Hiromi Kawakami

Hiromi Kawakami (Japanese川 上 弘 美, Kawakami Hiromi, born April 1, 1958 in the prefecture of Tokyo as Hiromi Yamada (山田 弘 美Hiromi Yamada ), is one of the most famous Japanese writers of the present day In the early days they wrote science fiction..

After studying science, she taught biology before 1994 her first novel Kamisama (God) appeared.

For Hebi o fumu she received the 1996 Akutagawa Prize, 2000 Oboreru the Itō -Sei Prize for Literature and the women's literary prize and in 2001 for Sensei no Kaban the Tanizaki - Jun'ichirô price.

Works (selection)

• Kamisama (神 様), 1993 ger " The Bear God ". In: Neue Rundschau 123 ( 1 ), pp. 20-33, S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt aM 2012 ISBN 978-3108090883 (This translation, the original version from 1993 and the revised by Hiromi Kawakami version contains after the events in Fukushima 2011)

• Ger " The sky is blue, the earth is white. A love story. " Novel, translated by Ursula Grafe and K. Nakayama Ziegler, 2000, ISBN 978-3-446-20999-2
• As an audio book in German language: The sky is blue, the ground is white. A love story: Read by Fritzi Haberlandt, publishing audiobook Hamburg, Hamburg 2010, 4 CDs
• As a graphic novel, implemented by Jiro Taniguchi in 2 volumes in Carlsen Verlag 2011, ISBN 978-3551754479 and ISBN 978-3551754486

• Ger " Mr. Nakano and women." Novel, translated by U. Grafe and K. Nakayama Ziegler, Hanser Verlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-446-23274-7

• Ger " the sea is warmer: A Love Story ". Novel, translated by U. Grafe and K. Nakayama Ziegler; Hanser Verlag, Munich 2010 ISBN 978-3-446-23553-3

• Ger " See you next year in the spring." Novel, translated by U. Grafe and K. Nakayama Ziegler; Hanser Verlag, Munich, 2013, ISBN 978-3-446-24128-2