(1976-08-29) August 29, 1976 (age 47) Osaka, Japan
Occupation
Writer, poet
Language
Japanese
Genre
Fiction, poetry, short story
Notable works
Ai no Yume toka
Heaven
Breasts and Eggs
Notable awards
Akutagawa Prize
Tanizaki Prize
Murasaki Shikibu Prize
Chūya Nakahara Prize
Website
Official website
Mieko Kawakami (川上未映子, Kawakami Mieko, born August 29, 1976) is a Japanese writer and poet from Osaka. Her work has won prestigious Japanese literary awards in several genres, including the 138th Akutagawa Prize for her novella Chichi to Ran (乳と卵), the 2013 Tanizaki Prize for her short story collection Ai no yume to ka (愛の夢とか) (Dreams of Love, etc.), and the 2008 Nakahara Chūya Prize for Contemporary Poetry for Sentan de, sasuwa sasareruwa soraeewa (先端で さすわ さされるわ そらええわ). Her 2019 novel Natsu Monogatari, an expanded version of Chichi to Ran, became a bestseller and was translated into English under the title Breasts and Eggs. Kawakami's works have been translated into several languages and distributed throughout the world.
Stories') is a novel by MiekoKawakami, published by Bungeishunjū in July 2019. It features a completely rewritten version of Kawakami's 2008 novella Chichi...
to Ran (Japanese: 乳と卵, lit. 'Breasts and Eggs') is a short novel by MiekoKawakami, published by Bungeishunjū in February 2008. It was awarded the 138th...
すべて真夜中の恋人たち, Hepburn: Subete Mayonaka no Koibitotachi) is a 2011 novel by MiekoKawakami, published by Kodansha. It was first published in September 2011 issue...
Japanese politician Mieko Kamiya (神谷 美恵子, 1914–1979), Japanese psychiatrist Mieko Kanai (金井 美恵子, born 1947), Japanese writer MiekoKawakami (川上 未映子, born 1976)...
Septology VI-VII Eit nytt namn – Septologien VI – VII Fitzcarraldo Editions MiekoKawakami Japan Sam Bett & David Boyd Heaven ヘヴン Picador Claudia Piñeiro Argentina...
Society for the Promotion of Japanese Literature. Amy Yamada, 2003 Hiromi Kawakami, 2007 Yōko Ogawa, 2007 Masahiko Shimada, 2010 Toshiyuki Horie, 2012 Hikaru...
Everett Dr. No Finalist Jon Fosse with Damion Searls (trans.) A New Name MiekoKawakami with Sam Bett and David Boyd (trans.) All the Lovers in the Night Namwali...
motorcycle racer August 24 – Shinji Udaka, baseball player August 29 – MiekoKawakami, singer and writer September 20 – Yui Horie, voice actress October 19...
year pick by the National Book Critics Circle); Breasts and Eggs by MiekoKawakami, a Time magazine Best Book of the Year and New York Times Notable Book...
Translator(s) Strange Beasts of China Yan Ge Jeremy Tiang Breasts and Eggs MiekoKawakami David Boyd & Sam Bett Our Lady of the Nile Scholastique Mukasonga Melanie...
Genichiro Takahashi for Goodbye, Christopher Robin (さよならクリストファー・ロビン) 2013: MiekoKawakami for Dreams of Love (Ai no Yume to ka, 愛の夢とか) 2014: Hikaru Okuizumi for...
Japan: Akutagawa Prize for works published in the second half of 2007: MiekoKawakami, Chichi to Ran (乳と卵) ("Of Breasts and Eggs") Birth years link to the...
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