Haruki Murakami withdraws from alternative literature award for Nobel prize

Japanese author Haruki Murakami has asked to be withdrawn from a list of candidates for a new prize set up in replacement of the postponed Nobel Prize in Literature, its organizer has said.The organizer of the New Academy Prize in Literature said in a Facebook post on Saturday that Murakami told them by email that being nominated is a "great honor" for him but "his preference is to concentrate on his writing, away from media attention."The new prize was established after the Swedish Academy decided to postpone this year's award of the Nobel Prize in Literature due to sexual and power harass…READ FULL ARTICLE