Edogawa Rampo Award
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The , named after Edogawa Rampo
, is a Japanese literary award which has been presented every year by the Mystery Writers of Japan
since 1955.
Though its name is similar to the Edgar Allan Poe Awards, which has been presented by Mystery Writers of America
, the Edogawa Rampo award is not a counterpart of the Edgar Award
s. The Japanese counterparts of the Edgar awards are the Mystery Writers of Japan Award
s, which honor the best in crime fiction
and critical/biographical work published in the previous year.
The Edogawa Rampo Award is the crime novel award for anyone who has had few or no novels published commercially and wants to publish her/his novel. It is sponsored by Kodansha
and Fuji Television
. Not only is the novel of winner, which is selected from more than 300 entries, published by Kodansha, but the winner also receives a prize of 10,000,000 yen.
The members of the 2012 selection committee are Natsuo Kirino
, Natsuhiko Kyogoku, Ira Ishida
, Bin Konno (ja) and Keigo Higashino
, who is the current president of the Mystery Writers of Japan.
Edogawa Rampo
, better known by the pseudonym , was a Japanese author and critic who played a major role in the development of Japanese mystery fiction. Many of his novels involve the detective hero Kogorō Akechi, who in later books was the leader of a group of boy detectives known as the .Rampo was an admirer...
, is a Japanese literary award which has been presented every year by the Mystery Writers of Japan
Mystery Writers of Japan
is an organization for mystery writers in Japan.The organization was founded on 21 June 1947 by EDOGAWA Rampo. It is currently chaired by Keigo HIGASHINO and claims about 600 members.It presents the Mystery Writers of Japan Award to writers every year...
since 1955.
Though its name is similar to the Edgar Allan Poe Awards, which has been presented by Mystery Writers of America
Mystery Writers of America
Mystery Writers of America is an organization for mystery writers, based in New York.The organization was founded in 1945 by Clayton Rawson, Anthony Boucher, Lawrence Treat, and Brett Halliday....
, the Edogawa Rampo award is not a counterpart of the Edgar Award
Edgar Award
The Edgar Allan Poe Awards , named after Edgar Allan Poe, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America...
s. The Japanese counterparts of the Edgar awards are the Mystery Writers of Japan Award
Mystery Writers of Japan Award
The are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of Japan. They honor the best in crime fiction and critical/biographical work published in the previous year.- MWJ Award for Best Novel winners :...
s, which honor the best in crime fiction
Crime fiction
Crime fiction is the literary genre that fictionalizes crimes, their detection, criminals and their motives. It is usually distinguished from mainstream fiction and other genres such as science fiction or historical fiction, but boundaries can be, and indeed are, blurred...
and critical/biographical work published in the previous year.
The Edogawa Rampo Award is the crime novel award for anyone who has had few or no novels published commercially and wants to publish her/his novel. It is sponsored by Kodansha
Kodansha
, the largest Japanese publisher, produces the manga magazines Nakayoshi, Afternoon, Evening, and Weekly Shonen Magazine, as well as more literary magazines such as Gunzō, Shūkan Gendai, and the Japanese dictionary Nihongo Daijiten. The company has its headquarters in Bunkyō, Tokyo...
and Fuji Television
Fuji Television
is a Japanese television station based in Daiba, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, also known as or CX, based on the station's callsign "JOCX-DTV". It is the flagship station of the Fuji News Network and the ....
. Not only is the novel of winner, which is selected from more than 300 entries, published by Kodansha, but the winner also receives a prize of 10,000,000 yen.
The members of the 2012 selection committee are Natsuo Kirino
Natsuo Kirino
is a Japanese novelist and a leading figure in the recent boom of female writers of Japanese detective fiction.-Biography:A prolific writer, 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 for the 2004...
, Natsuhiko Kyogoku, Ira Ishida
Ira Ishida
is a Japanese novelist, actor, and TV commentator.After graduating from Seikei University, he worked for a number of different advertising production companies and as a freelance copywriter....
, Bin Konno (ja) and Keigo Higashino
Keigo Higashino
is a Japanese author chiefly known for his mystery novels.-Biography:Born in Osaka, he started writing novels while still working as an engineer at Nippon Denso Co. . He won the Edogawa Rampo Award, which is awarded annually to the finest mystery work, in 1985 for the novel Hōkago at age 27...
, who is the current president of the Mystery Writers of Japan.
Edogawa Rampo Award winners
The First and second Edogawa Rampo Award is not the crime novel award, but an award given to persons who have made an outstanding contribution to the genre.| Year | Winner | Winning entry | Available in English Language Translation | |
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| 1 | 1955 | Kawataro Nakajima | Biographical and bibliographical dictionary of detective fiction | |
| 2 | 1956 | Hayakawa Publishing Corporation (ja) | Publication of Hayakawa Pocket Mystery Books (ja) | |
| 3 | 1957 | Etsuko Niki (ja) | ||
| 4 | 1958 | Kyo Takigawa (ja) | ||
| 5 | 1959 | Fumiko Shinsho (ja) | ||
| 6 | 1960 | No Award Presented | ||
| 7 | 1961 | CHIN Shunshin Chin Shunshin is a Taiwanese-Japanese novelist, translator and cultural critic. He is best known for his historical fictions and mystery novels, including First Opium War, Chinese History, Ryukyu Wind.-Major works:*Roots of Dried Grass... |
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| 8 | 1962 | Sen Saga (ja) | ||
| Masako Togawa (ja) | The Master Key | |||
| 9 | 1963 | Shota Fujimura (ja) | ||
| 10 | 1964 | Noboru Saito (ja) | ||
| 11 | 1965 | Kyotaro Nishimura Kyotaro Nishimura is a Japanese writer of mystery stories. Nishimura is best known for his "train series" mysteries. He won the Mystery Writers of Japan Award in 1980 for The Terminal Murder Case.-Books in English:*The Mystery Train Disappears ISBN 0-942637-30-5... |
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| 12 | 1966 | Sakae Saito Sakae Saito is a Japanese author of popular fiction active during the Showa and Heisei periods of Japan.-Biography:Saitō was born in Ota-ku, Tokyo. In 1944, he moved with his mother to her hometown of Fujisawa, Kanagawa. He started writing novels from junior high school. In high school, he was a classmate of... |
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| 13 | 1967 | Eisuke Kaito (ja) | ||
| 14 | 1968 | No Award Presented | ||
| 15 | 1969 | Seiichi Morimura | ||
| 16 | 1970 | Yotaro Otani (ja) | ||
| 17 | 1971 | No Award Presented | ||
| 18 | 1972 | Shunzo Waku (ja) | ||
| 19 | 1973 | Hajime Komine (ja) | ||
| 20 | 1974 | Kyuzo Kobayashi (ja) | ||
| 21 | 1975 | Keisuke Kusaka (ja) | ||
| 22 | 1976 | Ro Tomono (ja) | ||
| 23 | 1977 | Sen Fujimoto (ja) | ||
| Tatsuo Kaji (ja) | ||||
| 24 | 1978 | Kaoru Kurimoto Kaoru Kurimoto was the pen name of , an award-winning Japanese novelist. Imaoka also used the pen name to write criticism. She was known for her record-breaking 126-volume Guin Saga series, which has been translated into English, German, French, Italian and Russian... |
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| 25 | 1979 | Yoshio Takayanagi (ja) | ||
| 26 | 1980 | Motohiko Izawa (ja) | ||
| 27 | 1981 | Akira Nagai (ja) | ||
| 28 | 1982 | Fumihiko Nakatsu (ja) | ||
| Futari Okajima (ja) | ||||
| 29 | 1983 | Katsuhiko Takahashi (ja) | ||
| 30 | 1984 | Kanako Torii (ja) | ||
| 31 | 1985 | Keigo Higashino Keigo Higashino is a Japanese author chiefly known for his mystery novels.-Biography:Born in Osaka, he started writing novels while still working as an engineer at Nippon Denso Co. . He won the Edogawa Rampo Award, which is awarded annually to the finest mystery work, in 1985 for the novel Hōkago at age 27... |
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| Masahiro Mori (ja) | ||||
| 32 | 1986 | Yoko Yamazaki (ja) | ||
| 33 | 1987 | Toshihiro Ishii | ||
| 34 | 1988 | Koichi Sakamoto | ||
| 35 | 1989 | Shukei Nagasaka (ja) | ||
| 36 | 1990 | Yoichi Abe (ja) | ||
| Ryo Toba (ja) | ||||
| 37 | 1991 | Sho Narumi (ja) | ||
| Yuichi Shimpo (ja) | ||||
| 38 | 1992 | Yaichiro Kawada (ja) | ||
| 39 | 1993 | Natsuo Kirino Natsuo Kirino is a Japanese novelist and a leading figure in the recent boom of female writers of Japanese detective fiction.-Biography:A prolific writer, 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 for the 2004... |
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| 40 | 1994 | Hiroyuki Nakajima (ja) | ||
| 41 | 1995 | Iori Fujiwara (ja) | ||
| 42 | 1996 | Yoko Watanabe (ja) | ||
| 43 | 1997 | Hisashi Nozawa Hisashi Nozawa was a famous Japanese screenwriter and mystery novelist. He won the Kuniko Mukōda Prize in 1998 for his screenplay Nemureru Mori and 結婚前夜 . He also won the Edogawa Rampo Award in 1997 for Hasen no marisu and the Eiji Yoshikawa Prize for New Writers in 2001 for Shinku... |
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| 44 | 1998 | Harutoshi Fukui (ja) | ||
| Jun Ikeido (ja) | ||||
| 45 | 1999 | Takeshi Shinno (ja) | ||
| 46 | 2000 | Urio Shudo (ja) | ||
| 47 | 2001 | Kazuaki Takano (ja) | ||
| 48 | 2002 | Akihiro Miura (ja) | ||
| 49 | 2003 | Mihiro Akai (ja) | ||
| Kyosuke Shiranui (ja) | ||||
| 50 | 2004 | Yusuke Kamiyama (ja) | ||
| 51 | 2005 | Gaku Yakumaru (ja) | ||
| 52 | 2006 | Ran Hayase (ja) | ||
| Ren Kaburagi (ja) | ||||
| 53 | 2007 | Keisuke Sone (ja) | ||
| 54 | 2008 | Kan Shoda (ja) | ||
| Hiromi Sueura (ja) | ||||
| 55 | 2009 | Takefumi Endo (ja) | ||
| 56 | 2010 | Dai Yokozeki |
Finalists available in English
Not a few finalists were published in Japan.- 26 (1980) - Soji ShimadaSoji Shimadais a Japanese logic mystery novelist. Born in the city of Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, Mr. Shimada currently resides in Los Angeles, California.- Biography :...
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See also
- Japanese detective fictionJapanese detective fiction, is a popular genre of Japanese literature. It's generally called in Japan.- Name :When the Western detective fictions spread into Japan, it created a new genre called detective fiction in Japanese literature....
- Edogawa RampoEdogawa Rampo, better known by the pseudonym , was a Japanese author and critic who played a major role in the development of Japanese mystery fiction. Many of his novels involve the detective hero Kogorō Akechi, who in later books was the leader of a group of boy detectives known as the .Rampo was an admirer...
- Mystery Writers of JapanMystery Writers of Japanis an organization for mystery writers in Japan.The organization was founded on 21 June 1947 by EDOGAWA Rampo. It is currently chaired by Keigo HIGASHINO and claims about 600 members.It presents the Mystery Writers of Japan Award to writers every year...
- Mystery Writers of Japan AwardMystery Writers of Japan AwardThe are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of Japan. They honor the best in crime fiction and critical/biographical work published in the previous year.- MWJ Award for Best Novel winners :...