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Encyclopedia > Murakami

Murakami can refer to:

  1. Emperor Murakami of Japan, the 62nd Emperor of Japan.
  2. Murakami, Niigata, a city in Niigata prefecture.
  3. Haruki Murakami, a writer of contemporary literature.
  4. Ryu Murakami, writer of contemporary literature and filmmaker.
  5. Takashi Murakami, modern artist and founder of the Superflat movement.

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Harvard Gazette: Murakami is explorer of imagination (1184 words)
Haruki Murakami may not be a household word in the United States, but his name triggered enough interest, at least in the Cambridge area, to overwhelm the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies when it agreed to co-host a public appearance by the writer.
Murakami was pleased with the result and asked whether it would be all right to publish Rubin's translation of the story "The Second Bakery Attack" in Playboy.
Murakami brought the garment with him and made a formal presentation of it to Rubin.
Murakami's magical mystery tour / Newest collection is as enigmatic and sublime as ever -- much to the joy of addicted ... (799 words)
If Murakami were to solve the riddle, he would strip his work of the hypnotizing quality that keeps it at a safe distance from fable and science fiction.
Murakami's hapless protagonists are not ordinary men thrown into extraordinary situations; they are men who come to realize that no situation is ordinary at all.
Murakami's Japanese contemporaries have criticized him for being pop-lit, and his debt to American pop culture is, admittedly, large.
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