Japanese Bestselling Author Ryu Murakami Passes Away

Japanese bestselling author Ryu Murakami passed away on the 17th.

He was 74 years old, and his funeral was held privately with only family members in attendance.

Born in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, Murakami won Japan's prestigious Akutagawa Prize for his novel "Almost Transparent Blue," which he wrote while still in college.

Well-known in South Korea as well, he enjoyed fame as a bestselling author with works such as "Coin Locker Babies," "The Melancholy of the Tennis Boy," "Sixty Nine," and "Popular Hits of Love and Fantasy," and also worked as a film director and screenwriter.

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