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is a contemporary Japanese writer. His books and stories have been bestsellers in Japan as well as internationally, with his work being translated into 50 languages〔Curtis Brown (2014), ("Haruki Murakami now available in 50 languages" ), curtisbrown.co.uk, February 27, 2014: "Following a recent Malay deal Haruki Marukami's work is now available in 50 languages worldwide."〕 and selling millions of copies outside his native country.〔Justin McCurry, (Secrets and advice: Haruki Murakami posts first responses in agony uncle role ), The Guardian, 16 January 2015.〕 His works of fiction and non-fiction have garnered critical acclaim and numerous awards, both in Japan and internationally, including the World Fantasy Award (2006) and the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award (2006), while his oeuvre received among others the Franz Kafka Prize (2006) and the Jerusalem Prize (2009). Murakami's most notable works include ''A Wild Sheep Chase'' (1982), ''Norwegian Wood'' (1987), ''The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle'' (1994-1995), ''Kafka on the Shore'' (2002), and ''1Q84'' (2009–2010). He has also translated a number of English works into Japanese, from Raymond Carver to J. D. Salinger. Murakami's fiction, still criticized by Japan's literary establishment as un-Japanese, was influenced by Western writers from Chandler to Vonnegut by way of Brautigan. It is frequently surrealistic and melancholic or fatalistic, marked by a Kafkaesque rendition of the "recurrent themes of alienation and loneliness"〔Endelstein, Wendy, (What Haruki Murakami talks about when he talks about writing ), ''UC Berkeley News'', October 15, 2008, accessed August 12, 2014〕 he weaves into his narratives. He is also considered an important figure in postmodern literature. Steven Poole of ''The Guardian'' praised Murakami as "among the world's greatest living novelists" for his works and achievements. ==Biography== Murakami was born in Kyoto, Japan during the post–World War II baby boom and raised in Shukugawa (Nishinomiya), Ashiya and Kobe.〔"Murakami Asahido", Shincho-sha,1984〕〔 He is an only child. His father was the son of a Buddhist priest, and his mother the daughter of an Osaka merchant. Both taught Japanese literature. Since childhood, Murakami similarly to Kōbō Abe has been heavily influenced by Western culture, particularly Western as well as Russian music and literature. He grew up reading a wide range of works by European and American writers, such as Franz Kafka, Gustave Flaubert, Charles Dickens, Kurt Vonnegut, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Richard Brautigan and Jack Kerouac.〔http://www.theguardian.com/books/2003/may/17/fiction.harukimurakami〕 These Western influences distinguish Murakami from the majority of other Japanese writers. Murakami studied drama at Waseda University in Tokyo, where he met his wife, Yoko. His first job was at a record store, much like Toru Watanabe, the narrator of ''Norwegian Wood''. Shortly before finishing his studies, Murakami opened a coffeehouse and jazz bar, the Peter Cat, in Kokubunji, Tokyo, which he ran with his wife from 1974 to 1981—again, not unlike the protagonist in his later novel ''South of the Border, West of the Sun''. Murakami is a serious marathon runner and triathlon enthusiast, though he did not start running until he was 33 years old. On June 23, 1996, he completed his first ultramarathon, a 100-kilometer race around Lake Saroma in Hokkaido, Japan. He discusses his relationship with running in his 2008 memoir ''What I Talk About When I Talk About Running''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Haruki Murakami」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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