Hikari Agata was a novelist from Tokyo. He enrolled at Waseda University but dropped out after his first year and became a copywriter, contributor to a monthly magazine, and freelance writer. He was awarded a new writer prize for his novel Juka no kazoku (A Family Party, 1982) and published Uhohho tankentai (The ‘Ahem!’ Expedition Team, 1983), which was an Akutagawa Ryunosuke Prize finalist. Hikari’s works centered on themes of feminism as well as the degradation of the family in society. His literary career was cut short when he died of stomach cancer. Hikari published 18 novels, four essays, and two translations during his lifetime. A few of his works have been turned into films or television dramas.
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