Honkaku Mystery Award
1 appearances
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Edition 17 (2017) award
Kenji Takemoto
たけもと けんじ
Takemoto Kenji
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1954-09-17 （Aioi, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Lived in Tokyo from university years (until 2014) → Resident of Takeo, Saga Prefecture since 2014
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist
- Active Years
- 1977-
- Affiliations
- Honkaku Mystery Writers Club, Mystery Writers of Japan
- Memberships
- Mystery Writers of Japan, Honkaku Mystery Writers Club
- Influenced By
- Hideo Nakai
- Nominations
- 32nd Mystery Writers of Japan Award (long novel category) nominee (1979)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junshin Gakuin High School | — | — | — | 〜1973 | Japan |
| Toyo University | Faculty of Letters | Department of Philosophy | — | 在学中（中退） | Japan |
Junshin Gakuin High School
Period:
〜1973
Year of Graduation:
1973
Country:
Japan
Graduated high school
Toyo University
Faculty of Letters
/ Department of Philosophy
Period:
在学中（中退）
Country:
Japan
Dropped out
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Honkaku Mystery Award | Ruikō Meikyū | — | Honkaku Mystery Writers Club | winner |
| 1979 | Mystery Writers of Japan Award (nominee) | Hakoni Naka no Shitsuraku | 長編 | Mystery Writers of Japan | nominee |
Honkaku Mystery Award
2017
Work:
Ruikō Meikyū
Organization:
Honkaku Mystery Writers Club
Result:
winner
Mystery Writers of Japan Award (nominee)
1979
Work:
Hakoni Naka no Shitsuraku
Category:
長編
Organization:
Mystery Writers of Japan
Result:
nominee
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Hakoni Naka no Shitsuraku
1977 Detective fiction / MetafictionDebut novel. A long metafictional detective story first serialized in a detective fiction magazine.
metafictionmysteryinterplay of reality and fiction
The Forged Uroboros
1991 Mystery (roman à clef / pseudo-detective)A novel using real writers as characters, employing roman à clef techniques; a representative postmodern metafiction work.
roman à clefpostmodernismwriters and fiction
Ruikō Meikyū
2016 MysteryA work in the Makiba Tomohisa series combining elaborate tricks and classic crime-novel elements; highly ranked in domestic mystery lists.
trickclassic detective elementsgame-like elements
Bibliography
- Hakoni Naka no Shitsuraku
- Go Murder Case
- Shogi Murder Case
- Trump Murder Case
- The Forged Uroboros
- Ruikō Meikyū
- Kitsunebi no Tsuji
- Ku
- Dynamics Used in Darkness
- The Prime of Four-Fours
Adaptations
- Trick Logic (contributions to game series)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- postmodern metafictionmystery employing game-like tricksnarration with fantastical/SF elements
- Recurring Motifs
- stories within stories / real-person appearancesgames / puzzlesboundaries between reality and fiction
Legacy
Known for combining metafictional techniques with classical tricks, he has influenced the mystery field over decades and received renewed recognition with the 2017 Honkaku Mystery Award.
Academic Societies
- Honkaku Mystery Writers Club
- Mystery Writers of Japan
Quotes
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He has continued writing without abandoning a steady, self-paced approach.
Source: Wikipedia: Kenji Takemoto (works overview)
Trivia
- Participated in a Go study group during university.
- Enjoys Go and once won a bunjin-meijin (literary Go) title.
- Moved to Takeo, Saga Prefecture in 2014, his wife's hometown.
- Debuted in 1977 with a serialized long novel in the magazine 'Genei-jō'.