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   Sayaka Murata (村田沙耶香 Murata Sayaka; born August 14, 1979) is a Japanese writer. She has won the Gunzo Prize for New Writers, the Mishima Yukio Prize, the Noma Literary New Face Prize, and the Akutagawa Prize.

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3. www.newyorker.com › books › page-turnerSayaka Murata’s Eerie “Convenience Store Woman” Is a Love ...

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   Jun 21, 2018 · “ Convenience Store Woman ,” a novel by the best-selling Japanese author Sayaka Murata, is the first of her ten novels to be translated into English. The book centers on a thirty-six-year-old...

4. www.goodreads.com › book › showConvenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata | Goodreads

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   Jul 27, 2016 · A novel about a woman who works in a convenience store and finds her identity and happiness there. Read reviews, ratings, and book details of this Japanese literary fiction by Sayaka Murata, a prize-winning author.

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     “The power of stories saved me.” | Writer Sayaka Murata 村田沙耶香 | Louisiana Channel

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6. www.goodreads.com › author › showSayaka Murata (Author of Convenience Store Woman) - Goodreads

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   • 3.7/5 (377.6K)

   • Birth Date: August 14, 1979

   • Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata, Ginny Tapley Takemori (Translator)
   • Earthlings by Sayaka Murata, Ginny Tapley Takemori (Translator)
   • Life Ceremony by Sayaka Murata, Ginny Tapley Takemori (Translator)
   • A Clean Marriage by Sayaka Murata, Ginny Tapley Takemori (Translator)

7. www.nytimes.com › 2018/06/11 › booksFor Japanese Novelist Sayaka Murata, Odd Is the New Normal

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   Jun 11, 2018 · Sayaka Murata in a Tokyo convenience store similar to the one where the main character in her novel works. Kentaro Takahashi for The New York Times. By Motoko Rich. June 11, 2018. TOKYO — Keiko,...

8. www.wired.com › story › writer-sayaka-murataSayaka Murata Inhabits a Planet of Her Own | WIRED

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   Aug 25, 2022 · Sayaka Murata Inhabits a Planet of Her Own. The novelist makes the Earthly rituals of sex, marriage, childbirth—and all of human life—appear delightfully outlandish. Photograph:...

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   Why is Murata called 'Crazy Sayaka'?

   • Since childhood, Murata has been troubled by an intense and sometimes painful effort to be an “ordinary earthling.” In the Japanese media, Murata is sometimes called “Crazy Sayaka”—a nickname first bestowed on her affectionately by friends but one that she fears borders on caricature.

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   Where does Sayaka Murata work?

   • Sayaka Murata in a Tokyo convenience store similar to the one where the main character in her novel works. Kentaro Takahashi for The New York Times TOKYO — Keiko, a defiantly oddball 36-year-old woman, has worked in a dead-end job as a convenience store cashier in Tokyo for half her life.

   For Japanese Novelist Sayaka Murata, Odd Is the New Normal

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   How did Murata become a sociable Sayaka?

   • When she was in high school, Murata’s family moved to Tokyo. In her new environment, she was able to make human friends, and she started looking forward to school. But this newly sociable Sayaka, while a relief, was another of what would be many guises.

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   Where does Murata live in Shinjuku Gyoen?

   • Murata is a regular at Shinjuku Gyoen, where she sometimes takes walks at the end of the workday. She lives nearby, in the same area she has been since college. The rhythm of life from her convenience store days was comforting in its regularity: wake up at 2 am, write, go to work at the conbini, go to a café to write, go to bed by 8 or 9.

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10. granta.com › contributor › sayaka-murataSayaka Murata | Granta

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    Sayaka Murata is a celebrated Japanese writer who has won several prestigious prizes and published books such as Life Ceremony, Earthlings, and Convenience Store Woman. Read her stories and interviews on Granta, including an excerpt from Earthlings and a cult proposal in Faith.