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Hiroko Minagawa
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Occupation
Writer
Role
Writer
Language
Japanese
Parents
Nobuo Shioya
Period
1972–present
Siblings
Nobuyuki Shioya
Name
Hiroko Minagawa
Born
2 January 1930 (age 94) (
1930-01-02
)
Genre
Mystery, fantasy, horror, historical fiction
Notable awards
Mystery Writers of Japan Award (1985)
Naoki Prize (1986)
Honkaku Mystery Award (2012)
Nominations
Japan Academy Prize for Screenplay of the Year
Similar People
Nobuo Shioya, Shizuko Natsuki, Frankie Sakai, Masahiro Shinoda, Baku Akae
Hiroko Minagawa(皆川博子,Minagawa Hiroko, born 1930) is a Japanese writer of mystery, fantasy, horror and historical fiction.
"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)
"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)
Awards
1973 – Shosetsu Gendai New Writers Prize: Arukadia no Natsu(アルカディアの夏) (short story)
1985 – Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel: Kabe Tabishibai Satsujin Jiken(壁 旅芝居殺人事件) (mystery novel)
