Mikihiko Renjō

Mikihiko Renjō
Born	Jingo Katō (1948-01-11)January 11, 1948 Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Died	October 19, 2013(2013-10-19) (aged 65) Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
Occupation	Writer
Language	Japanese
Alma mater	Waseda University, Political Economy Department
Period	1978–2013
Genre	Popular fiction, mystery novels
Notable works	Modorigawa shinjū, Koibumi, Ningen dõbutsuen
Notable awards	Mystery Writers of Japan Award (1981) Naoki Prize (1984)

Mikihiko Renjō (連れん城じょう 三さん紀彦のりひこ, Renjō Mikihiko, real name: Jingo Katō; January 11, 1948 – October 19, 2013) was a Japanese writer, winner of the Naoki Prize. He was also an ordained priest within the Ōtani-ha branch of Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism.

Life

He was born in Nagoya, and graduated from the Political Economy Department of Waseda University. He studied writing screenplays in Paris, France, and made his debut in 1978 with Henchō nininbaori. In 2009 he was diagnosed with stomach cancer. 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 for Best Short Story for "Modorigawa Shinjū"
• 1984 – Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers for Yoimachigusa Yojō (short story collection)
• 1984 – Naoki Prize for Koibumi (short story collection)
• 1996 – Shibata Renzaburō Award for Kakuregiku (novel)

Bibliography

Novels

• Anshoku Komedi (暗色あんしょくコメディ), 1979
• Haiboku e no Gaisen (敗北はいぼくへの凱旋がいせん), 1983
• Watashi to iu Na no Hensokyoku (私わたしという名なの変奏曲へんそうきょく), 1984
• Zanko (残ざん紅べに), 1985
• Aoki Ikenie (青あおき犠牲ぎせい), 1986
• Hana Ochiru (花はな墜おちる), 1987
• Tasogare no Berurin (黄昏たそがれのベルリン), 1988
• Ajisai Zensen (あじさい前線ぜんせん), 1989
• Kazari-Bi (飾かざり火ひ), 1989
• Doko made mo Korosarete (どこまでも殺ころされて), 1990
• Kasshoku no Matsuri (褐色かっしょくの祭まつり), 1990
• Tameiki no Jikan (ため息いきの時間じかん), 1991
• Bi no Kami tachi no Hanran (美びの神かみたちの叛乱はんらん), 1992
• Aijo no Genkai (愛情あいじょうの限界げんかい), 1993
• Asu to iu Kako ni (明日あしたという過去かこに), 1993
• Oushi no Yawaraka na Niku (牡おす牛うしの柔やわらかな肉にく), 1993
• Shusho kara no Onna (終章しゅうしょうからの女おんな), 1994
• Kajin (花はな塵ちり), 1994
• Koi (恋こい), 1995
• Dare ka Hiroin (誰だれかヒロイン), 1995
• Kakuregiku (隠かくれ菊きく), 1996
• Niji no Hachi ban me no Iro (虹にじの八はち番目ばんめの色いろ), 1996
• Hika (秘ひ花はな), 2000
• Yukizuri no Kuchibiru (ゆきずりの唇くちびる), 2000
• Byakko (白光はっこう), 2002
• Ningen Dōbutsuen (人間にんげん動物どうぶつ園えん), 2002
• Nagareboshi to Asonda Koro (流ながれ星ぼしと遊あそんだころ), 2003
• Zōka no Mitsu (造花ぞうかの蜜みつ), 2008

Short story collections

• Modorigawa Shinjū (戻もどり川かわ心中しんちゅうの), 1980
• Henchō Nininbaori (変調へんちょう二に人にん羽織はおり), 1981
• Hisoyaka na Mofuku (密ひそやかな喪服もふく), 1982
• Yoru yo Nezumi tachi no Tame ni (夜よるよ鼠ねずみたちのために), 1983
• Unmei no Hachibukyufu (運命うんめいの八はち分ふん休きゅう符ふ), 1983
• Yoimachigusa Yojo (宵待草よいまちぐさ夜よる情じょう), 1983
• Koibumi (恋文こいぶみ), 1984
• Shojo (少女しょうじょ), 1984
• Gasuto (瓦斯灯がすとう), 1984
• Yuhagi Shinjū (夕ゆう萩はぎ心中しんちゅうの), 1985
• Nichiyobi to Kokonotsu no Tanpen (日曜日にちようびと九ここのつの短篇たんぺん), 1985
• Mo Hitotsu no Koibumi (もうひとつの恋文こいぶみ), 1986
• Rikon Shinai Onna (離婚りこんしない女おんな), 1986
• Ren'ai Shosetsukan (恋愛れんあい小説しょうせつ館かん), 1987
• Hotarugusa (蛍草ほたるぐさ), 1988
• Ichiya no Kushi (一夜いちやの櫛くし), 1988
• Yumegokoro (夢ゆめごころ), 1988
• Tasogareiro no Bisho (たそがれ色しょくの微笑びしょう), 1989
• Hagi no Ame (萩はぎの雨あめ), 1989
• Yoru no Nai Mado (夜よるのない窓まど), 1990
• Shin Ren'ai Shosetsukan (新しん・恋愛れんあい小説しょうせつ館かん), 1991
• Rakujitsu no Mon (落日らくじつの門もん), 1993
• Kao no Nai Shozoga (顔かおのない肖像しょうぞう画が), 1993
• Senaka Awase (背中合せなかあわせ), 1993
• Murasaki no Kizu (紫むらさきの傷きず), 1994
• Zen'yasai (前夜祭ぜんやさい), 1994
• Bijo (美女びじょ), 1997
• Toshiue no Onna (年上としうえの女おんな), 1997
• Karen (火ひ恋こい), 1999
• Natsu no Saigo no Bara (夏なつの最後さいごの薔薇ばら), 2001
• Sazanami no Ie (さざなみの家か), 2002

Film adaptations

Many of his writings have been made into movies.

• Love Letter (Koibumi)

External links

• Mikihiko Renjō at IMDb