Keigo Higashino

Keigo Higashino ( Japanese 東 野 圭 吾 , Higashino Keigo ; born February 4, 1958 in Ikuno-ku , Osaka , Japan ) is a popular Japanese crime writer whose works have received several awards and have been made into films.

Life

Keigo Higashino was born on February 4, 1958 in Osaka, Ikuno District , where he grew up. In 1974, in the second year of high school, he first came into contact with the medium of the detective novel when he made Komine Hajime's novel Archimedes wa Te o yogosanai ( ア ル キ メ デ ス は 手 を 汚 さ な い , Arukimedesu wa te o yogosanai , dt. About. "Archimedes" Hands not dirty ”) read. He learned about the Edogawa Rampo Prize, which motivated him to start writing crime novels. His debut work Android wa Keikoku suru ( ア ン ド ロ イ ド は 警告 す る , Andoroido wa keikoku suru , German for "The Android warns") has remained unpublished.

After graduating from school, he spent a year as a ronin and then began to study electrical engineering at the Osaka Prefectural University. There he became captain of the archery club, so his debut work Hōkago ( 放 課後 , dt. "After school") is about archery.

In 1981, after completing his studies, Higashino started working as an engineer at Denso . On the side he continued to write detective novels. In 1983 he applied for the 29th Edogawa Rampo Prize with Ningyō-tachi no Ie (Eng. "House of Dolls"), got through the second preliminary round, but ended up empty. At the time he got married. His wife worked as a part-time teacher at a girls' high school, making him the protagonist Maeshima in Hōkago inspired.

In the following year Higashino got with Makyū ( 魔 球 , dt. "Devilish throw") in the final selection for the 30th Edogawa Rampo Prize, again unsuccessfully. In 1985 he won the 31st Edogawa Rampo Prize, after which he began his career as a writer. He quit and went to Tokyo to work as a full-time writer.

At the beginning his works were rarely published several times and could hardly be described as hits. At many prices he got nothing. This began to change when he with Meitantei no Okite ( 名 探 偵 の 掟 , Eng . "The law of the master detectives") ranked third on the rankings for crime novels Kono Mystery ga sugoi! ( こ の ミ ス テ リ ー が す ご い! , Kono misterī ga sugoi!, Dt. "These detective pieces are great!"). The breakthrough came in 1998 with Himitsu ( 秘密 , dt. "Secret"), which was also made into a film.

From 2009 to 2013 he was chairman of the crime writers' association Mystery Writers of Japan ( 日本 推理 作家協会 , Nihon Suirisakka Kyōkai ).

Awards

In addition to numerous nominations, Higashino has received the following awards so far.

• 1985 31st Edogawa Rampo Prize for Hōkago
• 1999 52nd Detective Writer Prize of Japan (Long Novel Category) for Himitsu
• 2006 134th Naoki Prize , 6th Grand Honkaku Mystery Prize (Novel category) and Honya Taishō - Grand Prize of Japanese Booksellers (4th place) for Yōgisha Ekksu no Kenshin
• 2008 43rd Shimpu Prize for Ryūsei no Kizuna
• 2012 Chūōkōron Literature Prize for Namiya sakkaten no kiseki ( ナ ミ ヤ 雑 貨 店 の 奇蹟 )
• 2013 26th Shibata Renzaburō Prize for Mugenbana ( 夢幻 花 )
• 2014 48th Yoshikawa Eiji Literature Prize for Inori no Maku ga oriru Toki ( 祈 り の 幕 が 下 り る 時 )

Works (selection)

Physics Professor Yukawa Series

Novels

• 2005: Yōgisha X no Kenshin ( 容 疑 者 X の 献身 , literally: "The sacrifice of the suspect X")
  • Suspicious lovers , German by Ursula Gräfe , Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2012. ISBN 978-3-608-93966-8
• 2008: Seijo no Kyūsai ( 聖女 の 救 済 )
  • Holy murderess , German by Ursula Gräfe, Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2014. ISBN 978-3-608-98012-7
• 2011: Manatsu no Hōteishiki ( 真 夏 の 方程式 )
  • Innocent perpetrators , German by Ursula Gräfe, Tropen, Stuttgart 2020. ISBN 978-3-608-50413-2
• 2012: Kindan no Majutsu ( 禁 断 の 魔術 )

Short story collections

• 1998: Tantei Garireo ( 探 偵 ガ リ レ オ )
• 2000: Yochimu ( 予 知 夢 )
• 2008: Garireo no Kunō ( ガ リ レ オ の 苦 悩 )
• 2012: Kyozō no Dōkeshi ( 虚 像 の 道 化 師 )

Kyōichiro Kaga series

• 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
  • Bad intentions , German by Ursula Gräfe, Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2015. ISBN 978-3-608-98027-1
• Watashi ga Kare o Koroshita ( 私 が 彼 を 殺 し た ), 1999
  • I killed him , German by Ursula Gräfe, Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2016. ISBN 978-3-608-98306-7
• Akai Yubi ( 赤 い 指 ), 2006
• Shinzanmono ( 新 参 者 ), 2009
• Kirin no Tsubasa ( 麒麟 の 翼 ), 2011
• Inori no Maku ga Oriru Toki ( 祈 り の 幕 が 下 り る 時 ), 2013

Other books

• Ningyō-tachi no Ie ( 人形 た ち の 家 ), 1983
• Makyū ( 魔 球 ), 1984
• Hōkago ( 放 課後 ), 1985
• Meitantei no Okite ( 名 探 偵 の 掟 ), 1996
• Himitsu ( 秘密 ), 1998
• Byakuyakō ( 白 夜行 ), Shueisha, Tokyo 1999
  • Under the midnight sun , Ger. by Ursula Gräfe, Tropen, Stuttgart 2018. ISBN 978-3-608-50348-7
• Lakeside ( レ イ ク サ イ ド , Reikusaido ), 2001
  • Mord am See , German by Katja Busson, Cass Verlag, Löhne 2003. ISBN 3-9809022-0-X
• Ryūsei no Kizuna ( 流星 の 絆 ), 2008

Web links

• Literature by and about Keigo Higashino in the catalog of the German National Library
• Overview of Keigo Higashino's scriptwriting

Individual evidence

1. ↑ List of Edogawa Rampo Prize Winners (Japanese)
2. ↑ 1999 年 第 52 回 日本 推理 作家協会 賞 長 編 部門  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Japanese)  
3. ↑ Winner of the 134th Naoki Prize ( Memento of the original from May 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Japanese) 
4. ↑ Prize winners page 6th Grand Honkaku Mystery Prize ( Memento of the original from May 18, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Japanese) 
5. ↑ List of Shinpu Prize Winners (Japanese)
6. ↑ List of Shibata Renzaburō Prize Winners (Japanese)
7. ↑ List of Yoshikawa Eiji Prize Winners (Japanese)
8. ↑ Bad intentions Klett-Cotta 2015
9. ↑ I killed him Klett-Cotta 2016