June: Kaikō Takeshi (a prominent post WWII writer who won the Akutagawa prize in 1957)
July: Ryunosuke Akutagawa (known as the father of the Japanese short story)
August: Keigo Higashino (known primarily for his mystery novels; Naoko was one of my favorite books last year)
September: Haruki Murakami (a contemporary Japanese writer whose books have been translated in 50 languages and sold in the millions)
October: Yukio Mishima ( a 20th century writer nominated three times for the Nobel prize)
November: Yasunari Kawabata (first Japanese author to win the Nobel prize "for his narrative mastery, which with great sensibility expresses the essence of the Japanese mind". Nobel prize
December: Natsume Sōseki
(a novelist of the Meiji period (September 1868 through July
1912) whose writing has had a profound impact on almost all Japanese
writers)
January: Banana Yoshimoto (a
writer who claims that her two themes are "the exhaustion of young
Japanese in contemporary Japan" and "the way in which terrible
experiences shape a person's life.")
- See more at: http://www.dolcebellezza.net/2014/05/japanese-literature-challenge-8.html#sthash.YICBiPVf.dpuf
June: Kaikō Takeshi (a prominent post WWII writer who won the Akutagawa prize in 1957)
July: Ryunosuke Akutagawa (known as the father of the Japanese short story)
August: Keigo Higashino (known primarily for his mystery novels; Naoko was one of my favorite books last year)
September: Haruki Murakami (a contemporary Japanese writer whose books have been translated in 50 languages and sold in the millions)
October: Yukio Mishima ( a 20th century writer nominated three times for the Nobel prize)
November: Yasunari Kawabata (first Japanese author to win the Nobel prize "for his narrative mastery, which with great sensibility expresses the essence of the Japanese mind". Nobel prize
December: Natsume Sōseki
(a novelist of the Meiji period (September 1868 through July
1912) whose writing has had a profound impact on almost all Japanese
writers)
January: Banana Yoshimoto (a
writer who claims that her two themes are "the exhaustion of young
Japanese in contemporary Japan" and "the way in which terrible
experiences shape a person's life.")
- See more at: http://www.dolcebellezza.net/2014/05/japanese-literature-challenge-8.html#sthash.YICBiPVf.dpuf
June: Kaikō Takeshi (a prominent post WWII writer who won the Akutagawa prize in 1957)
July: Ryunosuke Akutagawa (known as the father of the Japanese short story)
August: Keigo Higashino (known primarily for his mystery novels; Naoko was one of my favorite books last year)
September: Haruki Murakami (a contemporary Japanese writer whose books have been translated in 50 languages and sold in the millions)
October: Yukio Mishima ( a 20th century writer nominated three times for the Nobel prize)
November: Yasunari Kawabata (first Japanese author to win the Nobel prize "for his narrative mastery, which with great sensibility expresses the essence of the Japanese mind". Nobel prize
December: Natsume Sōseki
(a novelist of the Meiji period (September 1868 through July
1912) whose writing has had a profound impact on almost all Japanese
writers)
January: Banana Yoshimoto (a
writer who claims that her two themes are "the exhaustion of young
Japanese in contemporary Japan" and "the way in which terrible
experiences shape a person's life.")
- See more at: http://www.dolcebellezza.net/2014/05/japanese-literature-challenge-8.html#sthash.YICBiPVf.dpuf
6 comments:
So you are going to wait until SEPT to read Murakami?? Will you be able to wait?
Ti, I'm not going to wait - I thought about it, because I thought it would be fun to read it with Meredith (Dolce Bellezza). But I can't!! I need me some Murakami ASAP!!
I've loved the Banana Yoshimoto books I've read, but I haven't read one of hers in a long time!
Carin, I just read The Lake and it was terrific. And I got another Yoshimoto book to read for JLC8 - I just love her work!
Nadia, your enthusiasm just thrills me! It wouldn't be so much fun without you. I so hope we can read the latest Murakami when it comes out in August together. Shall we start the moment it arrives in August? ;) Let's talk then.
p.s. Love the look here. xo
Thanks, Meredith! I just love the JLC and your enthusiasm for Japanese Literature - its effusive! I would love to read the new Murakami together - how fun! I'll email you then :)
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