Haruki murakami author biography summary
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Haruki Murakami
Japanese writer (born 1949)
Haruki Murakami (村上 春樹, Murakami Haruki, born January 12, 1949[1]) is a Japanese writer. His novels, essays, and short stories have been best-sellers in Japan and internationally, with his work translated into 50 languages[2] and having sold millions of copies outside Japan.[3][4] He has received numerous awards for his work, including the Gunzo Prize for New Writers, the World Fantasy Award, the Tanizaki Prize, Yomiuri Prize for Literature, the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, the Noma Literary Prize, the Franz Kafka Prize, the Kiriyama Prize for Fiction, the Goodreads Choice Awards for Best Fiction, the Jerusalem Prize, and the Princess of Asturias Awards.[5][6][7][8]
Growing up in Ashiya, near Kobe before moving to Tokyo to attend Waseda University, he published his first novel Hear the Wind Sing (1979) after working as the owner of
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About the Author
Murakami Haruki (村上春樹） was born on January 12th in 1949 in Kyoto, Japan. He is a famous Japanese writer and American literary translator. His books and stories are widely known not only in Japan but also in the world. His writing style is mostly influenced by American writers. It is not as heavy as World War II, but relaxed and light.
Murakami’s parents both taught Japanese Literature in Japan. They had an open education and encouraged him to read. Thus, Murakami was freely to read anything he wants. Although his father expected him to read more Japanese classical literature, he loved reading cheap and secondary-handed western original literature. He wanted to go to law school but he failed. After a year of retaking, he found that what he really liked was literature. He was admitted to the drama department at Waseda University in Tokyo. Due to the student movement, he barely attended classes until April 1968, when he returned to school and met his current
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