Honkaku Mystery Award

The Honkaku Mystery Awards (本格ミステリ大賞, Honkaku Misuteri Taishō) are presented every year by the Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan. They honor the best in honkaku (i.e. authentic, orthodox) mystery fiction and critical works published in the previous year.

Honkaku Mystery Award for Best Fiction winners

• Nominees available in English translation
  • 05 (2005) - Taku Ashibe, Murder in the Red Chamber (紅楼夢の殺人, Koromu no Satsujin)
  • 10 (2010) - Yukito Ayatsuji, Another (アナザー, Anazā)

Honkaku Mystery Award for Best Critical Work winners

Honkaku Mystery Award for Lifetime Achievement winners

The award is presented irregularly.

• 01 (2001) - Tetsuya Ayukawa (Honkaku mystery writer)
• 04 (2004) - Yasunobu Togawa (ja) (editor), Hideomi Uyama (ja) (editor)
• 08 (2008) - Fu Chin-chuan (Hiroshi Shimazaki) (ja) (editor)

Best Translated Honkaku Mystery of the Decade

The Best Honkaku Mystery Novel translated into Japanese in the last decade.

Winners (in bold) and shortlisted titles.

2000–2009

2010–2019

See also

• Mystery Writers of Japan Award
• Japanese detective fiction
• Honkaku Mystery Best 10

References

• Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan (2010), Honkaku Misuteri Taisho Zen Senpyo 2001-2010 (本格ミステリ大賞全選評 2001-2010), Kobunsha, Tokyo

1. WHO'S THE SHADOW? | Japan Book Bank (in English)
2. "本格ミステリ大賞に伊吹さん、中さん". 産経新聞. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
3. THE SWORD AND THE UMBRELLA | Japan Book Bank (in English)
4. RETURN AS A CICADA | Japan Book Bank (in English)
5. MURDER AT THE HOUSE OF OOMARI | Japan Book Bank (in English)
6. "本格ミステリ大賞に伊吹さん、中さん". 産経新聞. Retrieved 15 May 2020.

External links

• Official English page