Jirō Akagawa

Jirō Akagawa ( Japanese 赤 川 次郎 , Akagawa Jirō ; born February 29, 1948 in Fukuoka , Fukuoka Prefecture ) is a Japanese writer . He is best known for his humorous detective and horror stories . In 1976, the year he devoted himself to professional writing, he made his debut Ghost Train , with which he won the prestigious All Yomimono New Mystery Writers Prize.

Akigawa is extremely productive, having written more than 480 short stories and sold more than 300 million individual editions. His works have found their way into pop culture as templates for animes , video games , television programs or films . One of his most famous series is that of the cat detective Mikeneko Hōmuzu ( 三毛 猫 ホ ー ム ズ ).

Translations

• Jirō Akagawa: Japanese Everyday Life. Short stories . Translated by Gerhard Bierwirth and Arno Moriwaki , Hamburg, Buske 2009, ISBN 978-3-87548-538-7 (bilingual German - Japanese)
  • Uso no hottan ( 嘘 の 発 端 )
    • dt. How lies begin, pp. 9-25
  • Machigai denwa ( ま ち が い 電話 )
    • German incorrectly connected !, pp. 29–47
  • Fukai shisū nanajū kyū ( 不快 指数 79 )
    • German Der Unlust-Index 79, pp. 51-69
  • Jū hassai no hanayome ( 十八 歳 の 花嫁 )
    • dt. The bride is only eighteen, pp. 73–91
  • Atsusugita oshibori ( 熱 す ぎ た お し ぼ り )
    • dt. The refreshment towel was too hot, pp. 95–113
  • Tadashii kyūjitsu no sugoshikata oshiemasu ( 正 し い 休 日 の 過 し 方 教 教 え ま す )
    • German I'll show you how to really take a vacation, pp. 117–133
  • Wagako no sakubun ( わ が 子 の 作文 )
    • German, of all things, our daughter - a school essay, pp. 137–155
  • Uwasa ( う わ さ )
    • German The Rumor, pp. 159–177

Web links

• Short bio (Engl.) And listing of over 550 works

Individual evidence

1. ↑ J'Lit | Authors: Jiro Akagawa | Books from Japan
2. ↑ Japanese Literature in Translation Search. Japan Foundation, 2012, accessed June 11, 2012 .