Mieko Kawakami
- Born
- 8 August 1976 (50 years)
- Place of birth
- Osaka, Japan
- Gender
- Female
Mieko Kawakami (川上未映子, Kawakami Mieko, born August 29, 1976) is a Japanese writer and poet from Osaka. Her work has won prestigious Japanese literary awards in several genres. Her 2019 novel Natsu Monogatari, an expanded version of Chichi to Ran, became a bestseller and was translated into English under the title Breasts and Eggs. Kawakami's works have been translated into several languages and distributed throughout the world.
