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The Biography of Haruki Murakami reveals a life that could be called
normal but under no circumstances uneventful.
Not much about his private life is known (or has not yet been translated).
Unlike most other authors or writer in general he leads a very healthy
life. He quit smoking and started running amongst other sports when
he gave up the Jazz Bar. He is going as far as joining several marathons
per year all over the world.
He did however not leave his deep love to Jazz music behind and
is said to have a record collection of around 40'000 items.
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| Born in Kyoto. |
| Moved to Ashiya (Hyogo Prefecture) |
Theater Arts Major Student
at Waseda University. School didn't interest
him much and he spent most of his college days reading thousands of
filmscripts stocked at the Theater Museum of Waseda University. |
| Married his Wife Yoko |
Watching a baseballmatch he
suddenly had the inspiration of writing his
first novel. |
| Opened the Jazz Bar 'Peter
Cat' at Kokobunji/Tokyo |
| Moved the Bar to Sendagaya/Tokyo
a quiet neighberhood of the bustling city. |
| First novel Hear the Wind sing
published. (Part of the Trilogy of the Rat) |
| Gunzou Shinjin Sho (Gunzo New
Writer Award) for Hear the Wind sing |
| Pinball, 1973 published (Part
of the Trilogy of the Rat) |
| Sold the bar and started to
write for a living. |
| A Wild Sheep Chase published.
(Part of the Trilogy of the Rat) |
| Noma Bungei Shinjin Sho (Noma
Literary Award for New Writers) for A Wild Sheep Chase |
| Moved to Fujisawa/Kanagawa
Prefecture. A small city on the shore of the sea about 50km from Tokyo. |
| Moved to Sendagaya/Tokyo |
| Hard boiled Wonderland and
the End of the World published |
| Junichi Tanizaki Award for
Hard boiled Wonderland and the End of the World published |
| Moved to Oiso/Kanagawa Prefecture.
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| Travels Rome and Greece |
| Norwegian Wood published |
| Moved to Princeton NJ and started
as Associate Researcher at Princeton University |
| Nominated Associate Professor
at Princeton University |
| Moved to Santa Ana CA to teach
at William Howard Taft University. |
| Yomiuri Literary Award for
Wind-up Bird Chronicle |
| Underground published |
| Moved to Oiso/Kanagawa Prefecture |
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