Keigo Higashino
| Keigo Higashino | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 4, 1958 Osaka, Japan |
| Occupation | Author |
Keigo Higashino (東野 圭吾 Higashino Keigo, born February 4, 1958) is a Japanese author chiefly known for his mystery novels. He is the President of Mystery Writers of Japan.
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Biography [edit]
Born in Osaka, he started writing novels while still working as an engineer at Nippon Denso Co. (presently DENSO). He won the Edogawa Rampo Award, which is awarded annually to the unpublished finest mystery work, in 1985 for the novel Hōkago (After School) at age 27. Subsequently, he quit his job and started a career as a writer in Tokyo.
In 1999, he won the Mystery Writers of Japan Award for the novel Naoko, which was translated into English by Kerim Yasar and published by Vertical Inc.[1] in 2004. In 2006, he won the 134th Naoki Prize for The Devotion of Suspect X (Yōgisha X no Kenshin). His novels had been nominated five times before winning the award. The novel also won the 6th Honkaku Mystery Grand Prize and was ranked as the number-one novel by Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2006 and 2006 Honkaku Mystery Best 10, annual mystery fiction guide books published in Japan.
The English translation of The Devotion of Suspect X was nominated for the 2012 Edgar Award for Best Novel and the 2012 Barry Award for Best First Novel.
He writes not only mystery novels but also essays and story books for children. The style of writing differs from his novels, but basically he does not use as many characters as in his novels.[citation needed]
Main works [edit]
- Detective Galileo series
- Novels
- Yōgisha X no Kenshin (容疑者Xの献身), 2005 (The Devotion of Suspect X, Minotaur Books, 2011)
- Seijo no Kyūsai (聖女の救済), 2008 (Salvation of a Saint, Minotaur Books, 2012)
- Manatsu no Hōteishiki (真夏の方程式), 2011
- Short story collections
- Tantei Galileo (探偵ガリレオ), 1998
- Yochimu (予知夢), 2000
- Galileo no Kunō (ガリレオの苦悩), 2008
- Kyozō no Dōkeshi: Galileo 7 (虚像の道化師 ガリレオ7), 2012
- Kindan no Majutsu: Galileo 8 (禁断の魔術 ガリレオ8), 2012
- Kyoichiro Kaga series
- Novels
- Sotsugyō (卒業), 1986
- Nemuri no mori (眠りの森), 1989
- Dochiraka ga Kanojo o Koroshita (どちらかが彼女を殺した), 1996
- Akui (悪意), 1996
- Watashi ga Kare o Koroshita (私が彼を殺した), 1999
- Akai Yubi (赤い指), 2006
- Shinzan-mono (新参者), 2009
- Kirin no Tsubasa (麒麟の翼), 2011
- Short story collection
- Uso o Mō Hitotsu Dake (嘘をもうひとつだけ), 2000
- Other novels
- Hōkago (放課後), 1985
- Naniwa shōnen tanteidan (浪花少年探偵団), 1988
- Henshin (変身), 1991
- Parallel world love story (パラレルワールド・ラブストーリー), 1994
- Himitsu (秘密), 1998 (Naoko, Vertical, 2004)
- Byakuyakō (白夜行), 1999
- Tegami (手紙), 2003
- Samayou Yaiba (さまよう刃), 2004
- Gen'ya (幻夜), 2007
- Ryūsei no Kizuna (流星の絆), 2008
- Kakkoh no Tamago ha Dare no Mono (カッコウの卵は誰のもの), 2010
- Platinum Data (プラチナデータ), 2010
Some of his novels have been made into TV drama series and films:
- Himitsu (Film, 1999, Original Title: Himitsu, 1998)
- Lakeside Murdercase (Film, 2004, Original Title: Lakeside, 2002)
- g@me (Film, 2003, Original Title: Game no na wa yūkai, 2002)
- Tokio chichi e no dengon (TV Drama, 2004 Aug-Sep, Original Title: Tokio 2002)
- Byakuyakō (TV Drama, 2006)[2]
- Tegami (Film, 2006)
- Galileo (TV Drama, 2007 and TV Drama SP, 2008, Original Title: Tantei Galileo 1998 and Yochimu 2000)
- The Secret (Film, 2007, based on Himitsu; French title: Si J'etais Toi, meaning "If I Were You")
- Ryūsei no Kizuna (TV Drama, 2008)
- Suspect X (Film, 2008)
- Samayou Yaiba (Film, 2009)
- White Night (Film, 2009)
- Shinzanmono (TV Drama, 2010)
- Into the White Night (Film, 2010)
- The Wings of the Kirin (Film, 2012)
- Perfect Number (Film, 2012)
- Platinum Data (Film, 2013)[3]
See also [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ http://www.vertical-inc.com/books/naoko.html
- ^ "白夜行 (2006)" (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2011-01-14.
- ^ "Platina Data" (in Japanese). platinadata.jp.net. Retrieved 2012-04-02.
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