Occupation Writer Nationality Japan Name Mikihiko Renjo Education Waseda University | Language Japanese Period 1978–2013 Role Writer Movies Women Who Do Not Divorce | |
Born Jingo Kato
January 11, 1948
Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture ( 1948-01-11 ) Alma mater Waseda University, Political Economy Department Genre popular fiction, mystery novels Died October 19, 2013, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan Similar People Tatsumi Kumashiro, Takayuki Inoue, Chieko Baisho | ||
Mikihiko Renjō (連城 三紀彦, Renjō Mikihiko, real name: Jingo Katō; January 11, 1948 – October 19, 2013) was a Japanese writer, winner of the Naoki Prize.
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Life
He was born in Nagoya, and graduated from the Political Economy Department of Waseda University. He studied writing screenplays in Paris, France, and made his debut in 1978 with Henchō nininbaori. In 2009 he was diagnosed with stomach cancer. He died, after the cancer also spread to the liver, on October 19, 2013.
Awards
Film adaptations
Many of his writings have been made into movies.
References
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