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Some analyses see aspects of [[shamanism]] in his writing. In a 2000 article, Susan Fisher connected [[Japanese folk religion]] or Japanese shamanism with some elements of ''The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle'',<ref>Fisher, Susan (2000). "An Allegory of Return: Murakami Haruki's the Wind-up Bird Chronicle" ([https://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/40247241?uid=3738032&uid=2&uid=4&sid=21104204005317 JSTOR]), ''[[Comparative Literature Studies]]'', Vol. 37, No. 2 (2000), pp. 155–170.</ref> such as a descent into a dry well. At an October 2013 symposium held at the [[University of Hawaii]],<ref>[http://www.hawaii.edu/calendar/manoa/2013/10/31/22467.html?et_id=29748 "Traveling Texts: Reading Haruki Murakami Across East Asia"] at University of Hawai'i, Mānoa.</ref> associate professor of Japanese Nobuko Ochner opined "there were many descriptions of traveling in a parallel world as well as characters who have some connection to shamanism"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ajw.asahi.com/article/special/HARUKI_MURAKAMI/AJ201312150006 |title=Haruki Murakami's themes of disaffected youth resonate with his East Asian fans |publisher=[[Asahi Shimbun]] AJW |date=December 15, 2013 |accessdate=August 12, 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808043831/http://ajw.asahi.com/article/special/HARUKI_MURAKAMI/AJ201312150006 |archivedate=August 8, 2014 |df= }}</ref> in Murakami's works.
==Recognition Erkenning ==
===Prizes forPryse vir boeke books===
*1979: Gunzo Award-prys (bestbeste firsteerste novelroman) forvir ''[[Hear the Wind Sing]]''
*1982: [[Noma Literary PrizeLiterêre-prys]] (bestbeste newcomernuweling) forvir ''[[A Wild Sheep Chase]]''
*1985: [[Tanizaki Prize-prys]] forvir ''[[Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World]]''
*1995: [[Yomiuri Prize-prys]] (bestbeste novelroman) forvir ''[[The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle]]''
*1999: Kuwabara Takeo-prys Prize forvir ''[[Underground (Murakami bookboek)|Underground]]''<ref> name="theguardian.com"</ref>
*2006: [[WorldWêreld Fantasy AwardFantasie-prys]] (bestbeste novelroman) forvir ''[[Kafka on the Shore]]''
*2006: [[Frank O'Connor InternationalInternasionale Short Story AwardKortverhaal-prys]] forvir ''[[Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman]]''
*2016: [[Hans Christian Andersen Literature AwardLiterêre-prys]]
MurakamiDie [[Kiriyama-prys]] wasvir alsoFiksie awardedis thein 2007 [[Kiriyamaaan Prize]]Murakumi fortoegeken Fictionvir forsy hisversamelings collectionvan ofkortverhale short storiesnaamlik ''[[Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman]]'', butmaar accordingvolgens todie theprys prize'sse officialamptelike website,[[Webtuiste]] het Murakami "declinedom rede(s) tovan acceptpersoonlike thebeginsel awardnagelaat forom reasonsdie oftoekenning personalte principleaanvaar".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kiriyamaprize.org/winners/2007/index.shtml|title=2007 Kiriyama Price Winners|work=Pacific Rim Voices|year=2007|accessdate=April 24, 2008}}</ref>
===Personal prizesPersoonlike pryse ===
In 2006, het Murakami became these sixthsesde recipientontvanger ofvan thedie [[Franz Kafka Prize-prys]] geword.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/story/2006/10/30/kafka-award.html|title=Japan's Murakami wins Kafka prize|work=[[CBC News]]|date=October 30, 2006|accessdate=24 April 24, 2008}}</ref>
In September 2007, hehet receivedhy an'n [[honoraryHonorêre doctoratedoktoraat]] ofvan LettersLettere fromvanaf thedie [[UniversityUniversiteit ofvan Liège]] ontvang,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.presse.ulg.ac.be/communques_new/index.php?page=rentre06072007.html |title=Presse et Communication|work=[[Université de Liège]]|date=July 5, 2007|accessdate=April 24, April 2008}}</ref> oneasook fromeen van [[Princeton UniversityUniversiteit]] in JuneJunie 2008,<ref>{{cite web|last=Dienst |first=Karin |title=Princeton awards five honorary degrees |url=https://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S21/25/15A07/index.xml?section=topstories |work=[[Princeton University]] |date=June 3, Junie 2008 |accessdate=June 5, Junie 2008}}</ref> anden oneeen fromvan [[Tufts University-universiteit]]<ref>[http://commencement.tufts.edu/honorary-degree-recipients/honorary-degree-recipients-2014/ "Honorary Degree Recipients 2014"], [[Tufts University-universiteit]], May18 18,Mei 2014.</ref> in MayMei 2014.
In recentonlangse years,jare was Haruki Murakami hasdikwels often been mentionedgenoem as a'n possiblepotensiële recipientontvanger ofvan thedie [[ NobelNobelprys Prizevir in LiteratureLiteratuur]].<ref >name=kelts>{{cite web |url=http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2012/10/the-harukists-disappointed.html |title=The Harukists, Disappointed |work=[[The New Yorker]] |author=Kelts, Roland |date= October 16 , Oktober 2012 |accessdate= October 17 , Oktober 2012}}</ref> NonethelessNieteenstaande, sinceaangesien all nominationnominasie recordsrekords aregeseel sealedis forvir 50vyftig yearsjaar fromvan thedie awardingtoekenning ofvan thedie prizeprys, it is puredit suiwer speculationspekulasie.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nomination/nomination_facts.html |title=Nomination Facts |publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]] |accessdate= March3 3,Maart 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100109142845/http://nobelprize.org/nomination/nomination_facts.html <!--Added by H3llBot--> |archivedate= January 9 , Januarie 2010}}</ref> WhenToe askedMurakami aboutgevra theis possibilityoor ofdie beingmoontlikheid awardeddat thedie Nobelprys aan hom toegeken kan Prizeword, het Murakami respondedgeantwoord withmet a'n glimlag en laughgesê sayingdat " NoNee, Iek don'twil wantnie prizespryse hê nie. ThatDit meansbeteken you'rejy is finishedklaar."<ref > name=kelts </ ref> ▼In January 2009, Murakami received the [[Jerusalem Prize]], a biennial literary award given to writers whose work deals with themes of human freedom, society, politics, and government. There were protests in Japan and elsewhere against his attending the February award ceremony in [[Israel]], including threats to boycott his work as a response against [[Israel]]'s recent bombing of the [[Gaza Strip|Gaza]]. Murakami chose to attend the ceremony, but gave a speech to the gathered Israeli dignitaries harshly criticizing Israeli policies.<ref>{{cite news
|url = http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/02/20/haruki_murakami
|title = Haruki Murakami: The novelist in wartime
|publisher = Salon.com
|date = February 20, 2009
|accessdate = September 17, 2011
}}
</ref> Murakami said, "Each of us possesses a tangible living soul. The system has no such thing. We must not allow the system to exploit us."<ref>{{cite news |url = http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090217f2.html |title = Novelist Murakami accepts Israeli literary prize
|work = The Japan Times |date = February 17, 2009 |accessdate = April 10, 2009 }}</ref>
In OctoberOktober 2014 , he was awarded thedie [[Welt- LiteraturpreisLiteratuurprys|''Welt''- LiteraturpreisLiteratuurprys]] (Welt-Literaturpreis) aan hom toegeken.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.welt.de/kultur/literarischewelt/article132887543/Haruki-Murakami-erhaelt-Welt-Literaturpreis-2014.html |language=German|title=Haruki Murakami erhält "Welt"-Literaturpreis 2014 |work=Die Welt |author=Kämmerlings, Richard |date= October 3 , Oktober 2014|accessdate= October13 13,Oktober 2014}}</ref> ▼In 2011, Murakami donated his €80,000 winnings from the International Catalunya Prize (from the [[Generalitat de Catalunya]]) to the victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and to those affected by the [[Fukushima nuclear disaster]]. Accepting the award, he said in his speech that the situation at the Fukushima plant was "the second major nuclear disaster that the Japanese people have experienced ... however, this time it was not a bomb being dropped upon us, but a mistake committed by our very own hands". According to Murakami, the Japanese people should have rejected nuclear power after having "learned through the sacrifice of the [[hibakusha]] just how badly radiation leaves scars on the world and human wellbeing".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/jun/13/murakami-japan-nuclear-policy |title=Murakami laments Japan's nuclear policy |author=Flood, Alison |date=June 13, 2011 |work=The Guardian |location=London}}</ref>
In AprilNovember 2015, Murakami2016 was named one of thedie [[ TIME 100Deens]] 's most influential people. In November 2016, he was awarded the Danishe [[Hans Christian Andersen Literature AwardLiteratuur-prys]] aan hom toegeken, an'n prys wat voorheen awardgewen previouslyis wondeur bydie BritishBritse authorskrywer [[J. K. Rowling|JK Rowling]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.dr.dk/nyheder/kultur/boeger/japansk-stjerneforfatter-faar-danmarks-stoerste-litteraturpris |title=Japansk stjerneforfatter får Danmarks største litteraturpris |author=Silas Bay Nielsen |work=DR |language=Danish}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fyens.dk/kultur/Haruki-Murakami-faar-HCA-litteraturpris/artikel/2891308 |title=En halv million: Japansk succesforfatter får HCA-litteraturpris |work=fyens.dk |language=Danish}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://cphpost.dk/news/odense-honours-haruki-murakami-with-hans-christian-andersen-award.html|title=The Copenhagen Post - Danish News in English|website=cphpost.dk|language=da|access-date=2017-10-10}}</ref> ▼▲In recent years, Haruki Murakami has often been mentioned as a possible recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]].<ref name=kelts>{{cite web |url=http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2012/10/the-harukists-disappointed.html |title=The Harukists, Disappointed |work=[[The New Yorker]] |author=Kelts, Roland |date=October 16, 2012 |accessdate=October 17, 2012}}</ref> Nonetheless, since all nomination records are sealed for 50 years from the awarding of the prize, it is pure speculation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nomination/nomination_facts.html |title=Nomination Facts |publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]] |accessdate=March 3, 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100109142845/http://nobelprize.org/nomination/nomination_facts.html <!--Added by H3llBot--> |archivedate=January 9, 2010}}</ref> When asked about the possibility of being awarded the Nobel Prize, Murakami responded with a laugh saying "No, I don't want prizes. That means you're finished."<ref name=kelts/>
In 2018 he was nominatedhy forgenomineer thevir die [[ NewNuwe Academy PrizeAkademieprys in LiteratureLiteratuur]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thelocal.se/20180829/four-writers-nominated-for-swedens-new-nobel-literature-prize-neil-gaiman-haruki-murakami-kim-thuy-maryse-conde|title=Four writers shortlisted for 'the new Nobel Literature Prize'|first=Emma|last=Löfgren|website=[[The Local]]|date=29 August 2018|access-date=11 September 2018}}</ref> He requestedhet thatversoek hisdat nominationsy benominasie withdrawnonttrek word, sayingen hehet wantedgesê todat hy wou " concentratekonsentreer onop writingsy skryfwerk, awayweg fromvan die aandag van mediadie attentionpers."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/09/16/national/japans-haruki-murakami-withdraws-consideration-alternative-nobel-award/|title=Japan’s Haruki Murakami withdraws from consideration for alternative Nobel award|work=[[The Japan Times]]|date= 16 September 16, 2018|access-date= 18 September 18, 2018}}</ref> ▼▲In October 2014, he was awarded the [[Welt-Literaturpreis|''Welt''-Literaturpreis]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.welt.de/kultur/literarischewelt/article132887543/Haruki-Murakami-erhaelt-Welt-Literaturpreis-2014.html |language=German|title=Haruki Murakami erhält "Welt"-Literaturpreis 2014 |work=Die Welt |author=Kämmerlings, Richard |date=October 3, 2014|accessdate=October 13, 2014}}</ref>
▲In April 2015, Murakami was named one of the [[TIME 100]]'s most influential people. In November 2016, he was awarded the Danish [[Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award]], an award previously won by British author [[J. K. Rowling|JK Rowling]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.dr.dk/nyheder/kultur/boeger/japansk-stjerneforfatter-faar-danmarks-stoerste-litteraturpris |title=Japansk stjerneforfatter får Danmarks største litteraturpris |author=Silas Bay Nielsen |work=DR |language=Danish}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fyens.dk/kultur/Haruki-Murakami-faar-HCA-litteraturpris/artikel/2891308 |title=En halv million: Japansk succesforfatter får HCA-litteraturpris |work=fyens.dk |language=Danish}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://cphpost.dk/news/odense-honours-haruki-murakami-with-hans-christian-andersen-award.html|title=The Copenhagen Post - Danish News in English|website=cphpost.dk|language=da|access-date=2017-10-10}}</ref>
▲In 2018 he was nominated for the [[New Academy Prize in Literature]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thelocal.se/20180829/four-writers-nominated-for-swedens-new-nobel-literature-prize-neil-gaiman-haruki-murakami-kim-thuy-maryse-conde|title=Four writers shortlisted for 'the new Nobel Literature Prize'|first=Emma|last=Löfgren|website=[[The Local]]|date=29 August 2018|access-date=11 September 2018}}</ref> He requested that his nomination be withdrawn, saying he wanted to "concentrate on writing, away from media attention."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/09/16/national/japans-haruki-murakami-withdraws-consideration-alternative-nobel-award/|title=Japan’s Haruki Murakami withdraws from consideration for alternative Nobel award|work=[[The Japan Times]]|date=September 16, 2018|access-date=September 18, 2018}}</ref>
=== Other dedications ===
{{In popular culture|date=March 2019}}
In 2018, songwriter [[Jason Reeves (songwriter)|Jason Reeves]] released the song ''Murakami'' as a dedication to the author, noting "You paint real life // on a snow-white empty page". As of January 2019, it had slightly more than 250,000 hits on the music streaming service [[Spotify]].
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