"Real things in the darkness seem no realer than dreams." This lady-in-waiting was a novelist and poet. Name that author of The Tale of Genji.
Answer Murasaki Shikibu
The author of one of the world's first novels was not only a woman but a lady-in-waiting in the Imperial court. Murasaki Shikibu wrote The Tale of Genji around 1000 AD. The story follows the life and loves of the Emperor's son.
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