Haruki Murakami
Japanese writer
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| 2024 | Murakami received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement and was elected as a Royal Society of Literature International Writer in 2024. |
| July 2024 | The New Yorker published Murakami's short story 'Kaho'. |
| July 1 2024 | The story 'Kaho' by Murakami is set to be published in The New Yorker. |
| 2023 | Jean-Christophe Deveney began adapting nine of Murakami's short stories into a three-volume original English-language manga series. |
| 2023 | He was awarded the Princess of Asturias Award for Literature in 2023. |
| September 7 2023 | Murakami's story 'My Cheesecake-Shaped Poverty' was published in The New Yorker. |
| April 13 2023 | Murakami's novel The City and Its Uncertain Walls was published by Shinchosha in Japan. |
| 2022 | The animated feature film Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman premiered at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, where it was awarded a Jury Distinction. |
| 2022 | In Statu Nascendi published a special edition edited by Joseph Thomas Milburn and Piotr Pietrzak on Haruki Murakami, discussing the relationship between philosophy and the acclaimed writer. |
| 2022 | He was awarded the Prix mondial Cinco Del Duca for a lifetime of work that conveys a message of modern humanism. |
| 2022 | In response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Murakami called for peace and prepared a special radio program featuring musical pieces that promoted an end to the war and emphasized the preciousness of life. |
| November 8 2022 | The essay collection Novelist as a Vocation was translated into English and published by Alfred A. Knopf. |
| October 2022 | In an article for The Atlantic, Haruki Murakami explained his character creation process, stating that most of his characters are not based on real individuals and introduced the concept he calls 'the Automatic Dwarfs.' |
| 2021 | Haruki Murakami received an honorary degree from the University of Nova Gorica. |
| 2021 | The book 'Murakami T: The T-shirts I Love' was published. |
| 2021 | A film adaptation of Murakami's short story 'Drive My Car' premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, winning Best Screenplay and later the Academy Award for Best International Feature. |
| 2021 | The collection 'First Person Singular' was published, featuring eight stories written between 2018 and 2020. |
| October 1 2021 | The Waseda International House of Literature, officially known as the Haruki Murakami Library, opened its doors, featuring a collection of more than 3,000 works by Murakami. |
| September 2021 | Architect Kengo Kuma announced the opening of the Waseda International House of Literature, a library dedicated entirely to Haruki Murakami's works at Waseda University. |
| August 2021 | During one of his radio shows, Murakami criticized Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, suggesting that Suga was ignoring public concerns and the surge in cases. |
| 2020 | Murakami published First Person Singular, a collection of short stories. |
| August 13 2020 | Murakami's work 'The Kingdom That Failed' was published in The New Yorker. |
| 2019 | Murakami released 'Abandoning a Cat: Memories of my Father'. |
| February 17 2019 | Murakami's story 'With the Beatles' was published in The New Yorker. |
| 2018 | The film Burning, based on Murakami's short story 'Barn Burning', directed by Lee Chang-dong, was awarded the FIPRESCI International Critics’ Prize for best film. |
| 2018 | Killing Commendatore was published in the US. |
| 2018 | Murakami was honored with the America Award in Literature for his lifetime contribution to international writing. |
| 2018 | Waseda University in Tokyo agreed to house the archives of Haruki Murakami, including his manuscripts, source documents, and music collection. |
| 2018 | Murakami was nominated for the New Academy Prize in Literature but requested that his nomination be withdrawn, wishing to concentrate on writing. |
| September 3 2018 | The story 'Wind Cave' was published by Murakami in The New Yorker. |
| 2017 | Murakami's collection 'Men Without Women' was published, including seven stories written from 2013 to 2014. |
| February 24 2017 | Killing Commendatore was published in Japan. |
| 2016 | He published 'Haruki Murakami Goes to Meet Hayao Kawai'. |
| November 2016 | He was awarded the Danish Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award in November 2016. |
| May 2016 | Haruki Murakami was honored with an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters from Yale University. |
| 2015 | Switch Publishing released Murakami's essay collection Novelist as a Vocation in Japan. |
| April 2015 | Murakami was named one of the Time 100 most influential people in April 2015. |
| February 23 2015 | The story 'Kino' was published by Murakami in The New Yorker. |
| January 2015 | Haruki Murakami expressed support for same-sex marriage, which is not recognized in Japan, in response to a reader's inquiry about his views. |
| 2014 | Published 'Onna no inai otokotachi' (Men Without Women) collection, featuring 7 stories written between 2013 and 2014. |
| 2014 | 'The Strange Library', originally published in Japanese, was published in English. |
| October 2014 | He was awarded the Welt-Literaturpreis in October 2014. |
| October 13 2014 | The story 'Scheherazade' by Murakami was published in The New Yorker. |
| June 9 2014 | Murakami's story 'Yesterday' was published in The New Yorker. |
| May 2014 | Haruki Murakami received an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters from Tufts University. |
| October 2013 | An October symposium at the University of Hawaii featured associate professor Nobuko Ochner, who discussed parallels of shamanism in Murakami's works, particularly regarding characters traveling in parallel worlds. |
| April 2013 | Murakami published his novel Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage, which became an international bestseller. |
| 2011 | 1Q84 was longlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize. |
| 2011 | Murakami published 'Absolutely on Music: Conversations'. |
| 2011 | Murakami donated his €80,000 winnings from the International Catalunya Prize to the victims of the March 11 earthquake, tsunami, and Fukushima nuclear disaster. |
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