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In 2018 was hy genomineer vir die [[Nuwe Akademieprys in Literatuur]].<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 het versoek dat sy nominasie onttrek word, en het gesê dat hy wou "konsentreer op sy skryfwerk, weg van die aandag van die pers."<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 2018|access-date=18 September 2018}}</ref>
==Personal life==
After receiving the Gunzo Award for his 1979 literary work ''[[Hear the Wind Sing]]'', Murakami did not aspire to meet other writers.{{citation needed|date=September 2014}} Aside from Sarah Lawrence's [[Mary Morris (writer)|Mary Morris]], whom he briefly mentions in his memoir ''[[What I Talk About When I Talk About Running]]'' alongside [[Joyce Carol Oates]] and [[Toni Morrison]], Murakami was never a part of a community of writers, his reason being that he was a loner and was never fond of groups, schools, and literary circles.<ref name="theparisreview.org"/> When working on a book, Murakami states that he relies on his wife, who is always his first reader.<ref name="theparisreview.org"/> While he never acquainted himself with many writers, among the contemporary writers, he enjoys the work of [[Kazuo Ishiguro]], [[Cormac McCarthy]], [[Lee Child]] and [[Dag Solstad]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/sep/13/haruki-murakami-interview-colorless-tsukur-tazaki-and-his-years-of-pilgrimage|title=Haruki Murakami: 'I'm an outcast of the Japanese literary world'|last=Poole|first=Steven|date=2014-09-13|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date=2018-06-05}}</ref> While he does not read much contemporary Japanese literature,<ref name=":0" /> Murakami enjoys the works of [[Ryū Murakami]] and [[Banana Yoshimoto]].<ref name="theparisreview.org"/>
Haruki Murakami is a fan of crime novels. During his high school days while living in Kobe, he would buy paperbacks from second hand book stores and learned to read English. The first book that he read in English was ''The Name is Archer'', written by [[Ross Macdonald]] in 1955. Other writers he was interested in included [[Leo Tolstoy]] and [[Fyodor Dostoyevsky]].<ref name="theparisreview.org"/>
Murakami also has a passion for listening to music, especially classical and jazz. When he was around 15, he began to develop an interest in jazz after attending an [[Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers]] concert in Kobe.<ref>Murakami, Haruki, [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/08/books/review/Murakami-t.html "Jazz Messenger"], ''The New York Times'', July 8, 2007.</ref> He later opened the Peter Cat, a coffeehouse and jazz bar. Murakami has said that music, like writing, is a mental journey.<ref name="theparisreview.org" /> At one time he aspired to be a musician, but because he could not play instruments well he decided to become a writer instead.<ref name="theparisreview.org" />
In an interview with ''[[The Guardian]]'', Murakami stated his belief that his surreal books appeal to people especially in times of turmoil and political chaos.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/oct/11/haruki-murakami-interview-killing-commendatore|title=Haruki Murakami: ‘You have to go through the darkness before you get to the light’|last=Burkeman|first=Oliver|date=2018-10-10|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date=2018-10-11}}</ref> He stated that "I was so popular in the 1990s in [[Russia]], at the time they were changing from the [[Soviet Union]] – there was big confusion, and people in confusion like my books" and “In [[Germany]], when the [[Berlin Wall]] fell down, there was confusion – and people liked my books.”<ref name=":1" />
==Political views==
Murakami claims that it is natural for China and the two Koreas to continue to feel resentment toward Japan for its wartime aggression. "Fundamentally, Japanese people tend not to have an idea that they were also assailants, and the tendency is getting clearer", he said.<ref>{{cite web | title = Murakami chides Japan for ignoring role in WWII, Fukushima disaster| url = http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/11/04/national/media-national/murakami-chides-japan-for-ignoring-role-in-wwii-fukushima-disaster/#.WLwOtfl97IU |work=The Japan Times }}</ref> In an interview, Murakami stated "The issue of historical understanding carries great significance, and I believe it is important that Japan makes straightforward apologies. I think that is all Japan can do – apologise until the countries say: 'We don't necessarily get over it completely, but you have apologized enough. Alright, let's leave it now."<ref>{{cite web | title = Japan must apologise for WWII until it is forgiven: novelist Haruki Murakami| url = http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-must-apologise-for-wwii-until-it-is-forgiven-novelist-haruki-murakami |work=The Straits Times|date=April 17, 2015 }}</ref>
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