Kenzo Kitakata
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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Nihongo". is a Japanese novelist, especially known for his hardboiled novels. He studied law at Chuo University in the early 1970s.[1] He served as the 10th President of the Mystery Writers of Japan from 1997 to 2001.
Works in English translation
- Hardboiled novels
- Ashes (original title: Bō no Kanashimi), trans. Emi Shimokawa (Vertical, 2003)[2]
- Winter Sleep (original title: Fuyu no Nemuri), trans. Mark Schilling (Vertical, 2005)[3]
- The Cage (original title: Ori), trans. Paul Warham (Vertical, 2006)[4]
- City of Refuge (original title: Nogare no Machi), trans. Y.T. Horgan (Vertical, 2012)[5]
Awards and nominations
- 1982 - Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prize: Nemuri Naki Yoru (Sleepless Night)
- 1983 - Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers: Nemuri Naki Yoru (Sleepless Night)
- 1983 - Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prize: The Cage
- 1984 - Nominee for Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel: The Cage
- 1985 - Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel: Kawaki no Machi (City of Thirst)
- 1991 - Shibata Renzaburo Prize: Hagun no Hoshi (Alkaid)
- 2004 - Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for Literature: Yōkashō (Generals of the Yang Family)
- 2006 - Shiba Ryotaro Prize: Suikoden (Water Margin)
- 2009 - Japan Mystery Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement
Main works
Standalone hardboiled novels
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- Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., 1982 (City of Refuge, Vertical, 2012)
- Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., 1983
- Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., 1983
- Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., 1983
- Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., 1983 (The Cage, Vertical, 2006)
- Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., 1984
- Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., 1984
- Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., 1984
- Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., 1984
- Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., 1984
- Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., 1984
- Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., 1984
- Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., 1985
- Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., 1985
- Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., 1985
- Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., 1985
- Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., 1985
- Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., 1985
- Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., 1986
- Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., 1986
- Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., 1986
- Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., 1986
- Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., 1986
- Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., 1987
- Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., 1987
- Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., 1987
- Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., 1987
- Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., 1988
- Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., 1989
- Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., 1989
- Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., 1990
- Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., 1990 (Ashes, Vertical, 2003)
- Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., 1991
- Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., 1992
- Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., 1993
- Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., 1994
- Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., 1994
- Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., 1994
- Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., 1994
- Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., 1995
- Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., 1995
- Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., 1996 (Winter Sleep, Vertical, 2005)
- Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., 1999
- Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., 1999
- Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., 2001
- Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., 2003
Short story collections
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- Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., 1993
- Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., 2002
See also
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References
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External links
- Profile Script error: No such module "webarchive". at J'Lit Books from Japan Template:In lang
- Synopsis of The Cage at JLPP (Japanese Literature Publishing Project) Template:In lang
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Categories:
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- Living people
- 20th-century Japanese novelists
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- Japanese male short story writers
- Japanese crime fiction writers
- Mystery Writers of Japan Award winners
- Recipients of the Medal with Purple Ribbon
- Japanese historical novelists
- Writers from Saga Prefecture
- People from Karatsu, Saga
- Chuo University alumni
- 20th-century Japanese short story writers
- 21st-century Japanese short story writers
- 20th-century Japanese male writers
- 21st-century Japanese male writers