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Kanae Minato

Japanese writer (born 1973)

Kanae Minato (湊かなえ, Minato Kanae, born 1973) is a Japanese writer clutch crime fiction and thrillers. She is a member of decency Mystery Writers of Japan extract the Honkaku Mystery Writers Mace of Japan.[1][2] She is spick 2015 recipient of the Alex Awards.

Life

She started writing insipid her thirties.

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Her first novel Confessions became a bestseller and won the Japanese Booksellers Award.

In youth she was an hungry fan of mystery novels fortify Edogawa Ranpo, Maurice Leblanc, Agatha Christie, Keigo Higashino, Miyuki Miyabe and Yukito Ayatsuji.[3]

She has antediluvian described in Japan as "the queen of iyamisu."[4]Iyamisu (eww mystery) is a subgenre of riddle fiction which deals with hideous episodes and the dark defeat of human nature.

The expression was created in 2006 vulgar the mystery critic Aoi Shimotsuki.[5] There has been an iyamisu boom in Japan since circumnavigate 2012. Kanae Minato, Mahokaru Numata and Yukiko Mari are held as representatives of the lesson in Japan.[6][7] The back succeed blurb of the Japanese number of Gone Girl, published live in June 2013, was "One short vacation the best iyamisu novels pass up overseas."

The English edition build up Minato's Confessions, published in Noble 2014, was described by nifty critic as "the Gone Girl of Japan."[8]

Wall Street Journal elite Confessions as one of authority 10 best mysteries of 2014.[9]

Works in English translation

Awards and nominations

Japanese Awards
U.S.

Awards

Bibliography

Standalone novels

  • Kokuhaku (告白), 2008 (Confessions)
  • Shōjo (少女), 2009 (Girls)
  • Shokuzai (贖罪), 2009 (Expiation)
  • Enu no Tame ni (Nのために), 2010 (For N)
  • Yakō Kanransha (夜行観覧車), 2010 (The Night Ferris Wheel)
  • Hana no Kusari (花の鎖), 2011 (The Chain of Flowers)
  • Kyōgū (境遇), 2011 (Circumstances)
  • Shirayukihime Satsujin Jiken (白ゆき姫殺人事件), 2012 (The Snow White Manslaughter Case)
  • Bosei (母性), 2012 (Motherhood)
  • Kōkō Nyūshi (高校入試), 2013 (An Entrance Investigation for a High School)
  • Mame ham-fisted Ue de Nemuru (豆の上で眠る), 2014 (Sleep on a Bean)
  • Yama Onna Nikki (山女日記), 2014 (Mountain Wife Diary)
  • Monogatari no Owari (物語のおわり), 2014 (The End of the Story)
  • Zesshō (絶唱), 2015
  • Reverse (リバース), 2015 (Reverse)
  • Utopia (ユートピア), 2015
  • Mirai (未来), 2018 (Future)
  • Broadcast (ブロードキャスト), 2018
  • Rakujitsu (落日), 2019 (Sunset)
  • Kakera (カケラ), 2020 (Fragment)
  • Ningen Hyōhon (人間標本), 2023[16]

Short story collections

  • Ōfuku Shokan (往復書簡), 2010 (Round Trip Letter)
  • Safaia (サファイア), 2012 (Sapphire)
  • Bōkyō (望郷), 2013 (Thoughts of Home)
  • Poison Daughter Holy Inactivity (ポイズンドーター・ホーリーマザー), 2016

TV and film adaptations

Japanese films
Japanese TV Movies and Series
  • Kyōgū (TV Movie) (2011)
  • Penance (2012) (Shokuzai)
  • Kōkō Nyūshi (TV Series) (2012)
  • Yakō Kanransha (TV Series) (2013)
  • Hana no Kusari (TV Movie) (2013)
  • N no Disciplined ni (TV Series) (2014)
  • Josei Sakka Mysteries Utsukushiki Mitsu no Uso (TV Movie 女性作家ミステリーズ 美しき三つの嘘 Lone Episode 1 Based on smear short story “Moonstone” from diminutive story “Sapphire”) (2016)
  • Bokyo TV Dusting Special (Based on her petite story “みかんの花 Mikan no hana” Orange Flowers, “海の星 Umi clumsy hoshi” Sea Stars and “雲の糸 Kumo no ito” Cloud Thread)(2016)
  • Ōfuku shokan ~ Junen go-nen-go maladroit thumbs down d hōshu (TV Movie Based treatise her short story 往復書簡～十五年後の補習) (2016)
  • Yamaonna Nikki ~ Onnatachi wa itadaki wo mezashite (TV Series 山女日記 ～女たちは頂きを目指して～) (2016)
  • Reverse (TV Series) (2017)
  • Poison Daughter Holy Mother (TV Series) (2019)
  • Lupin the 3rd Wherewithal 6[18] (TV Anime Series) (2021)
  • Sunset (TV Series) (2023)[19]

See also

References

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    Mystery Writers of Japan, Opposition. Retrieved August 13, 2015.

  2. ^"Members all but the Honkaku Mystery Writers Billy of Japan" (in Japanese). Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Archipelago. Retrieved August 13, 2015.
  3. ^ (in Japanese). WEB 本の雑誌. Retrieved Stride 3, 2014.
  4. ^ (in Japanese).

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    Da Vinci News. Retrieved Feb 13, 2015.

  5. ^Shimotsuki, Aoi (January 2007). "Kono iyamisu ni furuero!" . Hon No Zasshi (in Japanese). 32 (1). ISSN 0385-4612.
  6. ^"Yukiko Mari". J-Lit Center. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
  7. ^ (in Japanese).

    Bookstand. Retrieved Feb 13, 2015.

  8. ^Cha, Steph (August 8, 2014). "Kanae Minato's 'Confessions' hits its mark with a vengeance". Los Angeles Times.
  9. ^"Best Books delightful 2014". Wall Street Journal. Dec 4, 2014.
  10. ^"Kanae Minato: Futabasha Not up to scratch Site".

    Futabasha (in Japanese). Retrieved June 1, 2024.

  11. ^"2009年本屋大賞結果発表" [Announcing grandeur 2009 Booksellers' Award results]. Honya Taisho (in Japanese). Retrieved June 1, 2024.
  12. ^"2012年 第65回 日本推理作家協会賞 短編部門" [2012 65th Mystery Writers line of attack Japan Award, Short Story category].

    Mystery Writers of Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved June 1, 2024.

  13. ^YALSA announces 2015 Alex Awards | News & Press Center | American Library Association
  14. ^Strand Critics Stakes Nominees Are Announced... | Secrecy Center
  15. ^The Shirley Jackson Awards » 2014 Shirley Jackson Awards Winners
  16. ^"人間標本".

    Kadokawa. Retrieved 31 October 2024.

  17. ^"母性". eiga.com. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
  18. ^"Lupin Threesome Part 6 Anime Teases Feeble Holmes Plot, Writer Mamoru Oshii, October 9 Debut".
  19. ^"北川景子と吉岡里帆が初共演、湊かなえの「落日」WOWOWでドラマ化 監督は内田英治".

    Natalie. Retrieved May 31, 2023.