Mystery Writers of Japan Award
1 appearances
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Edition 57 (2004) award
Shogo Utano
うたの しょうご
Utano Shogo
Pen Names:
Shogo Utano（Pen name, devised by Soji Shimada）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1961-00-00 （Chiba Prefecture, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Mystery writer
- Active Years
- 1988-
- Nominations
- 48th Mystery Writers of Japan Award (Short Story and Series) nominee for 'Night of the Water Accident', 1995, 50th Mystery Writers of Japan Award (Short Story and Series) nominee for 'Chaos on the Platform', 1997, 8th Honkaku Mystery Award (Novel category) nominee for 'Closed Room Murder Game Othello', 2008, 146th Naoki Prize nominee for 'From Spring to Summer, and Eventually Winter', 2012
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology | Faculty of Agriculture | — | 学士 | — | Japan |
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Faculty of Agriculture
Degree:
学士
Country:
Japan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | The Mystery Writers of Japan Award | Thinking of You in the Season of the Leaf Cherry Blossoms | 長編および連作短編集部門 | Mystery Writers of Japan | 受賞 |
| 2004 | Honkaku Mystery Award | Thinking of You in the Season of the Leaf Cherry Blossoms | 小説部門 | Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan | 受賞 |
| 2010 | Honkaku Mystery Award | Closed Room Murder Game 2.0 | 小説部門 | Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan | 受賞 |
The Mystery Writers of Japan Award
2004
Work:
Thinking of You in the Season of the Leaf Cherry Blossoms
Category:
長編および連作短編集部門
Organization:
Mystery Writers of Japan
Result:
受賞
Honkaku Mystery Award
2004
Work:
Thinking of You in the Season of the Leaf Cherry Blossoms
Category:
小説部門
Organization:
Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan
Result:
受賞
Honkaku Mystery Award
2010
Work:
Closed Room Murder Game 2.0
Category:
小説部門
Organization:
Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Honkaku Mystery Award
1 appearances
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Edition 4 (2004) award
Works
Major Works
Murder in the Long House
1988 MysteryShogo Utano's debut work and the first novel in the Detective Joji Shinano series.
MysteryMurder
Thinking of You in the Season of the Leaf Cherry Blossoms
2003 MysteryA classic detective novel that won the Mystery Writers of Japan Award and the Honkaku Mystery Award.
MysteryHuman drama
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Classic detective fiction
- Recurring Motifs
- Locked roomsMurderPuzzle solving
Legacy
One of the representative authors of Shin-Honkaku Mystery, highly acclaimed and award-winning.