Haruki Murakami
Author of Kafka on the Shore
About the Author
Haruki Murakami was born on January 12, 1949 in Kyoto, Japan and studied at Tokyo's Waseda University. He opened a coffeehouse/jazz bar in the capital called Peter Cat with his wife. He became a full-time author following the publication of his first novel, Hear the Wind Sing, in 1979. He writes show more both fiction and non-fiction works. His fiction works include Norwegian Wood, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage, The Strange Library, and Men Without Women. Several of his stories have been adapted for the stage and as films. His nonfiction works include What I Talk About When I Talk About Running. He has received numerous literary awards including the Franz Kafka Prize for Kafka on the Shore, the Yomiuri Prize for The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, and the Jerusalem Prize. He has translated into Japanese literature written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Raymond Carver, Truman Capote, John Irving, and Paul Theroux. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Series
Works by Haruki Murakami
Haruki Murakami Manga Stories 1: Super-Frog Saves Tokyo, Where I'm Likely to Find It, Birthday Girl, The Seventh Man (2023) 63 copies, 3 reviews
Vintage Fantasy: " Alice's Adventures in Wonderland " , " The Wind-up Bird Chronicle " (Vintage Classic Twins) (2008) 14 copies
Murakami, Haruki 10 copies
The Iceman (short story) 10 copies
TOKIO BLUES (MAXI) 6 copies
All God's Children Can Dance 5 copies
The Girl from Ipanema 1963/1982 4 copies
The Windup Bird and Tuesday's Women 4 copies
The Folklore of Our Times 4 copies
The Wind Cave 4 copies
2003 4 copies
The Little Green Monster — Author — 3 copies
The Zoo Attack 3 copies
The Mirror (Individual Short Story) 3 copies
Lederhosen 3 copies
A Family Affair 3 copies
Cream 3 copies
A Window 3 copies
Rare Antique COLORLESS TSUKURU TAZAKI Haruki Murakami NOVEL 1st Edition 2nd Printing FICTION 2 copies
The Dancing Dwarf 2 copies
Grad i njegove nestalne zidine 2 copies
Byen og dens usikre mur 2 copies
The spring bird age records:(three)Thrust the bird person's article (Chinese edidion) Pinyin: fa tiao niao nian dai ji… (1997) 2 copies
Miraculous cool science 4:The hunting of animal extremely recruits (Chinese edidion) Pinyin: shen qi ku ke xue 4 : dong… (1995) 2 copies
The Year of Spaghetti [short story] 2 copies
Kafka na žalu 2 copies
کجا ممکن است پیدایش کنم 2 copies
Confessions of a Shinagawa Monkey 2 copies
La ballade de l'impossible (Edition spéciale) (Littérature étrangère) (French Edition) (2019) 2 copies
Independent Organ 2 copies
سامسای عاشق 2 copies
Haruki Murakami - Asiaweek 1 copy
Haruki Murakami Collection 3 Books Set (Men Without Women, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, Norwegian Wood) (2020) 1 copy
After Dark Seventh Man 1 copy
Princeton 1 copy
kafka sulla spiaggia 1 copy
Scheherazade 1 copy
مسائل عائلية 1 copy
articles-about 1 copy
Хроники Заводной Птицы 1 copy
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle a multi-media adaptation of Haruki Murakami's International best seller 1 copy
Agenda 2010 1 copy
ノルウェイの森 - 下 1 copy
ノルウェイの森 上 1 copy
ノルウェイの森 - 上 1 copy
Nichya na karuseli 1 copy
Racconti inediti 1 copy
舞舞舞吧[上] 1 copy
舞舞舞吧[下] 1 copy
聽風的歌 1 copy
מרדף הכבשה 1 copy
1973年我彈珠玩具 1 copy
人造衛星的情人[上] 1 copy
人造衛星情人[下] 1 copy
国境の南、太陽の西 1 copy
遠い太鼓 1 copy
Those senior high school students teach my business (Chinese edidion) Pinyin: na xie gao zhong sheng jiao wo de shi (1995) 1 copy
The happy end of elephant workhouse (Chinese edidion) Pinyin: xiang gong chang de happy end (2000) 1 copy
حدائق موراكامي 1 copy
Danse, danse, danse 1 copy
ריקוד האדמה 1 copy
세계의 끝과 하드보일드 원더랜드 2 1 copy
ノルウェイの森 下 1 copy
騎士団長殺し ―第1部 顕れるイデア編(上)― 1 copy
騎士団長殺し ―第1部 顕れるイデア編(下)― 1 copy
騎士団長殺し ―第2部 遷ろうメタファー編(上)― 1 copy
騎士団長殺し ―第2部 遷ろうメタファー編(下)― 1 copy
해변의 카프카 (하) 1 copy
먼 북소리 1 copy
세계의 끝과 하드보일드 원더랜드 1 1 copy
Zuo Pin Ji 作品集 1 copy
1Q84―BOOK1〈4月-6月〉前編 1 copy
1Q84―BOOK1〈4月-6月〉後編 1 copy
羊をめぐる冒険 上 1 copy
Portrait in Jazz 2 1 copy
大萝卜和难挑的鳄梨 1 copy
අවිඥානයේ ෆැන්ටසිමය අවකාශය 1 copy
Ice man 1 copy
Okina Kabu, Muzukashii Abokado : Murakami Rajio 2 (Cun Shang Shou Yin Ji2: Da Wu Jing, Nan Tiao De Luo Li) (Chinese… (2012) 1 copy
刺杀骑士团长 1 copy
Three German Fantasies.(Short Story): An article from: The Review of Contemporary Fiction (2002) 1 copy
ラオスにいったい何があるというんですか? 1 copy
În noapte 1 copy
Chinmoku 1 copy
Tany Takitany 1 copy
Another Way to Die 1 copy
První osoba jednotného čísla 1 copy
村上さんのところ コンプリート版 1 copy
遠い太鼓 1 copy
Sau nửa đêm 1 copy
As for running (Bangla) 1 copy
PYLLI NORVEGJEZ 1 copy
Le sous-sol 1 copy
Caçando Carneiros 1 copy
The Running Novelist 1 copy
حدائق موراكامي 1 copy
KRONIKA E ZOGUT KURDISES 1 copy
ELEFANTI ZHDUKET 1 copy
Σε πρώτο ενικό 1 copy
El carnero Salvaje 1 copy
At skille sig af med en kat 1 copy
পিনবল, ১৯৭৩ 1 copy
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, Born To Run, Natural Born Heroes 3 Books Collection Set (2019) 1 copy
Night of the spider monkey 1 copy
Zemberekkuşu'nun Güncesi 1 copy
În cautarea oii fermecate 1 copy
Komtuurin surma 1 copy
Byen bak muren 1 copy
Galette au miel 1 copy
Ο Κάφκα στην ακτή 1 copy
Associated Works
Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories (2006) — Introduction, some editions — 1,153 copies, 13 reviews
Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant: Confessions of Cooking for One and Dining Alone (2007) — Contributor — 561 copies, 30 reviews
The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories (2018) — Introduction; Contributor — 403 copies, 2 reviews
The Art of the Story: An International Anthology of Contemporary Short Stories (1999) — Contributor — 363 copies, 6 reviews
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixteenth Annual Collection (2003) — Contributor — 235 copies, 2 reviews
The Vintage Book of Amnesia: An Anthology of Writing on the Subject of Memory Loss (2000) — Contributor — 219 copies, 2 reviews
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixth Annual Collection (1993) — Contributor — 210 copies, 1 review
This Is My Best: Great Writers Share Their Favorite Work (2004) — Contributor — 165 copies, 3 reviews
McSweeney's Issue 4: Trying, Trying, Trying, Trying, Trying (2010) — Contributor — 164 copies, 3 reviews
The Graphic Canon, Vol. 3: From Heart of Darkness to Hemingway to Infinite Jest (2013) — Contributor — 152 copies, 1 review
Bedtime Stories (Everyman's Library Pocket Classics Series) (2011) — Contributor — 134 copies, 5 reviews
In Translation: Translators on Their Work and What It Means (2013) — Contributor — 49 copies, 7 reviews
Selected Shorts: A Touch of Magic (Selected Shorts: A Celebration of the Short Story) (2009) — Contributor — 19 copies, 3 reviews
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Murakami, Haruki
- Legal name
- 村上春樹
- Other names
- 村上 春樹 (むらかみ はるき)
- Birthdate
- 1949-01-12
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Japan
- Birthplace
- Kyoto, Japan
- Places of residence
- Kyoto, Japan (birth)
Tokyo, Japan
Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Oiso, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan - Education
- Waseda University (Theater Arts)
- Occupations
- short-story writer
novelist
jazz bar owner
translator
essayist - Relationships
- Murakami, Yoko (wife)
- Organizations
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (Honorary member, 2014)
- Awards and honors
- Prix mondial Cinco Del Duca (2022)
America Award in Literature (2018)
Hans Christian Anderson Literary Award (2016)
Orden de las Artes y las Letras de España (2009)
Jerusalem Prize (2009)
Franz Kafka Prize (2006) (show all 17)
Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award (2006)
World Fantasy Award (2006)
Kuwabara Takeo Prize (1999)
Yomiuri Prize for Literature (1995)
Tanizaki Prize (1985)
Noma Literary Prize (1982)
Gunzo Award (1979)
Kiriyama Prize (2007, declined)
International Catalunya Prize (2011)
Welt-Literaturpreis (2014)
Princess of Asturias Award (2023) - Agent
- Amanda Urban (ICM)
Members
Discussions
Haruki Murakami; thoughts on the Folio editions? in Folio Society Devotees (August 16)
Murakami in Folio Society Devotees (July 8)
New Murakami Translation in Folio Society Devotees (March 20)
Murakami anyone? in Book talk (September 2023)
Printing issues in Norwegian Wood in Folio Society Devotees (December 2022)
Science Fiction in Name that Book (January 2018)
Group Read: Wind-Up Bird Chronicle in 75 Books Challenge for 2017 (December 2017)
[Kafka on the Shore] by Haruki Murakami in 75 Books Challenge for 2017 (November 2017)
Asian Author, Unemployed young man, Goes into a Well to relax?escape? in Name that Book (September 2015)
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki Group Read in 75 Books Challenge for 2014 (November 2014)
December 2013: Haruki Murakami in Monthly Author Reads (March 2014)
1001 Group Read - April, 2013: 1Q84 in 1001 Books to read before you die (May 2013)
1Q84 Group Read in Author Theme Reads (January 2013)
1Q84 Group Read in 75 Books Challenge for 2012 (November 2012)
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle Group Read: Non-Spoiler Thread in 75 Books Challenge for 2011 (August 2011)
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: Week 1 (Spoiler) in 75 Books Challenge for 2011 (August 2011)
Haruki Murakami in Japanese Culture (June 2011)
Norwegian Wood Group Read: General Thread in 75 Books Challenge for 2010 (August 2010)
Norwegian Wood Group Read: Week Two ( Chapters 6-7 ) in 75 Books Challenge for 2010 (May 2010)
Norwegian Wood Group Read: Week 3 ( Chapters 8-11 ) in 75 Books Challenge for 2010 (May 2010)
Norwegian Wood Group Read: Week One ( Chapters 1-5 ) in 75 Books Challenge for 2010 (May 2010)
Group Read: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami in 1001 Books to read before you die (April 2010)
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Statistics
- Works
- 395
- Also by
- 43
- Members
- 157,100
- Popularity
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- Rating
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