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第37回（1981年 第2回開催） award
Sawa Takabayashi
たかばやし さわ
Takabayashi Sawa
ペンネーム:
Sawa Takabayashi (as 高林 左和)（Pen name used for the 1981 submission to the 37th Shosetsu Gendai New Writer's Prize）
プロフィール
- 性別
- 女性
- 生誕
- 1945-05-03 （Chiba Prefecture, Japan）
- 国籍
- Japan
- 言語
- Japanese
- 居住地歴
- Lives in Chiba Prefecture, Japan
経歴
- 職業
- Novelist, Mystery writer, Former junior high school teacher, Former cram school instructor
- 活動期間
- 1981年〜
- 影響を受けた人物
- Ellery Queen, S. S. Van Dine, Agatha Christie, Tetsuya Ayukawa, Soji Shimada
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 37th Shosetsu Gendai New Writer's Prize | Morning on the Wabash River | — | Shosetsu Gendai | winner |
| 2012 | 5th Bara-no-Machi Fukuyama Mystery Newcomer Award | Bilingual | — | Fukuyama Mystery Newcomer Award Committee | winner |
37th Shosetsu Gendai New Writer's Prize
1981
対象作品:
Morning on the Wabash River
主催:
Shosetsu Gendai
結果:
winner
5th Bara-no-Machi Fukuyama Mystery Newcomer Award
2012
対象作品:
Bilingual
主催:
Fukuyama Mystery Newcomer Award Committee
結果:
winner
受賞・候補エディション
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第5回（2012年） award
作品
代表作
Bilingual
2013年 MysteryA classical-style mystery involving family and language themes. The story won the Fukuyama Mystery Newcomer Award in 2012 and was published in book form in 2013.
Detective/mysteryFamilyCaregivingLanguage
全著作
- Morning on the Wabash River
- Bilingual
作風・主題
- 文体
- Plain prose that incorporates classical mystery techniquesEmphasis on logical puzzles and narrative tricks
- 頻出モチーフ
- Language / bilingualismFamily and caregivingClassical puzzle-solving
評価・遺産
After a career as a junior high teacher and cram-school instructor, she resumed writing later in life, won newcomer awards and debuted in book form. She is known for her appreciation of classical mystery writers and for applying traditional puzzle techniques in contemporary fiction.
引用
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This writer has already reached a distinctive level of expression.
出典: Soji Shimada (comment as a juror for the Fukuyama Mystery Newcomer Award) (2012年)
豆知識
- Won the 37th Shosetsu Gendai New Writer's Prize in 1981 under the name '高林 左和'.
- Resumed writing around 2000 while caring for her mother.