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Sayaka Murata
Murata at the LiteratureXchange Festival in Aarhus, Denmark, in 2022
Native name	村田沙耶香
Born	(1979-08-14) August 14, 1979 (age 45)
Language	Japanese
Alma mater	Tamagawa University
Genre	Fiction
Notable works	Gin'iro no Uta Shiroiro no Machi no, Sono Hone no Taion no Convenience Store Woman
Notable awards	Akutagawa Prize Mishima Yukio Prize Noma Literary New Face Prize Gunzo Prize for New Writers

Sayaka Murata (村田沙耶香 Murata Sayaka; born August 14, 1979) is a Japanese writer. She has won the Gunzo Prize for New Writers, the Mishima Yukio Prize, the Noma Literary New Face Prize, and the Akutagawa Prize.