is a Japanese novelist, especially known for his

hardboiled Hardboiled (or hard-boiled) fiction is a literary genre that shares some of its characters and settings with crime fiction (especially detective fiction and noir fiction). The genre's typical protagonist is a detective who battles the violence o ...

novels. He studied law at

Chuo University , commonly referred to as or , is a private flagship research university in Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 1885 as Igirisu Hōritsu Gakkō (the English Law School), Chuo is one of the oldest and most prestigious institutions in the country. The univer ...

in the early 1970s. He served as the 10th President of the

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 yea ...

from 1997 to 2001.

Works in English translation

;Hardboiled novels * '' Ashes'' (original title: ''Bō no Kanashimi''), trans. Emi Shimokawa (

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, 2003) * ''Winter Sleep'' (original title: ''Fuyu no Nemuri''), trans.

Mark Schilling Mark Schilling (born 1949) is an American film critic, journalist, translator, and author based in Tokyo, Japan. He has written for ''The Japan Times'', ''Variety'', and ''Screen International''. Biography Schilling began working for ''The Japan ...

(Vertical, 2005) * ''The Cage'' (original title: ''Ori''), trans. Paul Warham (Vertical, 2006) * '' City of Refuge'' (original title: ''Nogare no Machi''), trans. Y.T. Horgan (Vertical, 2012)

Awards and nominations

* 1982 -

Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prize The were presented every year by the (JAFA) from 1982 to 2011. They honor the best in adventure fiction published in the previous year. The Japan Adventure Fiction Association was founded in 1981 by Chin Naitō (1936–2011) and was disbanded in ...

: ''Nemuri Naki Yoru'' (''Sleepless Night'') * 1983 -

Yoshikawa Eiji was a Japanese historical novelist. Among his best-known novels are revisions of older classics. He was mainly influenced by classics such as ''The Tale of the Heike'', ''Tale of Genji'', ''Water Margin'' and ''Romance of the Three Kingdoms'', m ...

Prize for New Writers: ''Nemuri Naki Yoru'' (''Sleepless Night'') * 1983 - Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prize: '' The Cage'' * 1984 - Nominee for

Mystery Writers of Japan Award The are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of Japan. They honor the best in crime fiction and critical/biographical work published in the previous year. MWJ Award for Best Novel winners (1948–1951, 1976–present) MWJ Award for Best ...

for Best Novel: ''The Cage'' * 1985 -

for Best Novel: ''Kawaki no Machi'' (''City of Thirst'') * 1991 - Shibata Renzaburo Prize: ''Hagun no Hoshi'' (''Alkaid'') * 2004 -

Prize for Literature: ''Yōkashō'' (''Generals of the Yang Family'') * 2006 -

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Prize: ''Suikoden'' (''

Water Margin ''Water Margin'' (''Shuihu zhuan'') is one of the earliest Chinese novels written in vernacular Mandarin, and is attributed to Shi Nai'an. It is also translated as ''Outlaws of the Marsh'' and ''All Men Are Brothers''. The story, which is s ...

'') * 2009 - Japan Mystery Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement

Main works

Standalone hardboiled novels

* , 1981 * , 1982 (''City of Refuge'', Vertical, 2012) * , 1983 * , 1983 * , 1983 * , 1983 (''The Cage'', Vertical, 2006) * , 1984 * , 1984 * , 1984 * , 1984 * , 1984 * , 1984 * , 1984 * , 1985 * , 1985 * , 1985 * , 1985 * , 1985 * , 1985 * , 1986 * , 1986 * , 1986 * , 1986 * , 1986 * , 1987 * , 1987 * , 1987 * , 1987 * , 1988 * , 1989 * , 1989 * , 1990 * , 1990 (''Ashes'', Vertical, 2003) * , 1991 * , 1992 * , 1993 * , 1994 * , 1994 * , 1994 * , 1994 * , 1995 * , 1995 * , 1996 (''Winter Sleep'', Vertical, 2005) * , 1999 * , 1999 * , 2001 * , 2003

Short story collections

* , 1988 * , 1993 * , 2002

References

External links

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