Hiroko Minagawa
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| Hiroko Minagawa | |
|---|---|
| Born | 2 January 1930 |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | Japanese |
| Period | 1972–present |
| Genre | Mystery, fantasy, horror, historical fiction |
| Notable awards | Mystery Writers of Japan Award (1985) Naoki Prize (1986) Honkaku Mystery Award (2012) |
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Hiroko Minagawa (皆川博子 Minagawa Hiroko?, born 1930) is a Japanese writer of mystery, fantasy, horror and historical fiction.
Contents
Works in English translation
- Short story
- "The Midsummer Emissary" (original title: Fuzuki no Shisha), trans. Ginny Tapley Takemori (Kaiki: Uncanny Tales from Japan, Volume 3: Tales of the Metropolis, Kurodahan Press, 2012)[1]
- "Sunset" (original title: Yuhi ga Shizumu), trans. Karen Sandness (Speculative Japan 3: Silver Bullet and Other Tales of Japanese Science Fiction and Fantasy, Kurodahan Press, 2012)[2]
Awards
- 1973 – Shosetsu Gendai New Writers Prize: Arukadia no Natsu (アルカディアの夏?) (short story)
- 1985 – Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel: Kabe Tabishibai Satsujin Jiken (壁 旅芝居殺人事件?) (mystery novel)
- 1986 – Naoki Prize: Koi Kurenai (恋紅?) (historical novel)
- 1990 – Shibata Renzaburo Prize: Baraki (薔薇忌?) (fantasy short story collection)
- 1998 – Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for Literature: Shi no Izumi (死の泉?) (mystery novel)
- 2012 – Honkaku Mystery Award:[3] The Case of the Curious Cadaver in the Dissectorium of Dr. Daniel Burton (mystery novel)
- 2013 – Japan Mystery Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement
Main works
Dr. Daniel Burton series
Historical mystery series set in eighteenth century London
- Hirakasete Itadaki Koei desu (開かせていただき光栄です?), 2011 (The Case of the Curious Cadaver in the Dissectorium of Dr. Daniel Burton)
- Armonica Diabolica (アルモニカ・ディアボリカ?), 2013
Other mystery novels
- Raidā wa Yami ni Kieta (ライダーは闇に消えた?), 1975
- Hikari no Haikyo (光の廃墟?), 1978
- Hana no Tabi Yoru no Tabi (花の旅夜の旅?), 1979
- Niji no Higeki (虹の悲劇?), 1982
- Kiri no Higeki (霧の悲劇?), 1982
- Shiretoko Misaki Satsujin Jiken (知床岬殺人事件?), 1984
- Sōma Nomaoi Satsujin Jiken (相馬野馬追い殺人事件?), 1984
- Kabe Tabishibai Satsujin Jiken (壁 旅芝居殺人事件?), 1984
- Hikaru Genji Satsujin Jiken (光源氏殺人事件?), 1985
- Zeami Satsujin Jiken (世阿弥殺人事件?), 1986
- Ayakashi-Gura Satsujin Jiken (妖かし蔵殺人事件?), 1986
- Chūshingura Satsujin Jiken (忠臣蔵殺人事件?), 1986
- Satsui no Karuizawa Fuyu (殺意の軽井沢・冬?), 1987
- Yami Tsubaki (闇椿?), 1988
- Seijo no Shima (聖女の島?), 1988
- Kaoshi Rentarō to Itsutsu no Nazo (顔師・連太郎と五つの謎?), 1989
- Shi no Izumi (死の泉?), 1997
- Tōritsu Suru Tō no Satsujin (倒立する塔の殺人?), 2007
Film adaptations
- Sharaku (1995) (Based on her 1994 historical novel Sharaku)
See also
References
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- ↑ The Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan
External links
Categories:
- Articles containing Japanese-language text
- 1930 births
- Japanese short story writers
- Japanese mystery writers
- Japanese crime fiction writers
- Mystery Writers of Japan Award winners
- Honkaku Mystery Award winners
- Japanese fantasy writers
- Japanese horror writers
- Japanese historical novelists
- Women mystery writers
- Japanese women novelists
- Women short story writers
- Living people
- Women science fiction and fantasy writers
- Women horror writers
- 20th-century Japanese novelists
- 21st-century Japanese novelists
- 20th-century women writers
- 21st-century women writers
- Women historical novelists
