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Mahokaru Numata

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Occupation
  
Writer

Language
  
Japanese

Name
  
Mahokaru Numata


Genre
  
Crime fiction, thriller, horror

Notable awards
  
Horror and Suspense Grand Prize (2004) Haruhiko Oyabu Award (2012)

Mahokaru Numata (沼田まほかる, Numata Mahokaru, born 1948) is a Japanese crime fiction and horror writer.

Contents

There has been an iyamisu (eww mystery) boom in Japan since around 2012. Iyamisu (eww mystery) is a subgenre of mystery fiction which deals with grisly episodes and the dark side of human nature. Readers blurt out "eww" when they are reading iyamisu (eww mystery) novels. Mahokaru Numata, Kanae Minato and Yukiko Mari are regarded as representatives of the genre in Japan.

Works in English translation

  • Nan-Core (original title: Yurigokoro), trans. Jonathan Lloyd-Davies (Vertical. 2015. ISBN 978-1939130921)

    • Awards and nominations

  • 2004 – Horror and Suspense Grand Prize: Kugatsu ga Eien ni Tsuzukeba (If September Could Last Forever )
  • 2012 – Haruhiko Oyabu Award: Nan-Core
  • 2012 – Nominee for Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel: Nan-Core

    • References

    Mahokaru Numata Wikipedia
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