Haruki MURAKAMI: In SEARCH of this elusive WRITER ( DOCUMENTARY)

Haruki Murakami (村上 春樹, Murakami Haruki , born January 12, 1949) is a Japanese writer and His works of fiction and nonfiction have garnered him critical acclaim and numerous awards. He is considered an important figure in postmodern literature. The Guardian praised him as among the world s greatest living novelists for his works and Murakami was born in Japan during the postWorld War II baby Although born in Kyoto, he spent his youth in Shukugawa (Nishinomiya), Ashiya and His father was the son of a Buddhist priest, 6 and his mother the daughter of an Osaka Both taught Japanese Since childhood, Murakami has been heavily influenced by Western culture, particularly Western music and literature. He grew up reading a range of works by American writers, such as Kurt Vonnegut and Richard Brautigan, and he is often distinguished from other Japanese writers by his Weste