Hiroko Minagawa (
Hiroko Minagawa | |
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Born | Keijoo, Korea (present-day Seoul, South Korea) | 2 January 1930
Occupation | Writer |
Language | Japanese |
Period | 1972–present |
Genre | Mystery, fantasy, horror, historical fiction |
Notable awards | Mystery Writers of Japan Award (1985) Naoki Prize (1986) Honkaku Mystery Award (2012) |
Works in English translation
edit- Novels
- The Resurrection Fireplace (original title: Hirakasete Itadaki Kōei Desu), trans. Matt Treyvaud, Bento Books, 2019[1]
- Short stories
- "The Midsummer Emissary" (original title: Fuzuki no Shisha), trans. Ginny Tapley Takemori (Kaiki: Uncanny Tales from Japan, Volume 3: Tales of the Metropolis, Kurodahan Press, 2012)[2]
- "Sunset" (original title: Yuhi ga Shizumu), trans. Karen Sandness (Speculative Japan 3: Silver Bullet and Other Tales of Japanese Science Fiction and Fantasy, Kurodahan Press, 2012)[3]
Awards
edit- 1973 – Shosetsu Gendai New Writers Prize: Arukadia no Natsu (アルカディアの
夏 ) (short story) - 1985 – Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel: Kabe Tabishibai Satsujin Jiken (
壁 旅 芝居 殺人 事件 ) (mystery novel) - 1986 – Naoki Prize: Koi Kurenai (
恋 紅 ) (historical novel) - 1990 – Shibata Renzaburo Prize: Baraki (
薔薇 忌 ) (fantasy short story collection) - 1998 – Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for Literature: Shi no Izumi (
死 の泉 ) (mystery novel) - 2012 – Honkaku Mystery Award:[4] The Resurrection Fireplace (mystery novel)
- 2013 – Japan Mystery Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement
Main works
editEdward Turner series
editHistorical mystery series set in 18th-century London
- Hirakasete Itadaki Koei desu (
開 かせていただき光栄 です), 2011 (The Resurrection Fireplace) - Armonica Diabolica (アルモニカ・ディアボリカ), 2013
- Interview with the Prisoner (インタヴュー・ウィズ・ザ・プリズナー), 2021
Other mystery novels
edit- Raidā wa Yami ni Kieta (ライダーは
闇 に消 えた), 1975 - Hikari no Haikyo (
光 の廃墟 ), 1978 - Hana no Tabi Yoru no Tabi (
花 の旅 夜 の旅 ), 1979 - Niji no Higeki (
虹 の悲劇 ), 1982 - Kiri no Higeki (
霧 の悲劇 ), 1982 - Shiretoko Misaki Satsujin Jiken (
知床岬 殺人 事件 ), 1984 - Sōma Nomaoi Satsujin Jiken (
相馬 野 馬 追 い殺人 事件 ), 1984 - Kabe Tabishibai Satsujin Jiken (
壁 旅 芝居 殺人 事件 ), 1984 - Hikaru Genji Satsujin Jiken (
光源氏 殺人 事件 ), 1985 - Zeami Satsujin Jiken (
世阿弥 殺人 事件 ), 1986 - Ayakashi-Gura Satsujin Jiken (妖かし
蔵 殺人 事件 ), 1986 - Chūshingura Satsujin Jiken (
忠臣蔵 殺人 事件 ), 1986 - Satsui no Karuizawa Fuyu (
殺意 の軽井沢 ・冬 ), 1987 - Yami Tsubaki (
闇 椿 ), 1988 - Seijo no Shima (
聖女 の島 ), 1988 - Kaoshi Rentarō to Itsutsu no Nazo (
顔 師 ・連 太郎 と五 つの謎 ), 1989 - Shi no Izumi (
死 の泉 ), 1997 - Tōritsu Suru Tō no Satsujin (
倒立 する塔 の殺人 ), 2007
Other
edit- Kaizokujouou (
海賊 女王 ), 2013 - The story of Grace O'Malley
Film adaptations
edit- Sharaku (1995; based on her 1994 historical novel, Sharaku)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ The Resurrection Fireplace. Bento Books. 31 March 2019. ISBN 978-1939326423. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
- ^ "Kaiki: Uncanny Tales from Japan, Volume 3: Tales of the Metropolis". Kurodahan Press. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
- ^ "Speculative Japan 3". Kurodahan Press. Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
- ^ The Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan, honkaku.com; accessed 25 July 2020.