NEW YORK (AP) — Japanese writer Haruki Murakami shall be honored this December in Manhattan with a night of phrases and music.
The Japan Society and The City Corridor are presenting “The Murakami Mix Tape,” which is able to embrace readings from Murakami’s books and performances by jazz artist Jason Moran and others that draw from the various musical references in Murakami’s books. Murakami himself is predicted to offer opening remarks on the Dec. 11 occasion at The City Corridor, the place he’ll obtain the Japan Society Award, beforehand given to Yoko Ono, Akira Kurosawa and Hideki Matsui amongst others.
“Haruki Murakami is one of the most singular authors on the planet,” Japan Society President & CEO Joshua W. Walker stated in a press release. “We are honored now to build a singular night to celebrate him in New York City.”
A perennial candidate for the Nobel Prize, the 76-year-old Murakami is understood for such novels as “IQ84,” “The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle” and “Norwegian Wood,” named for the Beatles tune.
