Hoseki Award
1回登壇
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第5回（1951年） excellent work
Kari Kyu
かり きゅう
Kari Kyū
ペンネーム:
Kai Yumiko（Used as an alternate pen name）
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1922-02-10 （Takanawa, Tokyo, Japan）
- 死没
- 1977-10-12 （Japan (details unknown)） 55歳
- 国籍
- Japan
- 言語
- Japanese
- 居住地歴
- Takanawa, Tokyo
経歴
- 職業
- Novelist
- 活動期間
- 1951年〜1977年
- 所属
- SR no Kai (Tokyo branch; formerly Kansai Oni Club Tokyo branch), Doujin magazine 'Misshitsu'
- 影響を受けた人物
- Kaji Tatsuo, Tetsuya Ayukawa
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keio University | Faculty of Engineering | Department of Electrical Engineering | 学士 | — | Japan |
Keio University
Faculty of Engineering
/ Department of Electrical Engineering
学位:
学士
卒業年:
1946
国:
Japan
Graduated in 1946. Contracted tuberculosis the same year and underwent long-term care.
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
Falling Rock
1951年 Short detective fictionOne of the short stories written during his sanatorium period; submitted to a short-story competition and later published in a magazine.
mysteryclosed-setting
Iceberg
1951年 Short detective fictionA short piece published in Bessatsu Hoseki; noted for its sensory prose and suspenseful elements.
suspensepsychology
Accomplice
1954年 Short detective fictionA 1954 short story with strong detective elements.
crimemorality
Strange Pollen
1958年 Short story collectionA 1958 collection of short stories containing representative early works.
weird fictionsuspense
Exile
1975年 Science fiction (short)An SF story published in 1975 in the magazine 'Genei-jo', marking his return to fiction after a long hiatus.
science fictionexile
Unnecessary Crime
1976年 Novel (erotic suspense)Published in 1976 as his first full-length novel; an erotic, suspenseful work.
eroticismcrime
全著作
- Strange Pollen (1958)
- Exile (1975)
- Unnecessary Crime (1976)
- Collected Works of Kari Kyu (6 vols., 2013)
作風・主題
- 文体
- sensory prosesuspense-focuseduse of I-novel (confessional) techniques
- 頻出モチーフ
- meta-fictional insertion of the authorclosed settings and psychological focuseroticism and crime
健康
-
tuberculosis1946-1953Underwent long-term sanatorium treatment, which affected his life and work; he nevertheless began publishing short stories during this period.
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lung cancer1977Died of lung cancer in 1977 at age 55.
評価・遺産
Known for distinctive sensory prose and suspense in mainly short fiction. Posthumously collected works were published and his stories continue to appear in mystery anthologies and studies.
資料所蔵先
- Works included in anthologies held by the Mystery Literature Museum
豆知識
- Real name: Ichihashi Hisaaki.
- Began publishing short stories while in a sanatorium.
- Also wrote under the pen name Kai Yumiko.
- Worked on dubbing scripts for foreign films and later in planning/production for PR and commercial films.
- Completed a second novel manuscript that remained unpublished for a long time after his death.