Identity and Writing through Translation in Murakami Haruki

DOI: 10.5176/2251-3566_L315.45

Authors: Masaki Mori

Abstract: 

The contemporary Japanese novelist Murakami Haruki not only creates fiction in Japanese but also produces a large amount of translations from English. Apart from his extensive involvement with translation, the act of translation affects the nature of his fiction and his self-identity as a writer of fiction.

Keywords: Murakami, Haruki, translation