Haruki Murakami
12 January 1949 – present
Haruki Murakami is a Japanese novelist, short-story writer and translator whose fiction blends realism with surreal and fantastical elements. He began writing after running a Tokyo jazz bar, and his novels including Norwegian Wood, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and Kafka on the Shore have been translated into dozens of languages. He has also translated American authors into Japanese and written non-fiction about the 1995 Tokyo subway attack and about running.
Lived at the same time
Well-documented people whose lives overlapped with Haruki Murakami.
- Ada Yonath (1939–2026) Overlapped 77 years →
- Adonis (1930–present) Overlapped 77 years →
- Akira Yoshino (1948–present) Overlapped 77 years →
- Alex Ferguson (1941–present) Overlapped 77 years →
- Ali Khamenei (1939–2026) Overlapped 77 years →
- Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948–present) Overlapped 77 years →
Life events
Raised in the Kobe area by parents who both taught Japanese literature.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe married a fellow student while still at university.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe and his wife ran the coffeehouse and bar for several years.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe debut won the Gunzo Prize for new writers.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgSpent periods in Europe and later the United States, including a residency at Princeton University.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe realist novel sold millions of copies in Japan and made him a national celebrity.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgIssued in three volumes and later awarded the Yomiuri Prize for Literature.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe novel later won the World Fantasy Award in translation.
Source: en.wikipedia.org