Author Bio
• Birth—August 14, 1979
• Where—Inzai, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
• Education—Tamawaga University
• Awards—Akutagawa Prize (more below)
• Currently—lives in Tokyo, Japan
Sayaka Murata is one of Japan’s most exciting contemporary writers. She has worked for 18 years in a convenience store, which was the inspiration to write Convenience Store Woman, her English-language debut and winner of one of Japan’s most prestigious literary prizes, the Akutagawa Prize.
She was named a Freeman’s "Future of New Writing" author, and her work has appeared in Granta and elsewhere. In 2016, Vogue Japan selected her as a Woman of the Year. (From the publisher.)
Awards
2016 - Akutagawa Prize
2013 - Mishima Yukio Prize
2009 - Noma Literary Prize
2003 - Gunzo Prize for New Writers
Convenience Store Woman (Murata) - Author Bio
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