Murakami's works, which explored sex, violence, and youth culture, were translated globally.
Author Ryu Murakami, whose edgy works explored sex, violence, and youth culture and were translated globally, has died, his publisher said Friday. Among the writer’s best-known works is his debut “Almost Transparent Blue,” which depicted the depravity of youths steeped in drugs and sex and won him one of Japan’s most prestigious literary awards in 1976. His 1980 novel, “Coin Locker Babies,” featured children abandoned in baggage lockers and their subsequent survival, while 1997’s “In The Miso Soup” portrayed a tourist’s plunge into Tokyo’s red-light district.
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