Mikihiko Renjō

Mikihiko Renjō
Born Jingo Katō
(1948-01-11)January 11, 1948
Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
Died October 19, 2013(2013-10-19) (aged 65)
Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
Occupation Writer
Language Japanese
Nationality  Japan
Alma mater Waseda University, Political Economy Department
Period 1978–2013
Genre popular fiction, mystery novels
Notable awards Mystery Writers of Japan Award (1981)
Naoki Prize (1984)

Mikihiko Renjō (連城 三紀彦 Renjō Mikihiko, real name: Jingo Katō; January 11, 1948 – October 19, 2013) was a Japanese writer, winner of the Naoki Prize.

Life

He was born in Nagoya, and graduated from the Political Economy Department of Waseda University.[1] He studied writing screenplays in Paris, France, and made his debut in 1978 with Henchō nininbaori. In 2009 he was diagnosed with stomach cancer.[2] He died, after the cancer also spread to the liver, on October 19, 2013.[3]

Awards

Bibliography

Novels

Short story collections

Film adaptations

Many of his writings have been made into movies.

References

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