who are some good japanese authors who have been translated into english?
2006-08-30 13:45:32 · 8 answers · asked by spongy 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Haruki Murakami
http://www.amazon.com/Norwegian-Wood-Vintage-International-Original/dp/0375704027/sr=1-1/qid=1157179367/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-4797382-7280900?ie=UTF8&s=books
Jiro Akagawa
http://www.amazon.com/Meurtres-pour-tuer-le-temps/dp/287730387X/sr=1-1/qid=1157179586/ref=sr_1_1/102-4797382-7280900?ie=UTF8&s=books
Natsuo Kirino
http://www.amazon.com/Out-A-Novel-Vintage-International/dp/1400078377/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_b/102-4797382-7280900?ie=UTF8
Miyuki Miyabe
http://www.amazon.com/All-She-Was-Worth/dp/0395966582/sr=1-2/qid=1157180001/ref=pd_bbs_2/102-4797382-7280900?ie=UTF8&s=books
2006-09-01 19:59:09 · answer #1 · answered by Joriental 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Soseki Natsume & Mishima are both "classic" Japanese authors.
Banana Yoshimoto & Haruki Murakami are more modern.
Personally don't really care much for Japanese literature, but they have won an impressive number of international awards.
Enjoy!
2006-09-01 01:33:59 · answer #2 · answered by peter_lobell 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The long book The Tale of Genji by Lady Murasaki,
sometimes billed as the world's first novel, has
been translated. I don't know whether Rashomon
has been, but suspect it has. Can't remember the
author's name at the moment.
2006-08-31 08:43:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Soseki Natsume, Haruki Murakami, Akutagawa, and Saito Mokichi's poetry!!!! Does this help. I know many more, as I love Japanese writers, artist, musicians.
2006-08-30 13:49:58 · answer #4 · answered by robert r 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yukio Mishima...was a gay author who was loyal to old Japan and ended up committing hari-kiri because of the modernization of japan. Wrote a wonderful tetraology that was very romantic.
2006-08-30 13:49:29 · answer #5 · answered by ritabird1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Natsuo Kirino is a female author who writes dark suspense fiction. I highly recommend "Out" for a view of modern Japan that you don't usually see.
2006-08-30 15:35:51 · answer #6 · answered by Lady Macbeth 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i do no longer understand any books that are set in Japan, yet i pick to propose you to study those books that are by using jap authors! a million. photograph Bride by using Yoshiko Uchida 2. whilst the Emperor became Divine by using Julie Otsuka those 2 books are set interior the U. S.. jap characters interior the e book.
2016-09-30 04:42:14 · answer #7 · answered by sather 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I recently asked the same question and got some good answers:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Aq7s4a3x0oiRB53XQtI_KT_sy6IX?qid=20060726020843AArktc4
And it would be very nice of robert r to name some more. I'm definetely interested.
2006-08-30 22:22:28 · answer #8 · answered by msmiligan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋