Tanizaki Prize
In 1980, Hayashi published her first full-length novel, "Naki ga gotoki" (As if nothing had happened), with a semi-autobiographical lead character. The Nagasaki theme continued through the 1980s with her collections "Sangai no ie" (Home in the three worlds), which won the Kawabata Prize, and "Michi" (The Path). Her work "Yasurakani ima wa nemuri tamae" won the 1990 Tanizaki Prize. Hayashi lived near Washington, D.C. from 1985-88.