The 2002 novel "Kafka on the Shore" is written by this author who was born in which year?
Haruki Murakami Haruki Murakami (村上 春樹 , Murakami Haruki , born January 12, 1949) is a Japanese writer. His books and stories have been bestsellers in Japan as well as internationally, with his work being translated into 50 languages and selling millions of copies outside his native country. The critical acclaim for his fiction and non-fiction has led to numerous awards, in Japan and internationally, including the World Fantasy Award (2006) and the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award (2006). His oeuvre received, for example, the Franz Kafka Prize (2006) and the Jerusalem Prize (2009).
Tom Egeland Tom Egeland (born 8 July 1959 in Oslo) is a Norwegian author. His great-grandfather was Jon Flatabø from Kvam in Hardanger, one of the pioneer authors of popular literature in Norway. Egeland's novels are published in 24 languages. His most famous novel is "Sirkelens ende", published in English under the title "Relic", which deals with several of the same topics as "The Da Vinci Code". Egeland's book was published in 2001, two years before "The Da Vinci Code".