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Mieko Kawakami

08 Aug, 1976 in Osaka, Japan

Mieko Kawakami (川上未映子, Kawakami Mieko, born August 29, 1976) is a Japanese writer and poet from Osaka. Her work has won prestigious Japanese literary awards in several genres. Her 2019 novel Natsu Monogatari, an expanded version of Chichi to Ran, became a bestseller and was translated into English under the... title Breasts and Eggs. Kawakami's works have been translated into several languages and distributed throughout the world.

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Pandora's Box
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