Hiroko Minagawa Explained

Hiroko Minagawa
Birth Date:	1930 1, df=yes
Birth Place:	Keijoo, Korea (present-day Seoul, South Korea)
Occupation:	Writer
Language:	Japanese
Period:	1972–present
Genre:	Mystery, fantasy, horror, historical fiction
Awards:	Mystery Writers of Japan Award (1985) Naoki Prize (1986) Honkaku Mystery Award (2012)

is a Korean-born Japanese writer of mystery, fantasy, horror and historical fiction.

Works in English translation

Novels

• The Resurrection Fireplace (original title: Hirakasete Itadaki Kōei Desu), trans. Matt Treyvaud, Bento Books, 2019^[1]

Short stories

• "The Midsummer Emissary" (original title: Fuzuki no Shisha), trans. Ginny Tapley Takemori (Kaiki: Uncanny Tales from Japan, Volume 3: Tales of the Metropolis, Kurodahan Press, 2012)^[2]
• "Sunset" (original title: Yuhi ga Shizumu), trans. Karen Sandness (Speculative Japan 3: Silver Bullet and Other Tales of Japanese Science Fiction and Fantasy, Kurodahan Press, 2012)^[3]

Awards

• 1973 – Shosetsu Gendai New Writers Prize: (short story)
• 1985 – Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel: (mystery novel)
• 1986 – Naoki Prize: (historical novel)
• 1990 – Shibata Renzaburo Prize: (fantasy short story collection)
• 1998 – Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for Literature: (mystery novel)
• 2012 – Honkaku Mystery Award:^[4] The Resurrection Fireplace (mystery novel)
• 2013 – Japan Mystery Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement

Main works

Edward Turner series

Historical mystery series set in 18th-century London

• , 2011 (The Resurrection Fireplace)
• , 2013
• , 2021

Other mystery novels

• , 1975
• , 1978
• , 1979
• , 1982
• , 1982
• , 1984
• , 1984
• , 1984
• , 1985
• , 1986
• , 1986
• , 1986
• , 1987
• , 1988
• , 1988
• , 1989
• , 1997
• , 2007

Other

• , 2013 - The story of Grace O'Malley

Film adaptations

• Sharaku (1995; based on her 1994 historical novel, Sharaku)

See also

• Japanese detective fiction

External links

• The Resurrection Fireplace | Bento Books

Notes and References

1. Book: The Resurrection Fireplace. 31 March 2019 . Bento Books. 17 January 2019. 978-1939326423.
2. Web site: Kaiki: Uncanny Tales from Japan, Volume 3: Tales of the Metropolis. Kurodahan Press. 3 March 2014.
3. Web site: Speculative Japan 3. Kurodahan Press. 3 March 2014. 19 March 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180319171729/http://www.kurodahan.com/mt/e/catalog/jp0024cate.html. dead.
4. http://honkaku.com/english.html The Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan