Bungakukai Newcomer Award
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Tatsumi Akabane
あかばね たつみ
Akabane Tatsumi
Pen Names:
Akane Hosho（Pen name used for writing mystery novels）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1944-01-14 （Tokyo, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Magazine editor, Photographer, High school teacher
- Active Years
- 1968-
- Affiliations
- Shueisha, Shufu no Tomo Sha
- Influenced By
- Daido Moriyama
- Nominations
- Akutagawa Prize nominee (1983)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aoyama Gakuin High School | — | — | — | — | Japan |
| Waseda University, Faculty of Letters (First Department) | First Faculty of Letters | Department of Literature | — | — | Japan |
Aoyama Gakuin High School
Country:
Japan
Waseda University, Faculty of Letters (First Department)
First Faculty of Letters
/ Department of Literature
Country:
Japan
Won a prize in the NHK Manzai Script Contest while a student
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Bungakukai Newcomer Award | Housing | — | Bungakukai | 受賞 |
| 1983 | Akutagawa Prize | Housing | — | Akutagawa Prize Committee | 候補 |
Bungakukai Newcomer Award
1983
Work:
Housing
Organization:
Bungakukai
Result:
受賞
Akutagawa Prize
1983
Work:
Housing
Organization:
Akutagawa Prize Committee
Result:
候補
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Housing
1983 Short storyA short story portraying human relationships and loneliness surrounding contemporary housing.
familyurban lifesolitude
If a Dog Walks, It Meets a Corpse
1987 Humor mysteryA brisk mystery mixing humor and detective elements.
mysteryhumor
Yami Meiro (Dark Labyrinth)
2000 Detective novelA conventional detective novel released under the pen name Akane Hosho.
mysterycrime
Bibliography
- Owarai Keibu series (1986-1987)
- If a Dog Walks, It Meets a Corpse (1987)
- Housing (1983)
- Yami Meiro (2000, as Akane Hosho)
- Nanko Detective Club (1987-1990)
- Tokyo Love Stories (1990-1993)
- I Noticed I Was Looking at You — for all lovers (1992)
- Tohoho Glasses (2005)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- A light, humorous narrative voicePractical, approachable essay-like prosePacy dialogue and pacing
- Recurring Motifs
- love and relationshipseveryday mysteriesfemale psychology
Legacy
With experience as an editor, photographer and writer, he is known for humor-mysteries and self-help books aimed at women. He won the Bungakukai Newcomer Award in 1983 and continues to write in a variety of genres, including detective fiction under the pen name Akane Hosho.
Archives
- National Diet Library (Japan)
- Virtual International Authority File (VIAF)
- International Standard Name Identifier (ISNI)
Trivia
- Akane Hosho is a pen name used for mystery novels.
- Graduated from Waseda University, Faculty of Letters (First Department).
- Won the Bungakukai Newcomer Award in 1983 for 'Housing'.
- Worked as an editor at Shueisha and Shufu no Tomo Sha before becoming a full-time writer.