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Hiroko Minagawa

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Hiroko Minagawa
Born (1930-01-02) 2 January 1930 (age 94)
Keijoo, Korea (present-day Seoul, South Korea)
OccupationWriter
LanguageJapanese
Period1972–present
GenreMystery, fantasy, horror, historical fiction
Notable awardsMystery Writers of Japan Award (1985)
Naoki Prize (1986)
Honkaku Mystery Award (2012)

Hiroko Minagawa (皆川みなかわ博子ひろこ, Minagawa Hiroko, born 2 January 1930) is a Korean-born Japanese writer of mystery, fantasy, horror and historical fiction.

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 (アルカディアの夏なつ) (short story)
  • 1985 – Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel: Kabe Tabishibai Satsujin Jiken (壁かべ 旅たび芝居しばい殺人さつじん事件じけん) (mystery novel)
  • 1986 – Naoki Prize: Koi Kurenai (恋こい紅べに) (historical novel)
  • 1990 – Shibata Renzaburo Prize: Baraki (薔薇ばら忌き) (fantasy short story collection)
  • 1998 – Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for Literature: Shi no Izumi (死しの泉いずみ) (mystery novel)
  • 2012 – Honkaku Mystery Award:[4] The Resurrection Fireplace (mystery novel)
  • 2013 – Japan Mystery Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement

Main works[edit]

Edward Turner series[edit]

Historical mystery series set in 18th-century London

  • Hirakasete Itadaki Koei desu (開ひらかせていただき光栄こうえいです), 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 (ライダーは闇やみに消きえた), 1975
  • Hikari no Haikyo (光ひかりの廃墟はいきょ), 1978
  • Hana no Tabi Yoru no Tabi (花はなの旅たび夜よるの旅たび), 1979
  • Niji no Higeki (虹にじの悲劇ひげき), 1982
  • Kiri no Higeki (霧きりの悲劇ひげき), 1982
  • Shiretoko Misaki Satsujin Jiken (知床岬しれとこみさき殺人さつじん事件じけん), 1984
  • Sōma Nomaoi Satsujin Jiken (相馬そうま野の馬ば追おい殺人さつじん事件じけん), 1984
  • Kabe Tabishibai Satsujin Jiken (壁かべ 旅たび芝居しばい殺人さつじん事件じけん), 1984
  • Hikaru Genji Satsujin Jiken (光源氏ひかるげんじ殺人さつじん事件じけん), 1985
  • Zeami Satsujin Jiken (世阿弥ぜあみ殺人さつじん事件じけん), 1986
  • Ayakashi-Gura Satsujin Jiken (妖かし蔵ぞう殺人さつじん事件じけん), 1986
  • Chūshingura Satsujin Jiken (忠臣蔵ちゅうしんぐら殺人さつじん事件じけん), 1986
  • Satsui no Karuizawa Fuyu (殺意さついの軽井沢かるいざわ・冬ふゆ), 1987
  • Yami Tsubaki (闇やみ椿つばき), 1988
  • Seijo no Shima (聖女せいじょの島しま), 1988
  • Kaoshi Rentarō to Itsutsu no Nazo (顔かお師し・連れん太郎たろうと五いつつの謎なぞ), 1989
  • Shi no Izumi (死しの泉いずみ), 1997
  • Tōritsu Suru Tō no Satsujin (倒立とうりつする塔とうの殺人さつじん), 2007

Other[edit]

  • Kaizokujouou (海賊かいぞく女王じょおう), 2013 - The story of Grace O'Malley

Film adaptations[edit]

  • Sharaku (1995; based on her 1994 historical novel, Sharaku)

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ The Resurrection Fireplace. Bento Books. 31 March 2019. ISBN 978-1939326423. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Kaiki: Uncanny Tales from Japan, Volume 3: Tales of the Metropolis". Kurodahan Press. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  3. ^ "Speculative Japan 3". Kurodahan Press. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  4. ^ The Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan, honkaku.com; accessed 25 July 2020.

External links[edit]

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