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Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC: Japanese writer Haruki Murakami and his wife Yoko appear after Murakami was awarded the Franz Kafka Award for 2006, 30 October 2006 in Prague. Murakami has been inspired by the works of the Prague-born German-Jewish writer since his youth, he told reporters. He said that people's souls and hearts are so broad that they are able to share a lot in common despite cultural differences. After the studies of theatre theory, Murakami operated a jazz club in Tokyo and he started to write fiction before he turned 30. He recalled it crossed his mind that he could write books when he was watching a baseball game on TV. AFP PHOTO MICHAL CIZEK Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty

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