was a Japanese writer, winner of the

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. He was also an ordained priest within the

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branch of Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism.

Life

He was born in

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, and graduated from the Political Economy Department of

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. He studied writing screenplays in Paris, France, and made his debut in 1978 with ''Henchō nininbaori''. In 2009 he was diagnosed with

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. He died, after the cancer also spread to the liver, on October 19, 2013.

Awards

* 1978 – Gen'eijō New Writers Award for "Henchō Nininbaori" (short story) * 1981 –

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 Be ...

for Best Short Story for "Modorigawa Shinjū" * 1984 –

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 for ''Yoimachigusa Yojō'' (short story collection) * 1984 –

for ''Koibumi'' (short story collection) * 1996 – Shibata Renzaburō Award for ''Kakuregiku'' (novel)

Bibliography

Novels

* , 1979 * , 1983 * , 1984 * , 1985 * , 1986 * , 1987 * , 1988 * , 1989 * , 1989 * , 1990 * , 1990 * , 1991 * , 1992 * , 1993 * , 1993 * , 1993 * , 1994 * , 1994 * , 1995 * , 1995 * , 1996 * , 1996 * , 2000 * , 2000 * , 2002 * , 2002 * , 2003 * , 2008

Short story collections

* , 1980 * , 1981 * , 1982 * , 1983 * , 1983 * , 1983 * , 1984 * , 1984 * , 1984 * , 1985 * , 1985 * , 1986 * , 1986 * , 1987 * , 1988 * , 1988 * , 1988 * , 1989 * , 1989 * , 1990 * , 1991 * , 1993 * , 1993 * , 1993 * , 1994 * , 1994 * , 1997 * , 1997 * , 1999 * , 2001 * , 2002

Film adaptations

Many of his writings have been made into movies. *''

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'' (''Koibumi'')

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Renjo, Mikihiko 1948 births 2013 deaths 20th-century Japanese novelists 21st-century Japanese novelists Japanese male short story writers Japanese mystery writers Mystery Writers of Japan Award winners Writers from Nagoya 20th-century Japanese short story writers 21st-century Japanese short story writers 20th-century Japanese male writers 21st-century Japanese male writers Jōdo Shinshū Buddhist priests Waseda University alumni