Hiromi Kawakami

1958 -

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

genre: novel

country of citizenship: Japan

native language: Japanese

languages spoken, written or signed: Japanese

educated at: Ochanomizu University

occupation: novelist, writer, science fiction writer

award received: Akutagawa Prize, Murasaki Shikibu Prize, Bunkamura Les Deux Magots Literature Award, Women's Literature Prize, Tanizaki Prize, Sei Itō Award, Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature, Officer of Arts and Letters

Hiromi Kawakami (川上弘美, Kawakami Hiromi, born 1958) is a Japanese writer known for her off-beat fiction, poetry, and literary criticism. She has won numerous Japanese literary awards, including the Akutagawa Prize, the Tanizaki Prize, the Yomiuri Prize, and the Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature. Her work has been adapted for film, and has been translated into more than 15 languages. Source: Wikipedia (en)