Mephisto Award
1回登壇
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第47回（2012年 第2回開催） award
Ritsu Shuuki
しゅうき りつ
Shuuki Ritsu
ペンネーム:
Ritsu Shuuki（Pen name (real name undisclosed)）
プロフィール
- 性別
- 不明
- 国籍
- Japan
- 言語
- Japanese
経歴
- 職業
- Novelist, Mystery writer
- 活動期間
- 2013年〜
- 影響を受けた人物
- Yukito Ayatsuji, Natsuhiko Kyogoku, Hiroshi Mori, Edogawa Rampo, Isaac Asimov, Yasutaka Tsutsui
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National university (Department of Architecture) | Faculty of Engineering | Department of Architecture | 学士 | — | Japan |
National university (Department of Architecture)
Faculty of Engineering
/ Department of Architecture
学位:
学士
国:
Japan
Source states graduation from a national university's department of architecture; exact institution not disclosed
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Mephisto Prize | Gankyūdō no Satsujin: The Book | — | Kodansha | Winner |
Mephisto Prize
2013
対象作品:
Gankyūdō no Satsujin: The Book
主催:
Kodansha
結果:
Winner
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
Gankyūdō no Satsujin: The Book
2013年 MysteryDebut novel and winner of the 47th Mephisto Prize. The character Towada Tadahito is modeled on the itinerant mathematician Paul Erdős.
classic mysterymathematicsbookslocked-room
Double Torus: The Murder at Sōkodō
2013年 MysterySecond book in the series; went into reprint within weeks of release.
classic mysterymathematicsmansion/house
The Burning Ship: Murder at Gogakudō
2014年 Mystery
classic mysterypuzzle-solving
Garan-dō no Satsujin: Banach–Tarski Paradox
2014年 Mystery
mathematicsparadoxmystery
The Murder at the Church Hall: Game Theory
2015年 Mystery
game theorydetective fiction
Mirror Hall Murders: Theory of Relativity
2018年 Mystery
theory of relativitymystery
The Cathedral Murders: The Books
2019年 Mystery
bookscathedralmystery
Nekomata Osō and the Missing Young Lady
2015年 Mystery
ghostly mysterysupernatural
Immortality Syndrome
2016年 Panic entertainment
immortalitypanicsci-fi elements
Calamity
2014年 Panic novelA novel with elements of panic entertainment.
disastersurvival
LOST: The Amnesic Detective — Vol.1
2016年 Mystery
detectiveamnesia
CRISIS: Public Security Mobile Investigation Unit (novel)
2017年 Police proceduralAn example of novelization of an existing media work.
public securityinvestigation
Fukushima 50 (novel)
2020年 NovelizationA novelization based on Ryūshō Kadota's nonfiction work; the novel edition.
nuclear accidentnonfiction novelization
Bureaucrats of Tomorrow
2021年 Social novel
bureaucracypolitics
Nemesis III
2021年 MysteryPart of the 'Nemesis' series. The author also provided script cooperation for the television drama adaptation.
mysteryinvestigationensemble cast
Adam of Paradise
2021年 Fiction
human dramaethics
Murder in Rabbit Town
2022年 Mystery
regional mysteryclosed community
WALL
2023年 Fiction全著作
- Gankyūdō no Satsujin: The Book
- Double Torus: The Murder at Sōkodō
- The Burning Ship: Murder at Gogakudō
- Garan-dō no Satsujin: Banach–Tarski Paradox
- The Murder at the Church Hall: Game Theory
- Mirror Hall Murders: Theory of Relativity
- The Cathedral Murders: The Books
- Nekomata Osō and the Missing Young Lady
- Nekomata Osō and the Professor's Testament
- Nekomata Osō and the One-Legged Mansion
- Immortality Syndrome
- Phantom Corpse Syndrome: Invisible
- Burial Syndrome: The Grave
- Alder's Ark
- The Snow Mountain Prison: Murder of the Noah Ark Expedition
- Rain of the Dead: Tombstone of Mohenjo-daro
- Calamity
- Rampage
- LOST: The Amnesic Detective — Vol.1
- LOST: The Amnesic Detective — Vol.2
- LOST: The Amnesic Detective — Vol.3
- CRISIS: Public Security Mobile Investigation Unit (novel)
- Fukushima 50 (novel)
- Bureaucrats of Tomorrow
- Nemesis III
- Adam of Paradise
- Murder in Rabbit Town
- WALL
翻案
- TV drama 'Nemesis' (script cooperation)
- Information on film adaptations is limited
作風・主題
- 文体
- honkaku mysterypanic entertainmenthighly entertaining style
- 頻出モチーフ
- mansions/housesmathematiciansarchitecturebookslocked rooms
評価・遺産
A contemporary mystery writer who debuted after winning the 47th Mephisto Prize. Known for the 'Dō' series that integrates mathematical and architectural settings into classic-style mysteries; noted for quick reprints after publication and involvement with television drama.
大衆文化への影響
- Script cooperation on the TV drama 'Nemesis' (2021)
引用
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It brought back nostalgic memories — the purity of classic mystery.
出典: Hiroshi Mori (endorsement on the book jacket) (2013年)
豆知識
- Debuted after winning the 47th Mephisto Prize (2013).
- Graduated from the department of architecture at an unnamed national university.
- Uses a pen name; real name not publicly disclosed.
- First wrote a story in fifth grade (elementary school).
- Illustrations for some works are by redjuice.
- Gankyūdō no Satsujin went to reprint within about a week of release; Double Torus reprinted within about two weeks.
- Provided script cooperation for the TV drama 'Nemesis'.