Actor · Graphic Designer
Born Sep 13, 1955 · Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan
Active 1981–present · Awards: Murasaki Shikibu Prize, Noma Literary New Face Prize, Hagiwara Sakutarō Award
Hiromi Itō is a Japanese poet, novelist and essayist. Having won two Akutagawa Prizes and a Mishima Yukio Prize, she is considered one of the most prominent women writers of contemporary Japan.