, pen-name for Hideki Nakazono, was one of Japan's pioneer writers of spy fiction.
Nakazono was born in
Fukuoka Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Fukuoka Prefecture has a population of 5,109,323 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,986 km2 (1,925 sq mi). Fukuoka Prefecture borders Saga Prefecture to the southwest, Kumamo ...
, spent from 1938-1946 in China, and died of pneumonia at a hospital in
Kawasaki, Kanagawa
is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, one of the main cities of Greater Tokyo Area and Keihin Industrial Area. It is the second most populated city in Kanagawa Prefecture after Yokohama, and the eighth most populated city in Japan (including ...
. He won the 1992
Yomiuri Prize
The is a literary award in Japan. The prize was founded in 1949 by the Yomiuri Shinbun Company to help form a "strong cultural nation". The winner is awarded two million Japanese yen and an inkstone.
Award categories
For the first two years, ...
for ''Peking hanten kyūkan nite''.
References
* Japanese Wikipedia article
Pioneer of spy fiction Nakazono dies at 81* ''Who's who in contemporary Japanese socialists, scholars and writers'', Nihon Shakai Undō Kenkyūkai (Japanese Politics Economy Research Institute), 1970, page 401.
* ''Vox populi, vox dei'', Volume 80, Asahi Shinbunsha, Ronsetsu Iinshitsu, (朝日新聞社, 論說委員室), 1990, page 11.
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1920 births
2002 deaths
Deaths from pneumonia in Japan
Japanese writers
Japanese crime fiction writers
Mystery Writers of Japan Award winners
Yomiuri Prize winners