Chapter 8 Chronicle of Haruki Murakami

Born on January 12 in Fushimi District, Kyoto City, Kansai, Japan, he is the eldest son of Chinese teachers Chiaki Murakami and Miyuki Murakami.Shortly after his birth, the family moved to Shukukawa, Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture. Enrolled in Nishinomiya City Koshien Elementary School. Entered Ashiya City Jingdao Junior High School. Entered Kobe High School in Hyogo Prefecture. After arriving in Tokyo, he entered Waseda University's first Department of Literature and majored in drama. Married to Yoko as a student. Open a jazz bar. Graduated from college.The topic of graduation thesis is "Travel Thoughts in American Films".

The novel was published and won the 23rd Group Portrait Newcomer Award. Novel published. Transfer bar, professionally engaged in creation.Moved to Funabashi City, Chiba Prefecture.The collection of conversations with Ryu Murakami "Walk Slowly, Don't Run" was published. The novel was published and won the Noma New Artist Award. Traveled to Greece.A collection of short stories, "Meeting a 100% Girl", and an anthology of illustrated short stories are published. Traveled to the United States.The collection of short stories and essays "Murakami Asahido" was published. A collection of novels, short stories, illustrated calls, and a collection of reviews in collaboration with Saburo Kawamoto "Cinema Adventures" is published.Received the 21st Tanizaki Junichiro Award.

Moved to Oiso Town, Kanagawa Prefecture, and traveled to Italy and Greece.Published short story collection, essay collection "Murakami Asahido's Comeback", and illustrated essay collection "Langerham Island Afternoon". Returning from Greece.The collection of essays "The Factory of Sunrise Country" and the novel were published. Traveled to London, Italy, Greece, Turkey.Novel published. Traveled to Greece, Germany and Austria.After returning home, went to New York.Essay collection "Murakami Asahido Hi Ho! ", "Small But Useful Things" were published.

return home.Short story collection, eight-volume "Collected Works of Haruki Murakami, 1979-1989", travel notes "Drums in the Distance", and "Rainy Days and Summers" were published. Visiting Research Fellow at Princeton University, New Jersey, USA. The novel "South of the Frontier and West of the Sun" was published. Went to work at Tufts University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Traveled to China and Mongolia.The collection of essays and the first and second volumes of novels were published. Returning from the United States.The third volume is published. Interview with victims of subway sarin gas attack in Tokyo.The collection of essays "Murakami Asahido Daily Daily: How to Find the Uzumaki Cat", the collection of short stories, and the collection of talks "To Meet Haruki Murakami·Kawai Hayao" were published.Won the 47th Yomiuri Literature Prize.

The collection of interviews with victims of the Tokyo subway sarin gas incident "Underground", the collection of essays "How Murakami Asahido was Forged", the collection of literary reviews "Introduction to Short Stories for Young Readers", and the collection of illustrated biographies "Score of Heroes of Jazz" were published. Published travel journals, the comic collection "Flush and Fluffy", and the sequel "The Promised Place" of "Underground". "The Promised Place" won the 1999 Kuwahara Takeo Award. Traveled to Northern Europe.Novel published.

The short story collection "God's Children All Dance" was published. The collection of illustrated biography "Jazz Heroes 2", the collection of essays "Murakami Broadcasting", and the collection of illustrated essays "Light and Fluttering" were published. The novel, illustrated travelogue "If Our Language Were Whiskey" was published. The e-mail newsletter "Kafka the Younger" was published. Novel published. The illustrated novel "Strange Library" and the collection of essays "No Swing without Meaning" were published.

Short story collection published.Winner of the Franz Kafka Literature Prize. Won the 2006 Asahi Prize.The collection of essays "What I Said When I Talked About Running" and "Murakami Song" were published. Received an honorary doctorate from Princeton University. The novel "1Q84" was published.