, pen-name for Hideki Nakazono, was one of Japan's pioneer writers of
spy fiction
Spy fiction is a genre of literature involving espionage as an important context or plot device. It emerged in the early twentieth century, inspired by rivalries and intrigues between the major powers, and the establishment of modern intellig ...
.
Nakazono was born in
Fukuoka Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, 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 Square kilometre, km2 (1,925 sq mi). Fukuoka Prefecture borders ...
, spent from 1938-1946 in China, and died of pneumonia at a hospital in
Kawasaki, Kanagawa
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. He won the 1992
Yomiuri Prize
The is a literary award in Japan. The prize was founded in 1949 by the Yomiuri Shimbun 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