ASSOCIATED PRESSJapanese author Haruki Murakami listens to a question during an interview upon his arrival at Prague airport Ruzyne on Sunday, Oct. 29, 2006. Haruki Murakami, 57, is one of the outstanding contemporary Japanese writers. He gained popularity in Japan and worldwide with his novel Norwegian Wood. Murakami, one of the candidates for the Nobel Prize for Literature this year, will be awarded the Franz Kafka Prize at the Old Town Hall in Prague on Monday. (AP Photo/CTK, Stan Peska) ** SLOVAKIA OUT **