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Haruki Murakami
Japanese novelist and translator whose surreal, internationally translated works include Norwegian Wood, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and Kafka on the Shore.
Novels and translation
Murakami’s fiction often blends everyday Japanese settings with dreamlike events, music and questions of memory or isolation. Norwegian Wood brought him wide recognition, while later novels reached large international audiences.
A contemporary literary voice
He has also translated American writers into Japanese and written essays and nonfiction. A 2026 Le Monde interview documents his continuing career and recent reflections on writing.
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