Ryū Murakami

Ryū Murakami
Ryū Murakami in 2005
Born (1952-02-19) February 19, 1952
Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan
Occupation
  • Novelist
  • essayist
  • filmmaker
NationalityJapanese
Literary movementPostmodernism
Notable works

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.