Mari Yamazaki

Mari Yamazaki jap ヤマザキ マリ Yamazaki Mari is a mangaka and essayist She was born in Tokyo on April 20 1967 she moved to Italy at 17 in 1984 to attend the National Academy of Fine Arts in Florence where she studied art history and oil painting She began working as manga artist in 1997 She lived in Syria Portugal and the United States returning to Italy in 2013 In 2010 she won the third edition of the Manga Award for Thermae Romae In 2015 she won the Tezuka Osamu award section story also for Thermae Romae as well as the New Face award of the Japanese Ministry of Education In 2017 she was awarded the rank of Commander of the Order of the Star Italy Source Official website