Japanese author Haruki Murakami received an honorary doctorate from his alma mater, Waseda University, in a rare public appearance.
This picture taken on September 22, 2021 shows Japanese writer Haruki Murakami attending a press conference at Waseda University in Tokyo. — AFP picas a first-time user . Exclusively for Malay Mail readers: Use codeTOKYO, Dec 18 — Publicity-shy Japanese author Haruki Murakami told his alma mater Tuesday that he was far from being a model scholar, as he collected an honorary degree in a rare public appearance.
“It feels kind of strange being given the award, considering what a terrible student I was,” said Murakami to laughter from the audience at Waseda University. “I would skip classes and forget about studying. I was just doing whatever I wanted and causing loads of trouble to the university,” the 75-year-old said. The degree is therefore a “pretty generous gesture on Waseda’s part,” the novelist, dressed in academic regalia, told the rapturous audience of hundreds of admiring fans and Waseda students. Awarding the honorary doctorate, Tokyo’s prestigious Waseda University hailed the “cosmopolitan atmosphere” of Murakami’s work and his ability “freewheelingly to zigzag between the real and the surreal”.is known for his intricate tales of the absurdity and loneliness of modern life, which have been translated into about 50 languages.Readers of his works are drawn into the “Murakami world” where giant frogs challenge office workers in battle and mackerel rain down from the sky., his first full-length novel in six years, hit shelves in Japan last year, and copies of its English translation were released in November. In his short, self-deprecating speech, Murakami said he had “gained absolutely nothing” from his previous six honorary doctorates – all awarded by universities abroad – calling them “useless”. “It’s not like they come with pension money... And just because you have honorary doctorates doesn’t mean your books sell,” he quipped to another bout of laughte
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