Nissan Seminar: A Conversation with Author Sayaka Murata – Living, Writing and Transformation

Convener(s): Professor Takehiko Kariya and Drs Juliana Buriticá Alzate and Shilla Lee

Speaker(s): Sayaka Murata

Moderator: Dr Juliana Buriticá Alzate (Departmental Lecturer, Modern Japanese Literature, University of Oxford)

Interpretation: Eyre Kurasawa (Japanese-English) 

Co-hosted by: The Queen’s College Translation Exchange (QTE) and the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, University of Oxford, with the support of the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation.

Join us for a conversation with internationally acclaimed author Sayaka Murata, who will share some of her life experiences and influences, and explore vital questions and challenges regarding her writing and storytelling practices. We will address the idea of transformation throughout her work and the need to question what we consider “normal.”

Pre-registration needed. In person-only. No recording available. 

Register here: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/queens-translation-exchange/living-writing-transformation-a-conversation-with-sayaka-murata/e-mbrrjq

Sayaka Murata is the author of many books, including Earthlings and Convenience Store Woman, winner of the Akutagawa Prize. Murata has been named a Freeman’s “Future of New Writing” author and a Vogue Japan Woman of the Year. Her story collection, Life Ceremony, was published by Granta in 2022. Her next novel, Vanishing World, will be published by Granta in 2025.