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#Narika Niihara
Writer and editor, born in Kagoshima in 1991, graduated from the Faculty of Integrated Human Studies, Kyoto University. After working in Kagawa (Teshima) and Tokyo, currently lives in Osaka. After working as a staff member at an art museum and as an editorial assistant for the web version of "Bijutsu Techo", she became a freelance writer. In addition to producing articles focusing on interviews, planning and editing, book writing, and various other work related to writing, she also independently produces books of essays and tanka poems.
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