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Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ryū Murakami (born 19 February 1952 in Sasebo, Nagasaki) is a Japanese novelist and filmmaker. He is colloquially referred to as the "Maradona of Japanese literature". Description above from the Wikipedia article Ryû Murakami, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Awards & recognition
- Mainichi art award · 2011
- Noma Literary Prize · 2005
- Tanizaki Prize · 2000
- Yomiuri Prize · 1997
- Hirabayashi Taiko Prize · 1996
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- Noma Literary New Face Prize · 1981
- Akutagawa Prize · 1976
- Gunzou Prize — New Writers · 1976
