10/24(Sat) 村上龍 Expired

Japanese novelist Ryu Murakami (村上龍)

died on October 17, 2026, at the age of 74.

His publisher, Gentosha, officially announced

his death on October 23, 2026.

* Date of death: October 17, 2026

* Age: 74

* Place: His home in Japan

* Cause of death: Not publicly disclosed

* Funeral: Held privately with family members

Murakami was celebrated for his dark, provocative fiction, including Almost Transparent Blue (1976), Coin Locker Babies (1980),

In the Miso Soup (1997), and Audition (1997).

He won the prestigious Akutagawa Prize in 1976, becoming one of the defining voices of modern Japanese literature.

He was a very different writer from Haruki Murakami, despite sharing the surname.

You can read his obituary in The Guardian⁠.

A significant loss for Japanese literature.

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