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In my younger days, I was trying to write sophisticated prose and fantastic stories.

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Haruki Murakami
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: January 12
Athletics Competitor
Essayist
Linguist
Novelist
Prosaist
Science Fiction Writer
Translator
University Teacher
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Kyōto
Murakami Haruki
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Prose
Younger
Fantastic
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Stories

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