Saeko Himuro date of birth:

January 11, 1957

How old was Saeko Himuro when died?

51

Where was Saeko Himuro born?

Iwamizawa, Hokkaidō

When did Saeko Himuro die?

June 6, 2008

What is Saeko Himuro nationality?

Japanese

What is Saeko Himuro's occupation?

Novelist, essayist

What genre is Saeko Himuro's work?

Romance, coming of age

Short Biography

Saeko Himuro (氷室 冴子, Himuro Saeko, January 11, 1957 – June 6, 2008) was a Japanese novelist, essayist, and playwright born in Iwamizawa, Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan. During the 1980s and 1990s, she was one of the most popular authors released under Shueisha's Cobalt Bunko imprint. She is best known outside Japan for I Can Hear the Sea, later a Studio Ghibli movie. The cause of her death was determined as lung cancer.