Mieko Kawakami

Mieko Kawakami was born in Osaka. She made her debut as a poet in 2006 and published her first novel, *My Ego, My Teeth, and the World*, in 2007. She gained international recognition with the bestselling novel *Breasts and Eggs* (2020). Her work has received several major literary prizes, including the Akutagawa Prize, the Tanizaki Prize, and the Murasaki Shikibu Prize. Her novel *Heaven* was shortlisted for the 2022 International Booker Prize, and *All the Lovers in the Night* was shortlisted for the 2023 National Book Critics Circle Awards.