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Kyotaro Nishimura
Japanese novelist of Police procedural (1930–2022)
Kyotaro Nishimura | |
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| 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 September 1930 – 3 March 2022) was a Japanese novelist in the police procedural genre.
Career
Nishimura is best known for his "train series" mysteries, most of which feature his characters, police detectives Shozo Totsugawa, Sadao Kamei and Tokitaka Honda.
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He won the Mystery Writers of Japan Award in 1981 for The Terminal Murder Case.
Nishimura was married to Mizue Yajima. He died from liver cancer on 3 March 2022, at the age of 91.[1]
Works in English translation
- Novel
- The Mystery Train Disappears (original title: Misuterī Ressha ga Kieta), trans.
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