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Ryū Murakami
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Japanese writer and filmmaker
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Ryū Murakami, born Ryūnosuke Murakami on February 19, 1952, in Sasebo City, Nagasaki, Japan, is a Japanese writer, screenwriter, novelist, and film director. He is educated at Musashino Art University and speaks Japanese as his native language. His name in Japanese is 村上 龍, and in kana, it is written as むらかみ りゅう.
Murakami has received several literary awards, including the Akutagawa Prize, Yomiuri Prize, Tanizaki Prize, and Noma Literary Prize. His notable works include *Luxury lovers*, *For a Beautiful Country*, *Tenshi no tamago*, *Kagirinaku tomei ni chikai buru*, and *69*. He has produced a total of 174 works.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1952-02-19
- Works
- 174
Top works
- Luxury lovers ISBN
- For a Beautiful Country
- Tenshi no tamago
- Kagirinaku tomei ni chikai buru
- 69
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Film & TV
Sasebo City, Nagasaki, Japan
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.
Known for
- The Cambrian Palace2006
- Tokyo Noise — Writer2002
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1952-02-19 ) February 19, 1952 (age 74) , Sasebo, Nagasaki , Japan
- Occupation
- Novelist essayist filmmaker
- Nationality
- Japanese
- Literary movement
- Postmodernism
- Notable works
- Almost Transparent Blue Coin Locker Babies 69 Piercing In the Miso Soup
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Place of birth
- Sasebo
- Occupation
- science fiction writer
- Educated at
- Musashino Art University
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Native language
- Japanese
- Official website
- ryumurakami.com
- Image
- Ryu Murakami.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1952-02-19
- name in native language
- 村上 龍
- Commons category
- Ryu Murakami
- birth name
- 村上 龍之助
- name in kana
- むらかみ りゅう
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Encyclopedic overview
Ryū Murakami (村上 龍, Murakami Ryū; born February 19, 1952) is a Japanese novelist, essayist and filmmaker. His novels explore human nature through themes of disillusion, drug use, surrealism, murder and war, set against the dark backdrop of Japan. His best known novels are Almost Transparent Blue, Audition, Coin Locker Babies, and In the Miso Soup.
Biography
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