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Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes is a children's historical novel written by Canadian-American author Eleanor Coerr and published in 1977.It is based on the true story of Sadako Sasaki, a victim of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, in World War II, who set out to create a thousand origami cranes when dying of leukemia from radiation caused by the bomb.
Her later works included children's books, philanthropy, and giving lectures at American universities and overseas. [3] After Wymberly's death, she became more reclusive and stayed at private residences in Pebble Beach, California, and Henderson, Nevada. [5] She is perhaps best known for her book Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes, published ...
Fujiwara no Teishi (藤原 定子, 977 – January 13, 1001), also known as Sadako, [1] was an empress consort of the Japanese Emperor Ichijō. She appears in the literary classic The Pillow Book written by her court lady Sei Shōnagon .
The Morning Star (Norwegian: Morgenstjernen) is a novel by the Norwegian author Karl Ove Knausgård, published in 2020. [1]The novel is the story of a number of people's everyday life in Sørlandet and Vestlandet while an extraordinarily bright and large star suddenly appears in the sky. [2]
Further into his research, Takanori realizes that he has met Kashiwada, known as Ryuji Takayama, years ago. Considering the physical similarities of Kashiwada's victims, Kihara theorizes that they were all clones of Sadako Yamamura, the originator of the ring virus. Kashiwada might be hunting Sadako clones and Akane is also a Sadako clone ...
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes is an album by musician George Winston with narration by actress Liv Ullmann, released in 1995. It comprises the soundtrack of the 1991 film of the same name, based on the 1977 book of the same name .
"Atomic Bomb Children Statue") is a monument for peace to commemorate Sadako Sasaki and the thousands of child victims of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. This monument is located in Hiroshima, Japan. Sadako Sasaki, a young girl, died of leukemia from radiation of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima on 6 August 1945.
Sadako Yamamura (山村 貞子, Yamamura Sadako) is the primary antagonist in most novels in the series. Sadako was born intersex (she has the body of a woman but possesses a male and female genitalia) and is a powerful psychic. In the novels, she is the daughter of Shizuko Yamamura, a fellow psychic, and Heihachiro Ikuma, a professor who was ...