Keigo Higashino

Keigo Higashino (东 野 圭 吾Japanese, Higashino Keigo; born February 4, 1958 in Ikuno -ku, Osaka, Japan) is a popular, Japanese mystery writer, whose works have received numerous awards and filmed.

Life

Keigo Higashino was born on 4 February 1958 in Osaka in the district Ikuno, where he also grew up. 1974 in the second year of high school he first came to the medium of the detective novel in contact when he Arukimedesu wa te o yogosanai, dt about " Archimedes makes Komine Hajimes novel Archimedes wa Te o yogosanai (アルキメデス は 手 を 汚さ ない, his hands are not dirty " ) reading. He learned from the Edogawa Rampo Prize - what motivated him to writing detective novels to begin. His debut Android Keikoku wa suru (アンドロイド は 警告 する, Andoroido keikoku wa suru, dt about " The Android cautioned " ) has so far remained unpublished.

After graduation he spent a year as a ronin and then began to study electrical engineering at the University of Osaka Prefecture. He was captain of the archery club, so is his debut work Hōkago (放 课后, dt " after school " ) from archery.

1981, after completing his studies, Higashino started at Denso to work as engineer. Besides, he continued to write detective novels. In 1983 he competed for 29 Edogawa Rampo - price with Ningyo- tachi no Ie (Eng. " Dollhouse " ), came through the second round of preliminaries, but in the end went away empty-handed. At the time he married. His wife worked as a part-time teacher at a girls' high school, which inspired him the main character in Maeshima Hōkago.

The following year, Higashino came with Makyū (魔 球, dt " diabolical litter" ) in the finalists for the 30th Edogawa Rampo - price, again unsuccessfully. In 1985, he then won the Edogawa Rampo Prize 31, 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 of his works were rarely placed several times and could hardly be called hits. With many awards he walked out empty. This began to change when he Meitantei no Okite with (名探偵の掟, GV " The Law of Master Detectives " ) to third place in the ranking of crime novels Kono Mystery ga sugoi! (この ミステリー が すごい!, Misteri Kono ga sugoi! , Dt "This detective stories are great!" ) Got. In 1998 came with Himitsu (秘密, dt "secret" ), which was also filmed for a breakthrough.

Since 2009 he has been Chairman of the Crime Writers' Association Mystery Writers of Japan (日本 推理 作家协会, Nihon Suirisakka Kyōkai ).

Awards

In addition to numerous nominations Higashino received so far following prices.

Works (selection)

Physics Professor Yukawa series

  • X no Kenshin Yōgisha (容 疑 者Xの 献身, literally: " The sacrifice of the suspects X" ), 2006 Ursula Grafe ( translator's ): Suspicious lovers. Klett- Cotta, Stuttgart 2012, ISBN 978-3-608-93966-8
  • Ursula Grafe ( translator's ): Holy murderer. Klett- Cotta, Stuttgart 2014, ISBN 978-3-608-98012-7

Kyōichiro - Kaga - series

  • Sotsugyo (卒业), 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
  • Watashi ga Kare o Koroshita (私 が 彼 を 殺し た), 1999
  • Akai Yubi (赤い 指), 2006
  • Shinzanmono (新 参 者), 2009
  • Kirin no Tsubasa (麒麟 の 翼), 2011
  • Inori no Maku Oriru ga Toki (祈り の 幕 が 下りる 時), 2013

Other Books

  • Ningyo- tachi no Ie (人形 たち の 家), 1983
  • Makyū (魔 球), 1984
  • Hōkago (放 课后), 1985
  • Meitantei no Okite (名探偵の掟), 1996
  • Himitsu (秘密), 1998
  • Byakuyakō (白 夜行), 1999
  • Lakeside (レイク サイド, Reikusaido ), 2001 Katja Busson ( translator's ): Murder on the lake. Cass Publishers, wages 2003, ISBN 3-9809022 -0-X
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