Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
2
Gender
Female
Birthday
1976-08-08 (49 years old)
Place of Birth
Osaka, Japan
Also Known As
Mieko Kawakami
Biography
Mieko Kawakami (川上未映子, Kawakami Mieko, born August 29, 1976) is a Japanese writer and poet from Osaka. Her work has won prestigious Japanese literary awards in several genres. 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 throughout the world.
