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Biography

Murakami was born in Kyoto in 1949 but spent most of his youth in Kobe. His father was the son of a Buddhist priest; his mother was the daughter of an Osaka merchant. Both taught Japanese literature. Kyoto )   is a city in the central part of the island of HonshÅ«, Japan. ... Kobe ) is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture and a prominent port city in Japan with a population of about 1. ... A silhouette of a Buddha statue at Ayutthaya, Thailand. ... Osaka )   is a city in Japan, located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay, in the Kansai region of the main island of HonshÅ«. The city is the capital of Osaka Prefecture. ... Japanese literature spans a period of almost two millennia. ...

Since childhood, Murakami has been heavily influenced by Western culture, particularly Western music and literature. He grew up reading a range of works by American writers such as Kurt Vonnegut and Richard Brautigan, and he is often distinguished from other Japanese writers for his Western influences. Japanese literature often puts emphasis on beautiful language, which can result in stiff, restricted composition, while Murakami's style is relatively free and fluid. Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. ... Trout Fishing in America, 1974 paperback edition. ...

Murakami studied theater arts at Waseda University in Tokyo, where he met his wife, Yoko. His first job was in a record store, which is where one of his main characters, Toru Watanabe from Norwegian Wood, works. Shortly before finishing his studies, Murakami opened the jazz bar "Peter Cat" in Kokubunji, Tokyo^[1], which he ran from 1974 until 1982. Many of his novels have musical themes and titles referring to a particular song, including Dance, Dance, Dance (from The Steve Miller Band), Norwegian Wood (after the Beatles' song) and South of the Border, West of the Sun (the first part being the title of a song by Nat King Cole).[1]. Waseda University ), often abbreviated to Sōdai ) is one of the most prestigious universities in Japan. ... For other uses, see Tokyo (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Jazz (disambiguation). ... Kokubunji (国分寺市; -shi) is a city in Tokyo, Japan. ... Dance, dance, dance (Japanese title ダンス・ダンス・ダンス, Dansu, dansu, dansu) is the sixth novel by Japanese writer Haruki Murakami, first published in 1988. ... Norwegian Wood (ノルウェーの森 Noruwei no mori) is a 1987 novel by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. ... The White Album, see The Beatles (album). ... Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) is a song by The Beatles which first appeared on the 1965 album Rubber Soul. ... South of the Border, West of the Sun is a short novel by the popular Japanese novelist, Haruki Murakami. ... Nathaniel Adams Coles, known professionally as Nat King Cole (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965) was a popular American singer, songwriter, and jazz pianist. ...

A Wild Sheep Chase (1982), Vintage paperback edition

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"Trilogy of the Rat"

Murakami wrote his first fiction when he was 29. He said he was suddenly and inexplicably inspired to write his first novel (Hear the Wind Sing, 1979) while watching a baseball game. In 1978, Murakami was in Jingu Stadium watching a game between the Yakult Swallows and the Hiroshima Carp when Dave Hilton, an American, came to bat. According to an oft-repeated story, in the instant that Hilton hit a double, Murakami suddenly realized he could write a novel. He went home and began writing that night. Murakami worked on it for several months in very brief stretches after working days at the bar (resulting in a fragmented, jumpy text in short chapters). After finishing, he sent his novel to the only literary contest that would accept a work of that length, and won first prize. Even in this first work, many of the basic elements of Murakami's mature writing are in place: Westernized style, idiosyncratic humor, and poignant nostalgia. Meiji Jingu Stadium Meiji Jingu Stadium ) is a baseball stadium in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. ... The Yakult Swallows (ヤクルトスワローズ Yakuruto Suwarōzu) are a professional baseball team in Japans Central League. ... Dave Hilton (born 1950) was a professional baseball player. ...

His initial success with Hear the Wind Sing encouraged him to keep writing. A year later he published Pinball, 1973, a sequel. In 1982 he published A Wild Sheep Chase, a critical success, which makes original use of fantastic elements and has a uniquely disconnected plot. Hear the Wind Sing, Pinball, and A Wild Sheep Chase form the "Trilogy of the Rat" (a sequel, Dance, Dance, Dance, was later written but is not considered part of the series), centered on the same unnamed narrator and his friend called "the Rat." However, his first two novels are unpublished in English translation outside Japan, where an English edition with extensive translation notes was published as part of a series intended for English students. According to Murakami (Publishers Weekly, 1991), he considers his first two novels "weak," and was not eager to have them translated into English. A Wild Sheep Chase was "the first book where I could feel a kind of sensation, the joy of telling a story. When you read a good story, you just keep reading. When I write a good story, I just keep writing." Hear the Wind Sing ) is the first novel by Japanese author, Haruki Murakami; First appeared on the Gunzo June 1979 issue. ... Pinball, 1973 is a novel published in 1980 by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. ... A Wild Sheep Chase,羊をめぐる冒険 (Hitsuji o meguru bōken), is a novel published in 1982 by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. ...

Wider recognition

In 1985 he wrote Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, a dreamlike fantasy which takes the magical elements in his work to a new extreme. Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World ) is a 1985 novel by Japanese writer Haruki Murakami. ...

Murakami achieved a major breakthrough and national recognition in 1987 with the publication of Norwegian Wood, a nostalgic story of loss and sexuality. It sold millions of copies among Japanese youth, making Murakami something of a superstar in his native country (to his dismay). The book was printed in two separate volumes, sold together, so that the number of books sold was actually doubled, since the entire book was released in two separate books, creating the million-copy bestseller hype. One book had a green cover, the other a red one. In 1986, Murakami left Japan, traveled throughout Europe, and settled in the United States. Norwegian Wood (ノルウェーの森 Noruwei no mori) is a 1987 novel by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ...

Murakami was a writing fellow at Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey, and at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. During this time he wrote Dance, Dance, Dance and South of the Border, West of the Sun. Princeton University is a private coeducational research university located in Princeton, New Jersey. ... Tufts University is a private research university in Medford/Somerville, Massachusetts, suburbs of Boston. ... Location in Massachusetts Coordinates: , Country United States State Massachusetts County Middlesex County Settled 1630 Incorporated 1630 Government  - Type Mayor-council city  - Mayor Michael J. McGlynn Area  - City  8. ...

An established novelist

In 1994/1995 he published The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. This novel fuses his realistic and fantastic tendencies, and contains elements of physical violence. It is also more socially conscious than his previous work, dealing in part with the difficult topic of war crimes in Manchuria (Manchukuo). The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle is frequently cited by critics as Murakami's best work^{[citation needed]}. It won him the Yomiuri Prize, awarded to him by one of his harshest former critics, Kenzaburo Oe, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1994. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (ねじまき鳥クロニクル, Nejimaki-dori kuronikuru) (ISBN 0679775439) is a novel by Haruki Murakami. ... In the context of war, a war crime is a punishable offense under International Law, for violations of the laws of war by any person or persons, military or civilian. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Flag Anthem National Anthem of Manchukuo Map of Manchukuo Capital Hsinking Government Constitutional monarchy Emperor  - 1932 - 1934 Datong (Chief Executive) (Aisingioro Puyi)  - 1934 - 1945 Kangde-Emperor (Aisingioro Puyi) Prime Minister  - 1932 - 1935 Zheng Xiaoxu  - 1935 - 1945 Zhang Jinghui Historical era World War II  - Established 1932  - Disestablished 1945 Manchukuo (, State of... The Yomiuri Prize for Literature (Japanese: Yomiuri Bungaku Shō) is a prestigious literary award. ... Kenzaburo Oe Kenzaburo Oe , born January 31, 1935) is a major figure in contemporary Japanese literature. ...

The Wind-up Bird Chronicle (1992), 1999 Vintage paperback edition

The processing of collective trauma soon took a central position in Murakami's writing, which had until then been more personal in nature. While he was finishing The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Japan was shaken by the Kobe earthquake and the Aum Shinrikyo gas attack, in the aftermath of which he returned to Japan. He came to terms with these events with his first work of non-fiction, Underground, and the short story collection after the quake. Underground consists largely of interviews of victims of the sarin gas attacks in the Tokyo subway system. While perpetrators and events behind the attack are not the focus of the book, the picture of Japanese society that Murakami paints is shocking. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 379 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (515 × 815 pixel, file size: 192 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) http://www. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 379 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (515 × 815 pixel, file size: 192 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) http://www. ... Psychological trauma is a type of damage to the psyche that occurs as a result of a traumatic event. ... Categories: Japan-related stubs | 1995 | Earthquakes | Japanese history ... A wanted poster in Japan. ... Underground is a book by Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami about the sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway by Aum Shinrikyo in 1995. ... after the quake is a collection of short stories by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. ...

English translations of many of his short stories written between 1983 and 1990 have been collected in The Elephant Vanishes. He has also translated many of the works of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Raymond Carver, Truman Capote, John Irving, and Paul Theroux, among others, into Japanese. The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami The Elephant Vanishes is a collection of short stories by the Japanese Author Haruki Murakami translated into english by Alfred Birnbaum and Jay Rubin. ... Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940) was an American Jazz Age author of novels and short stories. ... Raymond Clevie Carver, Jr. ... Truman Capote (pronounced ) (30 September 1924 – 25 August 1984) was an American writer whose non-fiction, stories, novels and plays are recognized literary classics, including the novella Breakfast at Tiffanys (1958) and In Cold Blood (1965), which he labeled a non-fiction novel. ... John Winslow Irving (born March 2, 1942 as John Wallace Blunt, Jr. ... Paul Edward Theroux (born April 10, 1941) is an American travel writer and novelist, whose best known work is The Great Railway Bazaar (1975), a travelogue about a trip he made by train from Great Britain through Europe and South Asia, then South-East Asia, up through East Asia, as...

In 2006, Murakami became the sixth recipient of the Franz Kafka Prize from the Czech Republic for his novel Umibe no Kafka (Kafka on the Shore). Murakami told reporters, "In a way, reading Franz Kafka's works served as a starting point for me as a novelist." The two recipients of the Kafka prize before Murakami in 2004 and 2005 also won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Murakami, too, has been touted as a possible nominee for the prize. The Franz Kafka Prize is an international literary prize in the Czech Republic presented in honour of Franz Kafka, the German language novelist. ... “Kafka” redirects here. ...

In September of 2007, he will receive an honorary doctorate from the University of Liège. The University of Liège (ULg), in Liège in Belgium, is a major public university in the French Community of Belgium. ...

Recent work

The succinct Sputnik Sweetheart was first published in 1999. Kafka on the Shore was published in 2002, with the English translation following in 2005. The English version of his latest novel, After Dark, was released in May 2007. In late 2005, Murakami published a collection of short stories titled Tōkyō Kitanshū (東京奇譚集, translates loosely as "Mysteries of Tokyo"). A collection of the English versions of 24 short stories, titled Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman, was published in August 2006. This collection includes both older works from the 1980s as well as some of Murakami's most recent short stories (including all five that appear in Tōkyō Kitanshū). Sputnik Sweetheart ) is a novel by Haruki Murakami, published in Japan in 1999. ... This article is about the year. ... Kafka on the Shore ) is a novel by Japanese author Haruki Murakami (2002). ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... After Dark ) is a novel by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman is a collection of short stories by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. ...

Murakami has recently published an anthology called Birthday Stories, which collects short stories on the theme of birthdays by Russell Banks, Ethan Canin, Raymond Carver, David Foster Wallace, Denis Johnson, Claire Keegan, Andrea Lee, Daniel Lyons, Lynda Sexson, Paul Theroux, and William Trevor, as well as a specially written story by Murakami himself. An anthology, literally a garland or collection of flowers, is a collection of literary works, originally of poems. ... This article is in need of attention. ... A childs first birthday party. ... Russell Banks (born March 28, 1940) is an American writer of fiction and poetry. ... Ethan Canin is an author. ... Raymond Clevie Carver, Jr. ... David Foster Wallace (born February 21, 1962) is an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer. ... For Denis Johnson from London, who invented the bicycle forerunner called hobby horse, see Denis Johnson of London. ... Claire Keegan (born 1968, Wicklow) is an Irish short stories writer. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Daniel Lyons (born 1960, Massachusetts) is an American writer. ... Paul Edward Theroux (born April 10, 1941) is an American travel writer and novelist, whose best known work is The Great Railway Bazaar (1975), a travelogue about a trip he made by train from Great Britain through Europe and South Asia, then South-East Asia, up through East Asia, as... William Trevor, KBE (born May 24, 1928) is a short story writer, novelist and playwright of Irish origin, later living in Devon in England. ...

Criticism and influence

Murakami's fiction, often criticized for being "pop" literature by Japan's literary establishment, is humorous and surreal, and at the same time reflects an essential alienation, loneliness, and longing for love in a way that has touched readers in the US and Europe, as well as in East Asia. In addition, Murakami's writing has also been criticized because of his portrayal of Japan's obsession with capitalism. Through his work, he was able to capture the spiritual emptiness of his generation and explore the negative effects of Japan's work-dominated mentality. His writing criticizes the decrease in human values and a loss of connection between people in Japan's capitalist society. Japanese literature spans a period of almost two millennia. ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... East Asia Geographic East Asia. ...

In 2006, Murakami became the sixth winner of the Franz Kafka Prize, which has been awarded in past years to Nobel Prize In Literature winners Harold Pinter and Elfriede Jelinek. Murakami himself has been considered a possible laureate. If Murakami receives the Prize, he would become the third Japanese Literature Prize laureate, after Kawabata Yasunari and Kenzaburo Oe. The Franz Kafka Prize is an international literary prize in the Czech Republic presented in honour of Franz Kafka, the German language novelist. ... Nobel Prize in Literature medal. ... Harold Pinter, CH, CBE (born 10 October 1930) is an English playwright, screenwriter, poet, actor, director, author, and political activist. ... Elfriede Jelinek (born 20 October 1946) is an Austrian feminist playwright and novelist. ... Yasunari Kawabata (川端 康成 Kawabata Yasunari, June 14, 1899 - April 16, 1972) was a Japanese novelist who became the first Japanese, and second Asian, to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, in 1968. ... Kenzaburo Oe Kenzaburo Oe , born January 31, 1935) is a major figure in contemporary Japanese literature. ...

Murakami was awarded the 2007 Kiriyama Prize for Fiction for his collection of short stories Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman but, according to the Kiryama Official Website, Murakami "declined to accept the award for reasons of personal principle". The Kiriyama Prize is an award that recognizes books that will encourage greater understanding of and among the peoples and nations of the Pacific Rim and South Asia. ... Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman is a collection of short stories by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. ...

Murakami was mistakenly congratulated for receiving the Nobel Prize in Literature 2006 on the homepage of a city library in his native Ashiya, but this was the library's error. ^[2] Nobel Prize in Literature medal. ...

Films and other adaptations

Recently, director Jun Ichikawa adapted Murakami's short story Tony Takitani into a 75 minute feature. The film has played at various film festivals and was released in New York and Los Angeles on July 29, 2005. The original short story (as translated by Jay Rubin) is available in the April 15, 2002, issue of The New Yorker, as a stand-alone book published by Cloverfield Press, and part of Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman by Knopf. Ichikawa Jun (市川準, born 25 November 1948 in Tokyo, Japan) is a film director. ... Tony Takitani (トニー滝谷) is a 2004 Japanese movie directed by Ichikawa Jun, based upon the short story by Murakami Haruki. ... is the 210th day of the year (211th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jay Rubin is one of the major translators into English of the works of the Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami. ... The New Yorker is an American magazine that publishes reportage, criticism, essays, cartoons, poetry and fiction. ... Cloverfield Press is a small press in Los Angeles, California published by Matthew Greenfield and Laurence Dumortier. ...

Murakami's work has also been adapted for the stage, in a 2003 play entitled The Elephant Vanishes, co-produced by Britain's Complicite company and Japan's Setagaya Public Theatre. The production, directed by Simon McBurney, adapted three of Murakami's short stories and received acclaim for its unique blending of multimedia (video, music, and innovative sound design) with actor-driven physical theatre (mime, dance, and even acrobatic wirework).[2][3]. On tour, the play was performed in Japanese, with translating supertitles for European and American audiences. The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami The Elephant Vanishes is a collection of short stories by the Japanese Author Haruki Murakami translated into english by Alfred Birnbaum and Jay Rubin. ... Complicite is more than a theatre company: it is a state of mind. So begins their website (January 2005). ... Simon Montagu McBurney (born August 25, 1957 in Cambridge) is a British actor and director. ...

On Max Richter's 2006 album Songs from Before, Robert Wyatt reads passages from Murakami's novels. Max Richter (b. ... Robert Wyatt (born Robert Wyatt-Ellidge, 28 January 1945, in Bristol) is an English musician, and a former member of the influential Canterbury scene band Soft Machine. ...

In 2007, Robert Logevall adapted "All God's Children Can Dance" into a film.

Bibliography

Novels

Hear the Wind Sing ) is the first novel by Japanese author, Haruki Murakami; First appeared on the Gunzo June 1979 issue. ... See also: 1978 in literature, other events of 1979, 1980 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Pinball, 1973 is a novel published in 1980 by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. ... See also: 1979 in literature, other events of 1980, 1981 in literature, list of years in literature. ... A Wild Sheep Chase,羊をめぐる冒険 (Hitsuji o meguru bōken), is a novel published in 1982 by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. ... See also: 1981 in literature, other events of 1982, 1983 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World ) is a 1985 novel by Japanese writer Haruki Murakami. ... See also: 1984 in literature, other events of 1985, 1986 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Norwegian Wood (ノルウェーの森 Noruwei no mori) is a 1987 novel by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. ... See also: 1986 in literature, other events of 1987, 1988 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Dance Dance Dance ) is the sixth novel by Japanese writer Haruki Murakami, first published in 1988. ... See also: 1987 in literature, other events of 1988, 1989 in literature, list of years in literature. ... South of the Border, West of the Sun is a short novel by the popular Japanese novelist, Haruki Murakami. ... See also: 1991 in literature, other events of 1992, 1993 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (ねじまき鳥クロニクル, Nejimaki-dori kuronikuru) (ISBN 0679775439) is a novel by Haruki Murakami. ... See also: 1991 in literature, other events of 1992, 1993 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1994 in literature, other events of 1995, 1996 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Sputnik Sweetheart ) is a novel by Haruki Murakami, published in Japan in 1999. ... See also: 1998 in literature, other events of 1999, 2000 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Kafka on the Shore ) is a novel by Japanese author Haruki Murakami (2002). ... See also: 2001 in literature, other events of 2002, 2003 in literature, list of years in literature. ... After Dark ) is a novel by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. ... // Canada Reads selects Guy Vanderhaeghes The Last Crossing to be read across the nation. ... // Events February 25 - Canada Reads selects Rockbound by Frank Parker Day as the novel to be read across the nation. ...

Selected short stories

See also: 1979 in literature, other events of 1980, 1981 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami The Elephant Vanishes is a collection of short stories by the Japanese Author Haruki Murakami translated into english by Alfred Birnbaum and Jay Rubin. ... Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman is a collection of short stories by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. ... See also: 1980 in literature, other events of 1981, 1982 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1981 in literature, other events of 1982, 1983 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1982 in literature, other events of 1983, 1984 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1983 in literature, other events of 1984, 1985 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1984 in literature, other events of 1985, 1986 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The year 1986 in literature involved some significant events and new books. ... See also: 1988 in literature, other events of 1989, 1990 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1989 in literature, other events of 1990, 1991 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1990 in literature, other events of 1991, 1992 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1994 in literature, other events of 1995, 1996 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1995 in literature, other events of 1996, 1997 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1998 in literature, other events of 1999, 2000 in literature, list of years in literature. ... after the quake is a collection of short stories by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. ... See also: 1999 in literature, other events of 2000, 2001 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 2001 in literature, other events of 2002, 2003 in literature, list of years in literature. ... // Events February 25 - Canada Reads selects Rockbound by Frank Parker Day as the novel to be read across the nation. ...

Translators of Murakami's works

Murakami's works have been translated into many languages. Below is a list of translators according to language (by alphabetical order):

• Catalan - Albert Nolla
• Chinese - Lai Ming-zhu (Taiwan), Lin Shao-hua (Republic of China), Ye Hui (Hong Kong)
• Czech - Tomáš Jurkovič
• English - Alfred Birnbaum, Jay Rubin, Philip Gabriel(USA), Theodore W. Goossen (Canada)
• Danish - Mette Holm
• French - Corrinne Atlan
• German - Ursula Gräfe, Nora Bierich, Sabine Mangold, Uwe Hohmann
• Hebrew - Einat Cooper
• Hungarian - Erdős György
• Icelandic - Uggi Jónsson
• Indonesian - Jonjon Johana
• Italian - Giorgio Amitrano, Antonietta Pastore
• Korean - Kim Choon Mie
• Lithuanian - Milda Dyke, Irena Jomantienė, Jūratė Nauronaitė, Marius Daškus, Dalia Saukaitytė, Ieva Stasiūnaitė
• Norwegian - Ika Kaminka
• Polish - Anna Zielinska-Elliott
• Portuguese - Maria João Lourenço
• Russian - Dmitry V. Kovalenin, Ivan Sergeevich Logatchev, Serguei Ivanovich Logatchev
• Spanish - Lourdes Porta, Junichi Matsuura, Fernando Rodríguez-Izquierdo y Gavala
• Swedish - Yukiko Duke, Eiko Duke, Vibeke Emond
• Thai - Noppadol Vatsawat, Komsan Nantachit, Tomorn Sukprecha

Catalan IPA: (català IPA: or []) is a Romance language, the national language of Andorra, and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Balearic Islands, Catalonia and Valencia , and in the city of LAlguer in the Italian island of Sardinia. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Alfred Birnbaum is one of the major translators into English of the works of the Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami. ... Jay Rubin is one of the major translators into English of the works of the Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami. ... Philip Gabriel is one of the major translators into English of the works of the Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami. ... “Hebrew” redirects here. ...

References

1. ^ Kyoto Sangyo University wiki
2. ^ Japan News Review, Haruki Murakami congratulated on Nobel Prize - but he hadn't won it, 2007-07-05

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Interviews

• Interview with Laura Miller in Salon, December 1997
• Interview with Sinda Gregory, Toshifumi Miyawaki, and Larry McCaffer, Center for Book Culture
• Interview with Roland Kelts, Metropolis Magazine
• Interview with Matt Thompson in The Guardian, May 26, 2001
• Interview with Velisarios Kattoulas, Time Asia, Nov. 25, 2002
• An interview with Roland Kelts, The Japan Times: Dec. 1, 2002
• An interview with Richard Williams in The Guardian, May 17, 2003
• A Conversation with Philip Gabriel, translator of KAFKA ON THE SHORE, Random House
• An interview from the magazine A Public Space