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Haruki Murakami honored with awards and a jazzy tribute in New York
Haruki Murakami received the Center for Fiction's Lifetime of Excellence Award and a jazz tribute featured bilingual performances celebrating his cultural impact and storytelling career.
- On Tuesday, the Center for Fiction awarded Murakami its Lifetime of Excellence in Fiction at Cipriani, 25 Broadway, two days after the Japan Society hosted a bilingual `Murakami Mixtape` at The Town Hall.
- Organizers said the honors recognized Murakami's long career as a storyteller, translator, critic and essayist while the Japan Society framed its prize as spotlighting luminous individuals who strengthen U.S.–Japan cultural ties.
- At the Center for Fiction gala, Patti Smith introduced Murakami with a ballad and read from his debut novel, while Roland Nozomu Kelts and Motoyuki Shibata read passages woven by Jason Moran's music.
- The Town Hall Murakami Mixtape played to a sold-out, bilingual audience, while the Center for Fiction Lifetime of Excellence in Fiction Award, given to Toni Morrison and Kazuo Ishiguro, confirmed high literary prestige.
- Murakami recalled arriving in New York in 1991 during Japan-bashing, when on Dec. 7, 1991 he was advised to stay home `just in case there was any trouble`; he said younger Japanese writers now gain recognition and Japan's cultural `face` has finally emerged.
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Haruki Murakami honored in New York for literary excellence
Happy Mag https://happymag.tv Haruki Murakami was celebrated in Manhattan with music, readings, and honours recognising decades of literary brilliance. Last week, New York City became a stage for Haruki Murakami’s words, where fiction... Happy Mag https://happymag.tv
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