Edogawa Rampo Prize

The Edogawa Rampo Prize (江戸川乱歩賞, Edogawa Ranpo Shō), named after Edogawa Rampo, is a Japanese literary award which has been presented every year by the Mystery Writers of Japan since 1955.[1]

Though its name is similar to the Edgar Allan Poe Awards, which has been presented by Mystery Writers of America, the Edogawa Rampo Prize is not a counterpart of the Edgar Awards. The Japanese counterparts of the Edgar awards are the Mystery Writers of Japan Awards, which honor the best in crime fiction and critical/biographical work published in the previous year.

The Edogawa Rampo Prize is an award for unpublished mystery novels. It is sponsored by Kodansha and Fuji Television. Not only is the novel of the winner, which is selected from more than 300 entries, published by Kodansha, but the winner also receives a prize of 10,000,000 yen.

The members of the 2014 selection committee are Natsuo Kirino, Natsuhiko Kyogoku, Ira Ishida, Alice Arisugawa (ja) and Bin Konno (ja), who is the current president of the Mystery Writers of Japan.

Winners

The first and second Edogawa Rampo Prize is not the crime novel award, but an award given to persons who have made an outstanding contribution to the genre.

Year Winner Winning entry Available in English Translation
1 1955Kawataro NakajimaBiographical and bibliographical dictionary of detective fiction
2 1956Hayakawa Publishing Corporation (ja)Publication of Hayakawa Pocket Mystery Books (ja)
3 1957Etsuko NikiNeko wa Shitteita (猫は知っていた)
4 1958Kyo Takigawa (ja)Nureta Kokoro (濡れた心)
5 1959Fumiko Shinsho (ja)Kikenna Kankei (危険な関係)
6 1960No Award Presented
7 1961CHIN ShunshinKarekusa no Ne (枯草の根)
8 1962Sen Saga (ja)Hanayakana Shitai (華やかな死体)
Masako TogawaŌinaru Gen'ei (大いなる幻影)The Master Key
9 1963Shota Fujimura (ja)Kodokuna Asufaruto (孤独なアスファルト)
10 1964Noboru Saito (ja)Ari no Ki no Shita de (蟻の木の下で)
11 1965Kyotaro NishimuraTenshi no Shōkon (天使の傷痕)
12 1966Sakae SaitoSatsujin no Kifu (殺人の棋譜)
13 1967Eisuke Kaito (ja)Berurin 1888nen (伯林 一八八八年)
14 1968No Award Presented
15 1969Seiichi MorimuraKōsō no Shikaku (高層の死角)
16 1970Yotaro Otani (ja)Satsui no Ensō (殺意の演奏)
17 1971No Award Presented
18 1972Shunzo Waku (ja)Kamen Hōtei (仮面法廷)
19 1973Hajime Komine (ja)Arukimedesu wa Te o Yogosanai (アルキメデスは手を汚さない)
20 1974Kyuzo Kobayashi (ja)Ankoku Kokuchi (暗黒告知)
21 1975Keisuke Kusaka (ja)Chō-tachi wa Ima (蝶たちは今…)
22 1976Ro Tomono (ja)Gojūmannen no Shikaku (五十万年の死角)
23 1977Sen Fujimoto (ja)Toki o Kizamu Shio (時をきざむ潮)
Tatsuo Kaji (ja)Tōmeina Kisetsu (透明な季節)
24 1978Kaoru KurimotoBokura no Jidai (ぼくらの時代)
25 1979Yoshio Takayanagi (ja)Puraha kara no Dōke-tachi (プラハからの道化たち)
26 1980Motohiko IzawaSarumaru Genshikō (猿丸幻視行)
27 1981Akira Nagai (ja)Genshiro no Kani (原子炉の蟹)
28 1982Fumihiko Nakatsu (ja)Ōgon Ryūsa (黄金流砂)
Futari Okajima (ja)Kogecha-iro no Pasuteru (焦茶色のパステル)
29 1983Katsuhiko TakahashiSharaku Satsujin Jiken (写楽殺人事件)The Case of the Sharaku Murders
30 1984Kanako Torii (ja)Tennyo no Matsuei (天女の末裔)
31 1985Keigo HigashinoHōkago (放課後)
Masahiro Mori (ja)Mōtsaruto wa Komoriuta o Utawanai (モーツァルトは子守唄を歌わない)
32 1986Yoko Yamazaki (ja)Hanazono no Meikyū (花園の迷宮)
33 1987Toshihiro Ishii (ja)Kaze no Tānrōdo (風のターンロード)
34 1988Koichi Sakamoto (ja)Hakushoku no Zanzō (白色の残像)
35 1989Shukei Nagasaka (ja)Asakusa Enoken Ichiza no Arashi (浅草エノケン一座の嵐)
36 1990Yoichi Abe (ja)Fenikkusu no Chōshō (フェニックスの弔鐘)
Ryo Toba (ja)Ken-no-michi Satsujin Jiken (剣の道殺人事件)
37 1991Sho Narumi (ja)Naito Dansā (ナイトダンサー)
Yuichi Shimpo (ja)Rensa (連鎖)
38 1992Yaichiro Kawada (ja)Shiroku Nagai Rōka (白く長い廊下)
39 1993Natsuo KirinoKao ni Furikakaru Ame (顔に降りかかる雨)
40 1994Hiroyuki Nakajima (ja)Kensatsu Sōsa (検察捜査)
41 1995Iori Fujiwara (ja)Terorisuto no Parasoru (テロリストのパラソル)
42 1996Yoko Watanabe (ja)Hidarite ni Tsugeru Nakare (左手に告げるなかれ)
43 1997Hisashi NozawaHasen no Marisu (破線のマリス)
44 1998Harutoshi Fukui (ja)Tuerubu Wai Ō (Twelve Y. O.)
Jun Ikeido (ja)Hatsuru Soko Naki (果つる底なき)
45 1999Takeshi Shinno (ja)Hachigatsu no Marukusu (八月のマルクス)
46 2000Urio Shudo (ja)Nō Otoko (脳男)
47 2001Kazuaki TakanoJūsan Kaidan (13階段)
48 2002Akihiro Miura (ja)Horobi no Monokurōmu (滅びのモノクローム)
49 2003Mihiro Akai (ja)Kageriyuku Natsu (翳りゆく夏)
Kyosuke Shiranui (ja)Matchi Meiku (マッチメイク)
50 2004Yusuke Kamiyama (ja)Katakonbe (カタコンベ)
51 2005Gaku Yakumaru (ja)Tenshi no Naifu (天使のナイフ)
52 2006Ran Hayase (ja)Sannen-zaka Hi no Yume (三年坂 火の夢)
Ren Kaburagi (ja)Tōkyō Damoi (東京ダモイ)
53 2007Keisuke Sone (ja)Chintei-gyo (沈底魚)
54 2008Kan Shoda (ja)Yūkai-ji (誘拐児)
Hiromi Sueura (ja)Ketsubetsu no Mori (訣別の森)
55 2009Takefumi Endo (ja)Purizun Torikku (プリズン・トリック)
56 2010Dai Yokozeki (ja)Saikai (再会)
57 2011Nanao Kawase (ja)Yorozu no koto ni ki o tsukeyo (よろずのことに気をつけよ)
Mayumi Kumura (ja)Kantō onsaito (完盗オンサイト)
58 2012Fumio Takano (ja)Karamāzofu no imōto (カラマーゾフの妹)
59 2013Yusuke Takeyoshi (ja)Shūmei-han (襲名犯)
60 2014Atsushi Shimomura (ja)Yami ni Kaoru Uso (闇に香る嘘)
61 2015Katsuhiro GoDotoku no Jikan (道徳の時間)

Finalists available in English

Not a few finalists were published in Japan.

  • 18 (1972) - Misa Yamamura (ja), The Dark Ring of Murder (黒の環状線, Kuro no Kanjosen)
  • 26 (1980) - Soji Shimada, The Tokyo Zodiac Murders (占星術殺人事件, Sensei-jutsu Satsujin Jiken)

References

  1. Fukue, Nastuko, "Literary awards run spectrum", Japan Times, 14 February 2012, p. 3.
  • Suekuni, Yoshimi (2000), "Edogawa Ranpo Shō". Nihon Misuteri Jiten(日本ミステリー事典), Shinchosha, Tokyo

See also

Japanese mystery awards for unpublished novels
Japanese mystery awards for best works published in the previous year
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