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Mieko Kawakami

Mieko Kawakami
Mieko Kawakami is one of the most promising writers in Japan today. Born in 1976 in the Osaka prefecture, Kawakami started her career as a singer songwriter before making her literary debut with the prose poem, "Sentan de sasuwa sasareruwa soraeewa" in 2006. Her novel Breasts and Eggs, winner of the prestigious Akutagawa Prize, will be published in English by Europa in 2020.
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Acts of Recognition: On the Women Characters of Haruki Murakami

Mieko Kawakami Considers the Work of One of the World's Great Novelists
October 3, 2019  By Mieko Kawakami
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