The Greatest Books: Written by Sei Shōnagon

Sei Shōnagon

Nationality: Japanese
Description: Sei Shōnagon (清少納言, lesser councilor of state Sei), (c. 966–1017/1025) was a Japanese author, poet and a court lady who served the Empress Teishi (Sadako) around the year 1000 during the middle Heian period. She is the author of The Pillow Book (枕草子, makura no sōshi).
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Gender: Female

The best books of all time by Sei Shōnagon

445 . The Pillow Book by Sei Shōnagon

The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon is an immensely detailed account of court life in eleventh-century Japan. Written at the height of Heian culture, it is a classic text of great literary beauty, full...

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