1949) is a Japanese writer. His books and stories have been bestsellers in Japan as well as internationally, and 1Q84 (2009–10). He has also translated into Japanese English works by writers ranging from Raymond Carver to J. D. Salinger. His fiction, for example, in Japan and internationally, including the World Fantasy Award (2006) and the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award (2006). His oeuvre received, Kafka on the Shore (2002), Norwegian Wood (1987), still criticized by Japan's literary establishment as un-Japanese, the Franz Kafka Prize (2006) and the Jerusalem Prize (2009). Murakami's most notable works include A Wild Sheep Chase (1982), The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (1994–95), was influenced by Western writers from Chandler to Vonnegut by way of Brautigan. It is frequently surrealistic and melancholic or fatalistic, with his work being translated into 50 languages and selling millions of copies outside his native country. The critical acclaim for his fiction and non-fiction has led to numerous awards, হারুকি মুরাকামি Haruki Murakami ( January 12