is a Japanese writer of
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'' ( ...
and
thriller novels and one of Japan's bestselling authors. He is a member 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 ...
and has won many prestigious awards. Several of his popular Reiko Himekawa crime novels have been translated into English, German, Polish, Chinese, Persian, Thai and Vietnamese. In Japan, many of Honda's works have been adapted into major theatrical motion pictures and TV dramas.
Works in translation
;Lieutenant Himekawa series
*''
The Silent Dead'' (original title: ''
Strawberry Night''), trans.
Giles Murray (
Minotaur Books
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, 2016; Titan Books, 2016)
*''Blutroter Tod'', trans. Irmengard Gabler (FISCHER, 2016)
*''Przeczucie'', (original title: ''
Strawberry Night''), trans. Rafał Śmietana (
Społeczny Instytut Wydawniczy Znak, 2017)
*''Soul Cage'' (Minotaur Books, 2017)
*''Stahlblaue Nacht'' (original title: ''
Soul Cage''), trans. Irmengard Gabler (FISCHER, 2017)
*''
Rouge est la nuit'' (original title: ''
Strawberry Night''), trans.
Dominique Sylvain and Frank Sylvain (Atelier Akatombo, France, 2019)
Main works
Lieutenant Himekawa series
* Novels
** , 2006 (''
The Silent Dead'', Minotaur, 2016), (''
Rouge est la nuit'', Akatombo, 2019)
** , 2007 (''
Soul Cage'', Minotaur, 2017)
** , 2009
** , 2012
** , 2016
* Short story collections
** , 2008
** , 2014
* Spin-off novel
** , 2011 (''Infection Game'')
Jiu trilogy
* Novels
# , 2005
# , 2006
# , 2006
* Spin-off novels
** , 2007
** , 2009
** , 2010
** , 2014
** , 2016
See also
*
Japanese detective fiction
, 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 ...
References
Profileat J'Lit Books from Japan
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1969 births
21st-century Japanese novelists
Japanese male short story writers
Japanese mystery writers
Japanese crime fiction writers
Living people
Writers from Tokyo
21st-century Japanese short story writers
21st-century male writers