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Hiromi Kawakami
AuthorBio
Hiromi Kawakami was born in Tokyo in 1958. Her first novel, Kamisama (God), was published in 1994. In 1996, she was awarded the Akutagawa Prize for Hebi o Fumu (Tread on a Snake) and in 2001 she won the Tanizaki Prize for her novel Sensei no Kaban (Strange Weather in Tokyo), which became an international bestseller. Strange Weather in Tokyo was shortlisted for the 2013 Man Asian Literary Prize and the 2014 International Foreign Fiction Prize. Kawakami has contributed to editions of Granta in both the UK and Japan and is one of Japan's most popular contemporary novelists.Hiromi Kawakami Books
The Third Love
Hiromi KawakamiUnder the Eye of the Big Bird
Hiromi KawakamiDragon Palace
Hiromi KawakamiPeople from My Neighborhood
Hiromi KawakamiParade
Hiromi KawakamiThe Nakano Thrift Shop
Hiromi KawakamiThe Ten Loves of Nishino
Hiromi KawakamiRecord of a Night too Brief
Hiromi KawakamiManazuru
Hiromi KawakamiStrange Weather in Tokyo
Hiromi KawakamiThe Briefcase
Hiromi Kawakami