Natsuo Kirino

Japanese writer · Japan · Writers · Born 1951 · age 75

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Natsuo Kirino is the pen name of Mariko Hashioka, a Japanese novelist and a leading figure in the recent boom of female writers of Japanese detective fiction.

A life in dates

2024Japan Art Academy PrizeAward2023Mainichi art awardAwardYoshikawa Eiji Prize for LiteratureAward2015Medal with Purple RibbonAward2011Yomiuri PrizeAward2010Shimase Romantic Literature PrizeAward2009Murasaki Shikibu PrizeAward2008Tanizaki PrizeAward2004Shibata Renzaburō AwardAward2003Izumi Kyōka Prize for LiteratureAward1999Naoki PrizeAward1993Edogawa Rampo AwardAward1951Born7 October 1951

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Awards

Japan Art Academy Prize2024

Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for Literature2023

Mainichi art award2023

Medal with Purple Ribbon2015

Yomiuri Prize2011

Shimase Romantic Literature Prize2010

Murasaki Shikibu Prize2009

Tanizaki Prize2008

Shibata Renzaburō Award2004

Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature2003

Naoki Prize1999

Edogawa Rampo Award1993

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Japan

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Yōsuke KubozukaAlso in Tokyo Island (2010)

Mieko HaradaAlso in Out (2002)

Akira TeraoAlso in Awakening (2007)

Yūki AmamiAlso in A Tender Place (2001)

Mitsuko BaishōAlso in Out (2002)

Fukushi SeijiAlso in Tokyo Island (2010)

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