Kenji Harada (原田建司, Harada Kenji, February 8, 1944 – April 22, 2015) better known by his pseudonym Yoichi Funado (船戸与一, Funado Yoichi) was a Japanese writer of adventure fiction.[1]
Yoichi Funado | |
|---|---|
| Born | Kenji Harada February 8, 1944 Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan |
| Died | April 22, 2015 (aged 71) Suginami, Tokyo, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Alma mater | Waseda University |
| Period | 1979–2015 |
| Genre | Adventure fiction, spy fiction, hardboiled, thriller, historical fiction |
| Notable works | May in the Valley of the Rainbow |
| Notable awards | Mystery Writers of Japan Award (1989) Naoki Prize (2000) |
Biography
editFunado was born as Kenji Harada on February 8, 1944.[citation needed] During his student days, he traveled to Alaska. He graduated from Waseda University.[1] Funado wrote approximately 30 stories for the manga series Golgo 13, three of which he later novelized in 2011.[2]
Funado made his debut as an adventure novel writer in 1979.[1] After writing some prize-winning adventure novels, in 2000 he won the Naoki Prize for his novel May in the Valley of the Rainbow.[1][3] In February 2015, he published the last volume of his nine-volume novel series on the history of Manchukuo.
Funado died of thymic cancer on April 22, 2015, in Suginami, Tokyo.[1]
Works in English translation
edit- May in the Valley of the Rainbow (original title: Niji no Tani no Gogatsu), trans. Eve Nyren (Vertical, 2006)[4]
Awards
edit- Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prize
- 1985 - Yamaneko no Natsu (Summer of the Wildcat)
- 1988 - Takeki Hakobune
- 1989 - Densetsu Naki Chi
- 1992 - Suna no Kuronikuru (Sand Chronicle)
- 1996 - Ezochi Bekken
- 2004 - Yume wa Arechi o
- Other awards
- 1985 - Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers: Yamaneko no Natsu (Summer of the Wildcat)
- 1988 - The Best Japanese Crime Fiction of the Year (Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 1988): Densetsu Naki Chi
- 1989 - Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel: Densetsu Naki Chi
- 1992 - Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize: Suna no Kuronikuru (Sand Chronicle)
- 1993 - The Best Japanese Crime Fiction of the Year (Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 1993): Suna no Kuronikuru (Sand Chronicle)
- 2000 - Naoki Prize: May in the Valley of the Rainbow
- 2014 - Japan Mystery Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement
Main works
edit- Higōhōin (1979)
- Chi to Yume (1982)
- Yamaneko no Natsu (lit. Summer of the Wildcat) (1984)
- Takeki Hakobune (1987)
- Densetsu Naki Chi (1988)
- Midori no Soko no Soko (1989)
- Suna no Kuronikuru (lit. Sand Chronicle) (1991)
- Ezochi Bekken (1995)
- Niji no Tani no Gogatsu (2000) (May in the Valley of the Rainbow. Vertical. 2006) ISBN 978-1-93223-428-2
- Yume wa Arechi o (2003)
- Kahan ni Shirube Naku (lit. No Sign on the Riverside) (2006)
- Manshukoku Engi (2007–2015) (nine volumes)
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Japanese adventure novel writer Funado dies at 71". Mainichi. Archived from the original on 23 April 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
- ^ "あの『ゴルゴ13』を直木賞作家・船戸与一氏が！いよいよ文庫化開始" (in Japanese). Shogakukan. 2017-05-31. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
- ^ "Authors: Yoichi Funado". Books from Japan. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
- ^ "May in the Valley of the Rainbow". Vertical. Retrieved 23 August 2015.