is a Japan-based organization for mystery writers who write ''
honkaku
, is a popular genre of Japanese literature.
History
Name
When Western detective fiction spread to Japan, it created a new genre called detective fiction () in Japanese literature. After World War II the genre was renamed deductive reasoning fi ...
'' (i.e. authentic, orthodox)
mystery
Mystery, The Mystery, Mysteries or The Mysteries may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional characters
*Mystery, a cat character in ''Emily the Strange''
Films
* ''Mystery'' (2012 film), a 2012 Chinese drama film
* ''Mystery'' ( ...
.
The organization was founded on 3 November 2000 by
Yukito Ayatsuji
, who writes under his pen name , is a Japanese writer of mystery and horror. He is one of the founders of Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan and one of the representative writers of the new traditionalist movement in Japanese mystery writin ...
,
Natsuhiko Kyogoku,
Hiroko Minagawa,
Kaoru Kitamura,
Tetsuya Ayukawa and other mystery writers. It is currently chaired by
Rintaro Norizuki and claims about 170 members.
It presents the
Honkaku Mystery Award The are presented every year by the Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan. They honor the best in honkaku (i.e. authentic, orthodox) mystery fiction and critical works published in the previous year.
Honkaku Mystery Award for Best Fiction winners ...
s to writers every year and produces the annual anthology.
Honkaku mystery
''Honkaku'' (i.e. authentic, orthodox) mystery is one of subgenres of mystery fiction that focuses on "fair play". Mystery novels written during the
"Golden Age" of the mystery novel (e.g., the
Ellery Queen
Ellery Queen is a pseudonym created in 1929 by American crime fiction writers Frederic Dannay and Manfred Bennington Lee and the name of their main fictional character, a mystery writer in New York City who helps his police inspector father solve ...
novels) are regarded as examples of honkaku mystery.
Presidents
#
Alice Arisugawa (2000–2005) (
:ja:有栖川有栖)
J'Lit , Authors : Arisu Arisugawa , Books from Japan
# Kaoru Kitamura (2005–2009)
# Masaki Tsuji
is a Japanese anime screenwriter, mystery writer, manga author, travel critic, essayist, professor as well as mystery fiction novels writer. Tsuji was most active in the business from the 1960s through the 1980s, and worked as a script writer on ...
(2009–2013)
# Rintaro Norizuki (2013– )
Anthologies
The HMC started producing the annual anthology in 2001.
* ''Honkaku Mystery 01'' ( Kodansha, Tokyo
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, 2001, )
* ''Honkaku Mystery 02'' (Kodansha, Tokyo, 2002, )
* ''Honkaku Mystery 03'' (Kodansha, Tokyo, 2003, )
* ''Honkaku Mystery 04'' (Kodansha, Tokyo, 2004, )
* ''Honkaku Mystery 05'' (Kodansha, Tokyo, 2005, )
* ''Honkaku Mystery 06'' (Kodansha, Tokyo, 2006, )
* ''Honkaku Mystery 07'' (Kodansha, Tokyo, 2007, )
* ''Honkaku Mystery 08'' (Kodansha, Tokyo, 2008, )
* ''Honkaku Mystery 09'' (Kodansha, Tokyo, 2009, )
* ''Honkaku Mystery 10'' (Kodansha, Tokyo, 2010, )
* ''Best Honkaku Mystery 2011'' (Kodansha, Tokyo, 2011, )
* ''Best Honkaku Mystery 2012'' (Kodansha, Tokyo, 2012, )
* ''Best Honkaku Mystery 2013'' (Kodansha, Tokyo, 2013, )
* ''Best Honkaku Mystery 2014'' (Kodansha, Tokyo, 2014, )
* ''Best Honkaku Mystery 2015'' (Kodansha, Tokyo, 2015, )
See also
* Honkaku Mystery Best 10
is an annual mystery fiction guide book published by Hara Shobo. The guide book publishes a list of the top ten honkaku (i.e. authentic, orthodox) mystery books published in Japan in the previous year.
2001
''2001 Honkaku Mystery Best 10'' ...
* Golden Age of Detective Fiction#Enduring influence
* Detective fiction
* Japanese detective fiction
* Whodunit
A ''whodunit'' or ''whodunnit'' (a colloquial elision of "Who asdone it?") is a complex plot-driven variety of detective fiction in which the puzzle regarding who committed the crime is the main focus. The reader or viewer is provided with the c ...
* Mystery Writers of Japan is an organization for mystery writers in Japan.
The organization was founded on 21 June 1947 by Edogawa Rampo. It is currently chaired by Bin Konno and claims about 600 members.
It presents the Mystery Writers of Japan Award to writers every ye ...
References
* Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan (2010), ''Honkaku Misuteri Taisho Zen Sempyo 2001–2010'' (本格ミステリ大賞全選評 2001-2010), Kobunsha
Kobunsha ( ja, 光文社 ''Kōbunsha'') is a Japanese publishing company. It publishes literature, manga novels, and women's magazines.
Company history
Kobunsha was established on October 1, 1945, and belongs to the Kodansha group.
The company h ...
, Tokyo
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* Shimpo, Hirohisa (2000), "Honkaku". ''Nihon Misuteri Jiten'' (日本ミステリー事典), Shinchosha
is a publisher founded in 1896 in Japan and headquartered in Yaraichō, Shinjuku, Tokyo. Shinchosha is one of the sponsors of the Japan Fantasy Novel Award.
Books
* Haruki Murakami: '' Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World'' (19 ...
, Tokyo
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