Mieko Kawakami 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, the ... Wikipedia
Born: 1976 (age 47 years), Osaka, Osaka, Japan
Spouse: Kazushige Abe (m. 2011)
Influenced by: Haruki Murakami, Ichiyō Higuchi, and Hitoshi Nagai
Parents: Rie Kawakami
Genre: Fiction, poetry, short story
Language: Japanese
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