Monday, October 06, 2003

*Ø* Blogmanac October 6, 973 | Murasaki Shikibu, pioneer novelist




973? Murasaki Shikibu (d. 1025?), 10th-century Japanese writer of what is generally considered to be the world's first true novel, The Tale of Genji.

The Tale of Murasaki
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