Haruki Murakami, one of the most famous contemporary of Japanese and world writers, was born in 1949 in Japan. The winner is more prestigious literary awards. So far, he has published the novels "Flipper", "Listen to the song". wind", "Adventure around a sheep", "Hardened wonderland", "The end of the world", "Norway forest", "Play Play Play", "South of the border, west of the sun", "Chronicle birds that wind the clock", "Sputnik love", "Kafka on the seashore", "When night falls", "1Q84 in three volumes" and others. After several years spent in America and Europe, now lives in Japan.