is a Japanese novelist and author, born in

Kumagaya is a city located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 195,277 in 87,827 households and a population density of 1200 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Kumagaya is one of the large ...

. He is best known for the controversial ' (悪魔の飽食) (1981), which revealed the atrocities committed by

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of the

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during the

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. ''The Devil's Gluttony'' was serialized in the '' Akahata'' (

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) in 1980, and subsequently published by Kobunsha (光文社), in two volumes in 1981 and 1982. In the ensuing controversy, half of a photograph was discovered to be a fabrication, and Kobunsha subsequently withdrew the book. A second edition was then published by

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in 1983 with the controversial photograph removed. He won the

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 1969 for ''Death in the High-Rise'' (高層の死角). His short story "Devil of a Boy" appears translated into English in ''Ellery Queen's Japanese Golden Dozen: The Detective Story World in Japan'' anthology, which was edited by Ellery Queen.

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J'Lit , Authors : Seiichi Morimura , Books from Japan
Japanese writers Japanese mystery writers Mystery Writers of Japan Award winners Edogawa Rampo Prize winners 1933 births Living people Writers from Saitama Prefecture {{Japan-writer-stub