Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prize Explained

The were presented every year by the (JAFA) from 1982 to 2011. They honor the best in adventure fiction published in the previous year.

The Japan Adventure Fiction Association was founded in 1981 by Chin Naitō (1936–2011) and was disbanded in 2012 after his death.

Winners

	Year	Translated Novel		Japanese Novel
	Year	Author	Title	Author	Title
1	1982	Robert B. Parker	Early Autumn	Kenzo Kitakata
2	1983	John le Carré	The Little Drummer Girl	Kenzo Kitakata	English translation: The Cage, tr. Paul Warham, Vertical, 2006^[1]
3	1984	Robert Ludlum	The Bourne Identity	Yoichi Funado^[2]
4	1985	James Crumley	Dancing Bear	Tatsuo Shimizu^[3]
5	1986	Dick Francis	Proof	Go Osaka	English translation: The Red Star of Cádiz, tr. Usha Jayaraman, Kurodahan Press, 2008^[4]
6	1987	Bob Langley	Traverse of the Gods	Yoichi Funado
7	1988	Trevanian	The Main	Yoichi Funado
8	1989	Stephen Hunter	The Day Before Midnight	Joh Sasaki
9	1990	Wilbur Smith	The Eye of the Tiger	Tatsuo Shimizu
10	1991	Bernard Cornwell	Sea Lord	Yoichi Funado
11	1992	Clive Cussler	Sahara	Kaoru Takamura^[5]
12	1993	Dean Koontz	Watchers	Kaoru Takamura
13	1994	Robert R. McCammon	Swan Song	Joh Sasaki
14	1995	Robert R. McCammon	Boy's Life	Yoichi Funado
15	1996	Dick Francis	Come to Grief	Seishu Hase
16	1997	Glenn Meade	Snow Wolf	Baku Yumemakura	Graphic novel adaptation (English translation): The Summit of the Gods (illustrated by Jiro Taniguchi. Fanfare/Ponent Mon. 2009–)^[6]
17	1998	Stephen Hunter	Black Light		Miyuki Miyabe
18	1999	Stephen Hunter	Time to Hunt	Harutoshi Fukui^[7]
19	2000	Lee Child	Killing Floor	Arimasa Osawa
20	2001	Boston Teran	God Is A Bullet	Arimasa Osawa
21	2002	Stephen Hunter	Pale Horse Coming	Harutoshi Fukui	Film adaptation: (2005)
22	2003	Victor Gischler	Gun Monkeys	Yoichi Funado
23	2004	James Crumley	The Final Country	Toshihiko Yahagi^[8]	^[9]
24	2005	James Carlos Blake	A World of Thieves	Ken Nishimura^[10]
25	2006	Dick Francis	Under Orders	Arimasa Osawa
26	2007	Jeffery Deaver	The Cold Moon	Joh Sasaki	^[11]
27	2008	Tom Rob Smith	Child 44	Akio Higuchi
28	2009	Don Winslow	The Power of the Dog	Yumeaki Hirayama^[12]	^[13]
29	2010	Don Winslow	The Winter of Frankie Machine	Ken Nishimura
30	2011	Jeffery Deaver	Carte Blanche	Arimasa Osawa
30	2011	Jeffery Deaver	Carte Blanche	Ken Nishimura

References

http://www.vertical-inc.com/books/cage.html The Cage — Vertical, Inc.
http://www.booksfromjapan.jp/authors/authors/item/838-yoichi-funado Yoichi Funado
http://www.booksfromjapan.jp/authors/authors/item/291-tatsuo-shimizu Tatsuo Shimizu
http://www.kurodahan.com/mt/e/catalog/j0019cate.html The Red Star of Cadiz | Kurodahan Press
http://www.booksfromjapan.jp/authors/authors/item/861-kaoru-takamura Kaoru Takamura
http://www.ponentmon.com/comic-books-english/taniguchi/summit-of-the-gods-1/index.html The Summit of the Gods 1 - English catalogue > Taniguchi - Ponent Mon
http://www.booksfromjapan.jp/authors/authors/item/739-harutoshi-fukui Harutoshi Fukui
http://www.booksfromjapan.jp/authors/authors/item/877-toshihiko-yahagi Toshihiko Yahagi
http://www.nippon-foundation.or.jp/en/what/projects/readjapan/list_fiction/translation/fiction/fiction_047.html The Wrong Goodbye | The Nippon Foundation
http://www.booksfromjapan.jp/authors/authors/item/741-ken-nishimura Ken Nishimura
http://www.booksfromjapan.jp/publications/item/609-the-policemans-lineage J'Lit | Publications : The Policeman's Lineage | Books from Japan
http://www.booksfromjapan.jp/authors/authors/item/610-yumeaki-hirayama Yumeaki Hirayama
http://exhibitabooks.com/books/diner-by-yumeaki-hirayama/ Diner by Yumeaki Hirayama | exhibitAbooks.com

Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prize Explained

Winners

See also

References

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