Go Osaka

Go Osaka
Born	(1943-11-01) 1 November 1943 Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Writer
Language	Japanese
Period	1980–present
Genre	Crime fiction, hardboiled, thriller, spy fiction, western fiction
Notable works	The Red Star of Cádiz
Notable awards	Mystery Writers of Japan Award (1987) Naoki Prize (1987)

Go Osaka (逢坂おうさか 剛つよし, Ōsaka Gō, born 1 November 1943) is a Japanese writer of crime fiction, hardboiled, thriller, spy fiction and western fiction. He served as the 11th President of the Mystery Writers of Japan from 2001 to 2005. Outside of his literary works, he is also known for his interest in Flamenco music. He is a competent guitarist in his own right and has several guitars around his office.

Works in English translation

Thriller Novel

• The Red Star of Cádiz (original title: Kadisu no Akai Hoshi), trans. Usha Jayaraman (Kurodahan Press, 2008)

Essay

• My Favourite Mystery, "The Hollow Needle" by Maurice Leblanc (Mystery Writers of Japan, Inc. [1])

Awards

• 1980 – All Yomimono Prize for New Mystery Writers: Ansatsusha Guranada ni Shisu (The Assassin is Dead in Granada) (Short story)
• 1986 – Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prize: The Red Star of Cádiz
• 1987 – Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel: The Red Star of Cádiz
• 1987 – Naoki Prize: The Red Star of Cádiz
• 2013 – Japan Mystery Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement

Main works

Shrike the Killer series

• Mozu no Sakebu Yoru (百舌もずの叫さけぶ夜よる), 1986
• Maboroshi no Tsubasa (幻まぼろしの翼つばさ), 1988
• Kudakareta Kagi (砕くだかれた鍵かぎ), 1992
• Yomigaeru Mozu (よみがえる百舌もず), 1996
• Nosuri no Su (鵟の巣す), 2002

Private detective Shinsaku Okasaka series

• Novels
  • Jūjiro ni Tatsu Onna (十字路じゅうじろに立たつ女おんな), 1989
  • Adeyakana Rakujitsu (あでやかな落日らくじつ), 1997
  • Kiba o Muku Tokai (牙きばをむく都会とかい), 2000
  • Boseki no Densetsu (墓石はかいしの伝説でんせつ), 2004
  • Bakkusutorīto [Back street] (バックストリート), 2013
• Short story collections
  • Kurivitsukī Shōkōgun (クリヴィツキー症候群しょうこうぐん), 1987
  • Hapon Tsuiseki (ハポン追跡ついせき), 1992
  • Kapugura no Akumu (カプグラの悪夢あくむ), 1998

Detective Vulture series

• Hagetaka no Yoru (禿鷹はげたかの夜よる), 2000
• Mubōbi Toshi (無む防備ぼうび都市とし), 2002
• Gindan no Mori (銀ぎん弾だんの森もり), 2003
• Hagetaka-Gari (禿鷹はげたか狩かり), 2006
• Kyōdan (兇弾きょうだん), 2010

Iberian Peninsula series

Espionage novels set in Iberian Peninsula during World War II.

• Iberia no Raimei (イベリアの雷鳴らいめい), 1999
• Tōzakaru Sokoku (遠とおざかる祖国そこく), 2001
• Moeru Shinkirō (燃もえる蜃気楼しんきろう), 2003
• Kurai Kokkyōsen (暗くらい国境こっきょう線せん), 2005
• Tozasareta Kaikyō (鎖とざされた海峡かいきょう), 2008
• Ansatsusha no Mori (暗殺あんさつ者しゃの森もり), 2010

Standalone thriller novels

• Uragiri no Hibi (裏切うらぎりの日日ひび), 1981
• Supein Shakunetsu no Gogo (スペイン灼熱しゃくねつの午後ごご), 1984
• Kadisu no Akai Hoshi (カディスの赤あかい星ほし), 1986 (The Red Star of Cádiz, Kurodahan Press, 2008)
• Samayoeru Nōzui (さまよえる脳髄のうずい), 1988
• Shaei Harukana Kuni (斜影しゃえいはるかな国くに), 1991 (Shadow of a Distant Land)
• Maboroshi no Saiten (幻まぼろしの祭典さいてん), 1993
• Moeru Chi no Hate ni (燃もえる地ちの果はてに), 1998
• Atsuki Chi no Hokori (熱あつき血ちの誇ほこり), 1999

Western novels

• Arizona Mushuku (アリゾナ無宿むしゅく), 2002
• Gyakushū no Chiheisen (逆襲ぎゃくしゅうの地平線ちへいせん), 2005

See also

• Japanese detective fiction

External links

• Profile at J'Lit Books from Japan (in English)
• Synopsis of Shadow of a Distant Land (Shaei harukana kuni) at JLPP (Japanese Literature Publishing Project) (in English)
• Review of The Red Star of Cádiz at Crime Fiction Lover (in English)