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Novelist Ayako Sono passed away on Feb. 28 at a Tokyo hospital at the age of 93. A funeral was held with her close relatives.
Sono wrote many novels based on Christian ethics, with deep insights into religion, war and society. In 1954, “Enrai no Kyakutachi” (Visitors from afar) was nominated for the Akutagawa Prize. Her essay “Dare no Tame ni Aisuru ka” (For whom do you love?), published in 1970, sold a million copies.
