is a Japanese novelist, especially known for his

hardboiled Hardboiled (or hard-boiled) fiction is a literary genre that shares some of its characters and settings with crime fiction (especially detective fiction and noir fiction). The genre's typical protagonist is a detective who battles the violence o ...

novels. He studied law at

Chuo University , commonly referred to as or , is a private research university in Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan. The university finds its roots in a school called Igirisu Hōritsu Gakkō (English Law School), which was founded in 1885, and became a university in 1 ...

in the early 1970s. He served as the 10th President of the

Mystery Writers of Japan is an organization for mystery writers in Japan. The organization was founded on 21 June 1947 by Edogawa Rampo. It is currently chaired by Natsuhiko Kyogoku and claims about 600 members. It presents the Mystery Writers of Japan Award to writers ...

from 1997 to 2001.

Works in English translation

;Hardboiled novels * '' Ashes'' (original title: ''Bō no Kanashimi''), trans. Emi Shimokawa ( Vertical, 2003) * ''Winter Sleep'' (original title: ''Fuyu no Nemuri''), trans. Mark Schilling (Vertical, 2005) * ''The Cage'' (original title: ''Ori''), trans. Paul Warham (Vertical, 2006) * '' City of Refuge'' (original title: ''Nogare no Machi''), trans. Y.T. Horgan (Vertical, 2012)

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 The are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of Japan. They honor the best in crime fiction and critical/biographical work published in the previous year. MWJ Award for Best Novel winners (1948–1951, 1976–present) MWJ Award for Be ...

for Best Novel: ''The Cage'' * 1985 -

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 Shiba may refer to: *Shiba Inu, a breed of dog *Shiba clan, Japanese clan originating in the Sengoku period *Shiba Inu (cryptocurrency), a decentralized cryptocurrency Geography *Shiba, Tokyo, a former ward of Tokyo, Japan *Shiba Park in Tokyo *S ...

Prize: ''Suikoden'' (''

Water Margin ''Water Margin'' (), also called ''Outlaws of the Marsh'' or ''All Men Are Brothers'', is a Chinese novel from the Ming dynasty that is one of the preeminent Classic Chinese Novels. Attributed to Shi Nai'an, ''Water Margin'' was one of the e ...

'') * 2009 - Japan Mystery Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement

Main works

Standalone hardboiled novels

* , 1981 * , 1982 (''City of Refuge'', Vertical, 2012) * , 1983 * , 1983 * , 1983 * , 1983 (''The Cage'', Vertical, 2006) * , 1984 * , 1984 * , 1984 * , 1984 * , 1984 * , 1984 * , 1984 * , 1985 * , 1985 * , 1985 * , 1985 * , 1985 * , 1985 * , 1986 * , 1986 * , 1986 * , 1986 * , 1986 * , 1987 * , 1987 * , 1987 * , 1987 * , 1988 * , 1989 * , 1989 * , 1990 * , 1990 (''Ashes'', Vertical, 2003) * , 1991 * , 1992 * , 1993 * , 1994 * , 1994 * , 1994 * , 1994 * , 1995 * , 1995 * , 1996 (''Winter Sleep'', Vertical, 2005) * , 1999 * , 1999 * , 2001 * , 2003

Short story collections

* , 1988 * , 1993 * , 2002

References

External links

Profile
at J'Lit Books from Japan

at JLPP (Japanese Literature Publishing Project) 1947 births Living people 20th-century Japanese novelists 21st-century Japanese novelists 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 {{Japan-writer-stub