Japanese novelist Ryu Murakami dies at 74

Japanese novelist Ryu Murakami dies at 74

Japanese novelist Ryu Murakami dies at 74

Japanese novelist and filmmaker Ryu Murakami has died at the age of 74, his publisher Gentosha announced. Murakami died at his home in Tokyo on October 17, and no cause of death was given. He became famous in 1976 with Almost Transparent Blue, written while he was still an art student, which won the Akutagawa Prize. Over five decades he wrote more than 40 novels and story collections, including Coin Locker Babies, In the Miso Soup and Audition.

Japanese novelist and filmmaker Ryu Murakami has died at the age of 74, his publisher Gentosha announced. Murakami died at his home in Tokyo on October 17, and no cause of death was given. He became famous in 1976 with Almost Transparent Blue, written while he was still an art student, which won the Akutagawa Prize. Over five decades he wrote more than 40 novels and story collections, including Coin Locker Babies, In the Miso Soup and Audition.

Japanese novelist and filmmaker Ryu Murakami has died at the age of 74, his publisher Gentosha announced. Murakami died at his home in Tokyo on October 17, and no cause of death was given. He became famous in 1976 with Almost Transparent Blue, written while he was still an art student, which won the Akutagawa Prize. Over five decades he wrote more than 40 novels and story collections, including Coin Locker Babies, In the Miso Soup and Audition.