Ryū Murakami
Ryū Murakami | |
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Ryū Murakami in 2005 | |
| Born | February 19, 1952 Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan |
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| Nationality | Japanese |
| Literary movement | Postmodernism |
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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.