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Sunao Otsubo

おおつぼ すなお

Ootsubo Sunao

ペンネーム: Sunao Otsubo (alternate)Pen name used after name change in 1951

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1904-02-01 (Ushigome-ku, Ichigaya Yakuoji-cho, Tokyo City (now Shinjuku, Tokyo))
死没
1965-01-12 (Japan) 60歳
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Shinjuku, Tokyo (formerly Ushigome-ku, Tokyo City) → Motoyama Village, Muko District, Hyogo Prefecture (now Higashinada-ku, Kobe)

経歴

職業
Novelist
活動期間
1948年〜1962年
影響を与えた人物
Michio Tsuzuki

学歴

Tokyo Pharmaceutical College (now Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences)
国: Japan

受賞歴

Detective Writer Club Award
1950
対象作品: Lynch
部門: 短篇賞
主催: Mystery Writers of Japan
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Tengu

1948年 Mystery

A short story depicting a paranoiac committing murder over a trivial reason.

ParanoiaMurderShort story

Lynch

1950年 Mystery

Title story of a short story collection awarded by Detective Writer Club.

Vigilante justiceLynchShort story

Risshun Daikichi

Mystery

Oido Oido

Mystery

全著作

  • Lynch (1950)
  • Elegant Murder (1955)
  • Cheerful Villain (1958)
  • Tengu (1993)
  • Complete Works of Sunao Otsubo, 2 volumes (1972 first edition)
  • Complete Works of Sunao Otsubo, 4 volumes (2013)
  • 2 AM, March 13

作風・主題

文体
Primarily short storiesMystery fiction style
頻出モチーフ
DetectiveMurderDark side of society

健康

  • Cirrhosis
    Contributed to cause of death in later life.
  • Stomach cancer
    Contributed to cause of death in later life.

評価・遺産

One of the representative postwar mystery writers with notable achievements in short story detective fiction.

関連学会

  • Mystery Writers of Japan

引用

  • As one of the 'Five postwar men,' he pioneered new horizons in short story detective fiction.
    出典: Evaluation by Edogawa Ranpo

豆知識

  • Pen name derived from E.T.A. Hoffmann's story 'The Sandman'.
  • In late years, worked as an idea person for Renzaburo Shibata.