Tetsuya Ayukawa
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Tetsuya Ayukawa | |
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Born | Toru Nakagawa 14 February 1919 Tokyo, Japan |
Died | 24 September 2002 | (aged 83)
Occupation | Writer |
Genre | mystery fiction |
Notable works | Detective Onitsura Series |
Tetsuya Ayukawa (鮎川 哲也, Ayukawa Tetsuya, February 14, 1919 – September 24, 2002) was the pen name of a Japanese literary critic and novelist. His real name was Toru Nakagawa.[1] He is noted for his Detective Onitsura Series of mystery stories.
Biography
Ayukawa was born in the
In 1946, he returned to Tokyo and obtained a clerical job with the
In 1960, Ayukawa was awarded the Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Shiroi Kaseki ("White Fossil") and Kuroi Hakucho ("Black Swan").[3] He is noted for his Detective Onitsura Series of mystery stories.
In 1972, he launched another mystery series, in which the protagonist is an amateur detective who is also a bartender in the Ginza district of Tokyo.
In 1990, the publisher Tokyo Sogensha established the Ayukawa Tetsuya Award, a literary award for new mystery authors.
In 2001, Ayukawa was awarded the Honkaku Mystery Award for Lifetime Achievement.
After his death in
Partial bibliography
- The Petrov Case, 1950)
- The Black Trunk (黒いトランク, Kuroi Toranku), 1956)
- Semi-Express Nagara (準急ながら, Junkyū Nagara), 1966)
References
- ^ a b "Mystery writer Tetsuya Ayukawa dies at 83". Kyodo. 26 September 2002. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
- ^ a b c "Honkaku Isseki Rokujunen Omoide no Ayukawa Tetsuya" (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 April 2013.
- ^ "List of Mystery Writers of Japan Award winners" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 8 March 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2013.