Novel, long story written in a big book, and is usually divided into several chapters. Although there is a novel set in the real story, however, is often full cast and imaginative prose fiction written in the narrative.
Of the number of novels in the world are now millions, roughly what the first novel in the world and who is the author?
Turns out the author of the first novel is a Japanese woman named Murasaki Shikibu. It is said that the name is a pseudonym. So it is still a mystery, who real name? Recorded in the historical literature, known only Murasaki was born around the year 973 of the respective families in Japan, the descendant of the first in the Fujiwara regents.
He is known as an intelligent woman. 998 years later he married and had a daughter. But shortly later, in 1001, her husband died. Several years later, he was called to work as maids in the Heian Palace as his writing skills and intelligent thinking.
He wrote his own novel titled "Genji Monogatari", which in English means "The Tales of Genji" in Indonesian and "Tale of Genji". This novel has 54 chapters with a total of 1000 pages.
He wrote this novel before he was called to work in the palace, there are even some who estimates he started writing since before the death of her husband. True to its title, this novel tells the story of Prince Genji. This novel is written in a fairly complicated grammar, even for the Japanese though. Plus, at that time the literary work must not include the name of the story, so it must use a proper name or title. This makes the linguist must learn the language used in the novel.
The novel addition is the first novel in the world is also a romance novel genre in the world. Currently, "Genji Monogatari" has been translated into various languages and also performed at various occasions. Not much is known about the life of Murasaki Shikibu after writing this novel. But he also has other works published in the form of a diary and a collection of poetry
