogy "Une clochette sans battant" : Suzuran, 2019 Sémi, 2021 No-no-yuri, 2022 Niré, 2023 Urushi, 2024
In progress : Ajisaï, 2025
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