I'm a very ordinary human being; I just happen to like read… - Haruki Murakami

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I'm a very ordinary human being; I just happen to like reading books.

Haruki Murakami

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Haruki Murakami (村上春樹 Murakami Haruki, born 12 January 1949) is a best-selling contemporary Japanese writer. 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 whole oeuvre garnered the Franz Kafka Prize (2006), the Jerusalem Prize (2009), and the Hans Christian Andersen Literature Prize (2016) among others.

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Native Name: 村上春樹

Alternative Names: Murakami Haruki

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I'm a very ordinary human being; I just happen to like reading books. - Haruki Murakami

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