Edogawa Ranpo Award
1 appearances
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Edition 27 (1981) award
Akira Nagai
ながい あきら
Nagai Akira
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1924-11-18 （Tanabe, Wakayama, Japan）
- Died
- 2002-05-25 （Suita, Osaka, Japan） age 77
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Newspaper journalist, Editor
- Active Years
- 1949-2002
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Tokyo | Faculty of Letters | Department of Philosophy | — | — | Japan |
University of Tokyo
Faculty of Letters
/ Department of Philosophy
Country:
Japan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Edogawa Rampo Prize | The Reactor's Crab | — | Edogawa Rampo Prize Selection Committee | winner |
Edogawa Rampo Prize
1981
Work:
The Reactor's Crab
Organization:
Edogawa Rampo Prize Selection Committee
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Reactor's Crab
1981 social mysteryA social mystery novel dealing with scandals and suspicions surrounding the construction of a nuclear power plant. One of the author's award-winning representative works.
nuclear powerpolitics and powerexposure/corruption
Adaptations
- [TV drama] The Reactor's Crab (1987)
Serial Murders Magnitude 8 (M8's Intent)
1983 mysteryA mystery/thriller depicting serial murders set against the backdrop of a large-scale earthquake (M8).
disasterserial murderurban vulnerability
The Okuhotaka Murder Case
1984 mountain novel / mysteryA mystery set in the mountains, incorporating elements of mountain fiction that the author specialized in.
mountainsisolationhuman limits
Murder on Yarigatake
1985 mountain mysteryA mountain mystery depicting a murder on Yarigatake.
mountaineeringdetective searchthreats of nature
The Van Gogh Murder Case
1993 mysteryA mystery intertwining art and murder, using elements related to Van Gogh as a motif.
artmurderauthenticity
Bibliography
- The Reactor's Crab
- Murder Online: New Social Mystery
- North Alps Murder Suite
- Serial Murders Magnitude 8 (M8's Intent)
- The Okuhotaka Murder Case
- The Wheel of Death: Seto Pottery Murder Case
- Murder on Yarigatake
- Murder Road: Kamikochi
- Darkness of Hakodate Goryokaku
- Murder in Nanki: Locked-room at Sea
- Hagi: Murder Maze
- Whispers of Linked Murders
- The Vessel of Sen no Rikyu's Murderous Intent
- The Bride Who Vanished in Paris
- The Disappearance on Shirouma Peak
- Red Intent to Kill
- The Van Gogh Murder Case
Adaptations
- The Reactor's Crab (TV drama, 1987)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- social mysteryrealistic mountain depictionrobust plotting (not hardboiled)
- Recurring Motifs
- mountains and naturedisasters and earthquakesconflict between technology and people
Health
-
cerebral infarction (stroke)2002-05Hospitalized and died due to cerebral infarction (stroke)
Legacy
Akira Nagai was a writer known for social mysteries and mountain novels, leaving works such as the Edogawa Rampo Prize-winning The Reactor's Crab. His background as a newspaper reporter and editor informed his portrayals of contemporary society, and his accurate mountain depictions are well regarded.
In Popular Culture
- The Reactor's Crab (adapted into a TV drama in 1987)
Trivia
- Born in Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture.
- After graduating from the University of Tokyo Faculty of Letters (Department of Philosophy), he joined the Mainichi Newspapers, working in the editorial/organizing department and later as an editor.
- Retired from Mainichi Newspapers in 1979 and then focused on writing.
- Won the 27th Edogawa Rampo Prize in 1981 for The Reactor's Crab.
- The Reactor's Crab was adapted into a TV drama in 1987.
- Died on May 25, 2002 in a hospital in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, from a cerebral infarction (age 77).