![]() ![]() ![]() Convenience Store Woman won the 2016 Akutagawa Award. In 2009 she won the Noma Prize for New Writers with Gin iro no uta ( Silver Song), and in 2013 the Mishima Yukio Prize for Shiro-oro no machi no, sono hone no taion no ( Of Bones, of Body Heat, of Whitening City). She debuted in 2003 with Junyu ( Breastfeeding), which won the Gunzo Prize for new writers. She herself still works part time in a convenience store, which gave her the inspiration to write Convenience Store Woman ( Konbini Ningen). ![]() Murata has two short stories published in English (both translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori): "Lover on the Breeze" ( Ruptured Fiction(s) of the Earthqu Sayaka Murata (in Japanese, 村田 沙耶香) is one of the most exciting up-and-coming writers in Japan today. ![]() Sayaka Murata (in Japanese, 村田 沙耶香) is one of the most exciting up-and-coming writers in Japan today. ![]()
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