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Haruki Murakami: books and prizes

Haruki Murakami is a Japanese novelist, short story writer and translator born in Kyoto. His first novel, Hear the Wind Sing, was published in 1979. He has translated stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Raymond Carver and Truman Capote into Japanese.^1,2

Works, in order of first publication

1. 1979Hear the Wind Sing^2,3Kaze no uta o kikenovel
2. 1980Pinball, 1973^2,31973-nen no pinbōrunovel
3. 1982A Wild Sheep Chase^2,3Hitsuji o meguru bōkennovel
4. 1985Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World^2,1Sekai no owari to hādoboirudo wandārandonovel
5. 1987Norwegian Wood^2,1Noruwei no morinovel
6. 1988Dance Dance Dance^2,3Dansu dansu dansunovel
7. 1992South of the Border, West of the Sun^2,3Kokkyō no minami, taiyō no nishinovel
8. 1994The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle^2,1Nejimaki-dori kuronikuruPublished 1994 to 1995novel
9. 1997Underground^2,3AndāguraundoOn the Tokyo gas attacknon-fiction
10. 1999Sputnik Sweetheart^2,3Supūtoniku no koibitonovel
11. 2000After the Quake²Kami no kodomotachi wa mina odorushort stories
12. 2002Kafka on the Shore^2,3Umibe no Kafukanovel
13. 2004After Dark^2,3Afutādākunovel
14. 2007What I Talk About When I Talk About Running²Hashiru koto ni tsuite kataru toki ni boku no kataru kotomemoir
15. 20091Q84²Published 2009 to 2010novel
16. 2013Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage²Shikisai o motanai Tazaki Tsukuru to kare no junrei no toshinovel
17. 2023The City and Its Uncertain Walls²Machi to sono futashika na kabenovel

Prizes

1. 1979Gunzo New Writer's Award³For Hear the Wind Sing
2. 1985Tanizaki Prize³For Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
3. 1995Yomiuri Literary Prize³For The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
4. 2006Franz Kafka Prize³For Body of work
5. 2006World Fantasy Award for Best Novel³For Kafka on the Shore
6. 2016Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award²For Body of work
7. 2023Princess of Asturias Award for Literature²For Body of work

Sources

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, Haruki Murakami, Encyclopaedia Britannica, print article (accessed 2026-10-28)
2. EBSCO, Haruki Murakami, EBSCO Research Starters (accessed 2026-10-28)
3. Gale, via Encyclopedia.com, Murakami, Haruki, Newsmakers 2008 Cumulation (accessed 2026-10-28)