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Higashino received the Eiji Yoshikawa Literary Prize in 2014 for Inori no Maku ga Oriru Toki (祈りの幕が下りる時, When the Curtain of Prayer Descends), the 10th book [a] to feature Detective Kyoichiro Kaga. He thought that the book would be the end of the Kaga series, as he had done what he wanted to do with it.
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Higashino was born in the Ikuno-ku ward of the city of Osaka in Osaka Prefecture. The logographicletters that make up the family name were initially read as "Tono", but Keigo's father changed the reading to "Higashino". Growing up in a working class area, Higashino's childhood was challenging because of the lower class to which his family belonged....
Higashino started writing while in high school and university, showing his manuscripts to friends. In 1981 he began working as an engineer at Nippon Denso Co. (presently DENSO), and married a high school teacher. He continued to write in the evenings and on weekends, submitting unpublished mystery novels for consideration for the annual Edogawa Ram...
Higashino admitted in 2015 that his content and style had changed from his earlier writings, in which he treated motivation as the most important element. In a 2011 interview he stated that he wants his "readers to be continually surprised by my ideas.” In addition to mystery novels, Higashino writes essays and story books for children. His style o...
Essay
1. My Favourite Mystery: Kuroi gashū (黒い画集, The Black Art Book) by Seichō Matsumoto (Mystery Writers of Japan, Inc.)
Awards
Japanese Mystery Fiction Guide Rankings 1. 2006 – The Best Japanese Crime Fiction of the Year (Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2006): The Devotion of Suspect X 2. 2010 – The Best Japanese Crime Fiction of the Year (Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2010): Shinzanmono(The Newcomer) 3. 2012 – Ranked as the No. 13 novel on the Top 100 Japanese Mystery Novels of All Time: The Devotion of Suspect X 4. 2012 – Ranked as the No. 18 novel on the Top 100 Japanese Mystery Novels of All Time: Journey under the Midnight Sun...
Some of his novels have been made into TV drama series and films: Japanese films 1. Naoko (1999, Original Title: Himitsu, 1998) 2. g@me. (2003, Original Title: Gēmu no Na wa Yūkai, 2002) 3. Lakeside Murder Case (2004, Original Title: Lakeside, 2002) 4. Henshin(2005) 5. Tegami(2006) 6. Suspect X(2008) 7. The Hovering Blade (2009, Original Title: Sam...
In Spanish: Keigo Higashino para niños 1. Japanese detective fiction 2. Mystery Writers of Japan 3. Edogawa Rampo Prize 4. Naoki Prize 5. Honkaku Mystery Award
Higashino received the Eiji Yoshikawa Literary Prize in 2014 for Inori no Maku ga Oriru Toki (祈りの幕が下りる時 ) , When the Curtain of Prayer Descends), the 10th book to feature Detective Kyoichiro Kaga. He thought that the book was the end of the Kaga series, as he had done what he wanted to do with it.
- 66 years old
- Author
- 4 February, 1958
- Aquarius
The Yoshikawa Eiji Prize is a prestigious Japanese literary award that recognizes outstanding works in the field of literature, particularly in historical fiction and popular literature.
The novel Namiya Zakkaten no kiseki (The Miracles of the Namiya General Store) received the Chuo Koron Literary Prize in 2012, Mugenbana (Dream Flower) the Shibata Renzaburō Award in 2013, and Inori no maku ga oriru toki (When the Curtain Falls on Prayer) the Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for Literature in 2014. Sort by.
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