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Nanami Wakatake

わかたけ ななみ

Wakatake Nanami

Aliases: 木智みはる
Pen Names:

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1963 （Tokyo）
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
novelist
Active Years
1991-
Nominations
38th Edogawa Rampo Prize (finalist), Mystery Writers of Japan Award nominee (multiple years)

Education

Rikkyo University
Faculty of Letters / Department of History
Country: Japan
Graduated from Faculty of Letters, Department of History. Member of the university mystery club.

Awards

66th Mystery Writers of Japan Award (Short Story)
2013
Category: 短編部門
Organization: Mystery Writers of Japan
Result: 受賞
Falcon Award
2017
Organization: Malta Falcon Association
Result: 受賞
Edogawa Rampo Prize
1992
Organization: Mystery Writers of Japan
Result: 候補
46th Mystery Writers of Japan Award (Short Story / Short Story Collection)
1993
Category: 短編および連作短編集部門
Organization: Mystery Writers of Japan
Result: 候補
48th Mystery Writers of Japan Award (Short Story / Short Story Collection)
1995
Category: 短編および連作短編集部門
Organization: Mystery Writers of Japan
Result: 候補
51st Mystery Writers of Japan Award (Short Story / Short Story Collection)
1998
Category: 短編および連作短編集部門
Organization: Mystery Writers of Japan
Result: 候補
55th Mystery Writers of Japan Award (Long Novel / Linked Short Stories)
2002
Category: 長編および連作短編集部門
Organization: Mystery Writers of Japan
Result: 候補

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

My Mysterious Everyday

1991 Mystery

Debut work. A mystery-themed portrayal of a college student's everyday life; has aspects of a short-story collection.

disturbance in everyday lifemalice in the human heart

2014 Short story collection (mystery)

A collection of short stories that explores unease lurking within human interiors; includes the title story.

short storieshuman psychologydarkness / overflow

2016 Mystery

A work in the Akira Hamura series; a novel set against a hot season that depicts human relationships and a crime.

series workhuman relationshipscrime

Bibliography

  • My Mysterious Everyday (1991)
  • Something Cold Inside (1991)
  • Closed Summer (1993)
  • Scramble (1997)
  • Bad Rabbit (2001)
  • There Is Another Murderer (2019)

Adaptations

  • Cool Candy (TV reenactment drama episode)
  • Hamura Akira: The Unluckiest Detective in the World (TV drama; based on the Akira Hamura series)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
orthodox mysteryhard-boiledcozy mysteryhorrorpanic/thriller
Recurring Motifs
malice hidden in the human heartunease beneath everyday lifebreakdown of family/relationships

Legacy

Nanami Wakatake is known for a versatile style grounded in orthodox mystery, depicting malice hidden in human interiors. She has been acclaimed for both short stories and series works and is a recipient of the Mystery Writers of Japan Award.

Academic Societies

  • Mystery Writers of Japan

Archives

  • National Diet Library (holdings)

In Popular Culture

  • TV drama adaptation (Akira Hamura series)

Trivia

  • Graduated from Rikkyo University, Faculty of Letters, Department of History.
  • While at university she belonged to the mystery club and used the pen name 木智みはる.
  • Her husband is critic and TV producer Masaru Koyama (small variations in English renderings).