Hiromi Kawakami

Hiromi Kawakami
Kawakami in 2023
Born	1958 (age 65–66) Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Novelist
Nationality	Japanese
Alma mater	Ochanomizu Women's College
Period	1990–present
Genre	Fiction, poetry
Notable works	Tread on a Snake, The Briefcase/Strange Weather in Tokyo
Notable awards	Akutagawa Prize Tanizaki Prize Yomiuri Prize Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature MEXT Art Encouragement Prize

Hiromi Kawakami (川上 弘美, Kawakami Hiromi, born 1958) is a Japanese writer known for her off-beat fiction, poetry, and literary criticism. She has won numerous Japanese literary awards, including the Akutagawa Prize, the Tanizaki Prize, the Yomiuri Prize, and the Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature. Her work has been adapted for film, and has been translated into more than 15 languages.