Ryū Murakami

1952 -

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

country of citizenship: Japan

native language: Japanese

languages spoken, written or signed: Japanese

educated at: Musashino Art University

occupation: writer, screenwriter, novelist, film director, essayist, science fiction writer

award received: Gunzou Prize for New Writers, Akutagawa Prize, Noma Literary New Face Prize, Hirabayashi Taiko Prize, Yomiuri Prize, Tanizaki Prize, Noma Literary Prize, 每日艺术奖

official website: ryumurakami.com

Ryū Murakami (村上龍, Murakami Ryū, born February 19, 1952 in Sasebo, Nagasaki) is a Japanese novelist, short story writer, 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. Source: Wikipedia (en)