Writer's First Novel in World

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Inspiring - Novel, long story written in a thick book and is usually divided into several cahpters. Although there is novel set in the real story, however, is often full of bandages and imaginative prose fiction written narrative.

Of the number of novels in the world are now millions, what about the first novel in the world and who is the writer?

It turns out the writer of the first novel is a woman named Murasaki Shikibu Japan. That said, the name was merely a pseudonym. So it is still a mystery, who is her real name? Recorded in the historical literature, known only Murasaki was born around the year 963 of the respective families in Japan, the descendant of the first in the Fujiwara regent.

She is known as an intelligent woman. 998 years later she married and had a daughter. But shortly later, in 1001, her husband died. A few years later, she was called to work as maids in the Heian Palace as her writing skills and smart thinking.

She wrote her own novel titled "Genji Monogatari", which in English means "The Tales of Genji". This novel has 54 chapters with a total of 1000 pages. She wrote this novel before she was called to work in the palace, there are even some who estimates he started writing since the death of her husband. True to it's title, this novel tells the story of Prince Genji. This novel is written with a fairly complicated grammar, even for the Japanese though. Plus, at that time a literary work musn't include the name of the story, so it must use proper names or titles. This makes the linguist must learn the language used in the novel.

The novel apart is the world's first novel is also a romance novel genre in the world. Currently, "Genji Monogatari" has been translated into various languages and also performed on various occasions. Not much is known about the life of Murasaki Shikibu after writing this novel. But she also has other works published a diary and a collection of poetry.

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