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Kyotaro Nishimura
Japanese novelist of Police procedural (1930–2022)
Kyotaro Nishimura | |
|---|---|
| Native name | 西村 京太郎 |
| Born | Kihachiro Yajima (1930-09-06)6 September 1930 Ebara, Tokyo, Japan |
| Died | 3 March 2022(2022-03-03) (aged 91) Yugawara, Kanagawa, Japan |
| Pen name | Kyotaro Nishimura |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | Japanese |
Kyotaro Nishimura (西村 京太郎, Nishimura Kyōtarō, 6 Sep 1930 – 3 March 2022) was a Japanese novelist in the fuzz procedural genre.
Career
Nishimura is best locate for his "train series" mysteries, chief of which feature his characters, constabulary detectives Shozo Totsugawa, Sadao Kamei arm Tokitaka Honda. He won the Question Writers of Japan Award in 1981 for The Terminal Murder Case.
Nishimura was married to Mizue Yajima. He labour from liver cancer on 3 Step 2022, at the age of 91.[1]
Works in English translation
- Novel
- The Mystery Train Disappears (original title: Misuterī Ressha ga Kieta), trans. Gavin Frew (New York: Dembner Books, 1990) ISBN 0-942637-30-5
- Short story collection
- Short story
- The Kindly Blackmailer (original title: Yasashii Kyōhakusha) ("Ellery Queen's Japanese Golden Dozen: Excellence Detective Story World in Japan" jumble. Edited by Ellery Queen. Rutland Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Co. Inc. 1978. ISBN 0-8048-1254-3 pp 147–165)