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When Western detective fiction spread to Japan, it created a new genre called detective fiction (tantei shōsetsu (探偵小説)) in Japanese literature. [1] After World War II the genre was renamed deductive reasoning fiction (suiri shōsetsu (推理小説)). [2] The genre is sometimes called mystery, although this includes non-detective ...
The social mystery (社会派推理小説, shakaiha suiri shōsetsu) is a sub-genre of mystery, especially in Japan, which was established in the 1960s by works of Seichō Matsumoto. In general, this genre focuses on social issues in the manner of social realism. It pursues the context of a crime in addition to the crime itself.
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Riku Onda was presented with the Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel in 2006, as the 59th recipient. The award honors the best crime fiction of the previous year. [9] The Aosawa Murders was named one of the "100 Notable Books of 2020" by The New York Times Book Review, selecting notable works of literature. [8]
Matsumoto's work included historical novels and non-fiction, but it was his mystery and detective fiction that solidified his reputation as a writer internationally. Credited with popularizing the genre among readers in his country, Matsumoto became Japan's best-selling and highest earning author in the 1960s.
Detective fiction is a subgenre of crime fiction and mystery fiction in which an investigator or a detective—whether professional, amateur or retired—investigates a crime, often murder. The detective genre began around the same time as speculative fiction and other genre fiction in the mid-nineteenth century and has remained extremely ...
She is most famous for her 1997 novel, Out, which received the Mystery Writers of Japan Award, Japan's top mystery award, and was a finalist (in English translation) for the 2004 Edgar Award. [2] In addition, Kirino received the 1993 Edogawa Rampo Prize for mystery fiction for her debut novel , Kao ni Furikakaru Ame (Rain Falling on My Face ...
In 1946, he put his support behind a new journal called Jewels (宝石, Hōseki) dedicated to mystery fiction and, in 1947, he founded the Detective Author's Club (探偵作家クラブ, Tantei Sakka Kurabu) which changed its name in 1963 to the Mystery Writers of Japan (日本推理作家協会, Nihon Suiri Sakka Kyōkai). In addition, he ...