Mieko Kawakami

is a Japanese writer and poet. Her work has won several literary awards, including the 2007 Akutagawa Prize for her novella ''Chichi to Ran'' (乳と卵), the 2013 Tanizaki Prize for her short story collection ''Ai no yume to ka'' (愛の夢とか), and the 2008 Nakahara Chūya Prize for Contemporary Poetry for ''Sentan de, sasuwa sasareruwa soraeewa'' (先端で さすわ さされるわ そらええわ). Her 2019 novel ''Natsu Monogatari'', an expanded version of ''Chichi to Ran'', became a bestseller and was translated into English under the title ''Breasts and Eggs''. Kawakami's works have been translated into several languages and distributed internationally. Provided by Wikipedia