Hiromi Kawakami (川上 弘美, Kawakami Hiromi; born April 1958) is a Japanese writer, known for her off-beat fiction, poetry, and literary criticism. She has won numerous Japanese literary awards, including the Akutagawa Prize, the Tanizaki Prize, the Yomiuri Prize, and the Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature. Her work has been adapted for film and has been translated into more than 15 languages.
Why Read Hiromi Kawakami? Hiromi Kawakami writes with the stillness of a paused breath — her stories unfold gently, but leave deep impressions. Her work sits somewhere between Haruki Murakami’s magical realism and Banana Yoshimoto’s emotional sensitivity, yet remains distinctly her own. Whether you’re new to Japanese fiction or a longtime fan, this is your chance to step into one of ...
Kawakami Hiromi (川上弘美 Kawakami Hiromi) born , is a Japanese writer known for her off-beat fiction. Born in Tokyo, Kawakami graduated from Ochanomizu Women's College in 1980. She made her debut as "Yamada Hiromi" in NW-SF No. 16, edited by Yamano Koichi and Yamada Kazuko, in 1980 with the story So-shimoku ("Diptera"), and also helped edit some early issues of NW-SF in the ...
Hiromi Kawakami (b. 1958, Tokyo) is one of the most popular and respected writers of fiction in Japan, and she is also known as a literary critic and a provocative essayist. Her first novel, Kamisama (God), was published in 1994. In 1996 she was awarded the Akutagawa Prize for Hebi wo fumu (Tread on a snake) and subsequently won the It? Sei Literature Prize, the Woman Writer's Prize, the ...
In Hiromi Kawakami’s new novel, a young woman responds to her husband’s infidelities in creative ways. By Emmeline Clein Emmeline Clein is the author of “Dead Weight: Essays on Hunger & Harm ...