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Funado was born as Kenji Harada on February 8, 1944.<ref name="Funado">{{cite web|url=http://baike.baidu.com/view/534366.htm |script-title=ja:船户与一 |work= [[Baidu]]|accessdate=25 April 2015|language=zh}}</ref> During his student days, he traveled to [[Alaska]]. He graduated from [[Waseda University]]. Funado made his debut as an [[Adventure fiction|adventure novel writer]] in 1979.<ref name="Yoichi">{{cite web|url=http://mainichi.jp/english/english/features/news/20150423p2g00m0et040000c.html |title= |
Funado was born as Kenji Harada on February 8, 1944.<ref name="Funado">{{cite web|url=http://baike.baidu.com/view/534366.htm |script-title=ja:船户与一 |work= [[Baidu]]|accessdate=25 April 2015|language=zh}}</ref> During his student days, he traveled to [[Alaska]]. He graduated from [[Waseda University]]. Funado made his debut as an [[Adventure fiction|adventure novel writer]] in 1979.<ref name="Yoichi">{{cite web |url=http://mainichi.jp/english/english/features/news/20150423p2g00m0et040000c.html |title=Japanese adventure novel writer Funado dies at 71 |work=Mainichi |accessdate=25 April 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20150423023821/http://mainichi.jp/english/english/features/news/20150423p2g00m0et040000c.html |archivedate=23 April 2015 |df= }}</ref> After writing some prize-winning adventure novels, in 2000 he won the [[Naoki Prize]] for his novel ''[[May in the Valley of the Rainbow]]''.<ref name="Yoichi"/><ref name="YF">{{cite web|url=http://www.booksfromjapan.jp/authors/item/838-yoichi-funado |title= Authors: Yoichi Funado|work= Books from Japan|accessdate=25 April 2015}}</ref> In February 2015, he published the last volume of his nine-volume novel series on the history of [[Manchukuo]]. |
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Funado died of [[Thymic carcinoma|thymic cancer]] on April 22, 2015 in Suginami, Tokyo.<ref name="Yoichi"/> |
Funado died of [[Thymic carcinoma|thymic cancer]] on April 22, 2015 in Suginami, Tokyo.<ref name="Yoichi"/> |
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Revision as of 09:50, 27 November 2017
Yoichi Funado | |
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| 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) |
Template:Japanese name 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]
Biography
Funado was born as Kenji Harada on February 8, 1944.[2] During his student days, he traveled to Alaska. He graduated from Waseda University. 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
- May in the Valley of the Rainbow (original title: Niji no Tani no Gogatsu), trans. Eve Nyren (Vertical, 2006)[4]
Awards
- 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
- 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
- ^ a b c d "Japanese adventure novel writer Funado dies at 71". Mainichi. Archived from the original on 23 April 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ 船户与一. Baidu (in Chinese). Retrieved 25 April 2015.
- ^ "Authors: Yoichi Funado". Books from Japan. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
- ^ "May in the Valley of the Rainbow". Vertical. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
