Eiko Matsumura

Eiko Matsumura (松村栄子, born July 3, 1961) is a Japanese novelist. She is best known for her novel Abaton (至高聖所（アバトーン)) which won the Akutagawa Prize in 1991.

Matsumura was born in Shizuoka, Japan on July 3, 1961. She graduated from Tsukuba University. After graduation, she worked at a computer software company and began writing fiction. Her first work, Boku wa Kagayaku Hime (僕はかぐや姫) was published in 1990, and was well-received by critics.^[1] It won the Kaien Award for New Writers [ja] and was nominated for the Mishima Yukio Prize.^[2]

Matsumura's next story, Abaton (至高聖所（アバトーン)) won the Akutagawa Prize in 1991.^[2]

• Boku wa Kagayaku Hime (僕はかぐや姫), 1990
• Abaton (至高聖所（アバトーン)), 1991