(18 February 192421 January 2015) was a Taiwanese and Japanese
novelist
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,
translator
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and
cultural critic
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. He is best known for his historical fictions and mystery novels based on
Chinese
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and
Asian history, including ''First Opium War'', ''Chinese History'', ''Ryukyu Wind''.
He won numerous literary awards, including the Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for Literature and the
Naoki Prize
The Naoki Prize, officially , is a Japanese literary award presented biannually. It was created in 1935 by Kikuchi Kan, then editor of the ''Bungeishunjū'' magazine, and named in memory of novelist Naoki Sanjugo. Sponsored by the Society for the ...
.
Major works
*''Roots of Dried Grass'' (枯草の根)
*''House Three Colors - Showa Treasure Mysteries'' (三色の家), Fusosha
*''The Sapphire Lion Incense Burner'' (青玉獅子香炉)
*''Chinese History'' (中国の歴史)
*''Ryukyu Wind'' (琉球の風)
*''Genghis Khan's Family'' (チンギス・ハーンの一族)
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Awards
* The 23rd
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 ...
* The 7th
Edogawa Rampo Prize The , named after Edogawa Rampo, is a Japanese literary award which has been presented every year by the Mystery Writers of Japan since 1955.Fukue, Nastuko,Literary awards run spectrum, ''Japan Times'', 14 February 2012, p. 3.
Though its name is si ...
in 1961 for 枯草の根
* The 60th
Naoki Prize
The Naoki Prize, officially , is a Japanese literary award presented biannually. It was created in 1935 by Kikuchi Kan, then editor of the ''Bungeishunjū'' magazine, and named in memory of novelist Naoki Sanjugo. Sponsored by the Society for the ...
(1968下) for ''The Sapphire Lion Incense Burner''
* The 26th Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for Literature (1992) for '
See also
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Ryōtarō Shiba
, also known as , was a Japanese author. He is best known for his novels about historical events in Japan and on the Northeast Asian sub-continent, as well as his historical and cultural essays pertaining to Japan and its relationship to the r ...
*
Japanese literature
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*
List of Japanese authors
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Writers are listed by the native order of Japanese names, family name followed by given name to ensure consistency although some ...
References
External links
INTERVIEW/ Chin Shunshin: History is invariably written by conquerorsat
Asahi Shimbun
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1924 births
People from Kobe
Japanese historical novelists
Japanese mystery writers
Mystery Writers of Japan Award winners
Edogawa Rampo Prize winners
Taiwanese male novelists
Japanese fantasy writers
Japanese people of Taiwanese descent
Osaka University alumni
2015 deaths
Japanese critics
20th-century novelists
20th-century Japanese male writers
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