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Asa Nonami

Asa Nonami

Japanese writer

Asa Nonami (乃南アサ, Nonami Asa, born 19 August 1960) is a Japanese crime fiction and horror writer. She is a member of the Mystery Writers of Japan.[1]

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Nonami attended Waseda University where she studied Sociology but dropped out to take a job at an advertising agency. She became a published author in 1988.[2]

Works in English translation

Crime/thriller novels
  • The Hunter (original title: Kogoeru Kiba), trans. Juliet Winters Carpenter (Kodansha International, 2006)
  • Now You're One of Us (original title: Anki), trans. Michael Volek and Mitsuko Volek (Vertical, 2007)
Short horror story collection
  • Body (original title: Karada), trans. Takami Nieda (Vertical, 2012)

Awards

  • 1988 – The Japanese Mystery and Suspense Award (Nihon Suiri Sasupensu Taisho): Kōfuku na Chōshoku (A Happy Breakfast)
  • 1996 – Naoki Prize: The Hunter
  • 2011 – Chuokoron Prize for Literature: Chi no Hate kara

Main works

Detective Takako Otomichi series

  • Novels
    • Kogoeru Kiba (凍える牙), 1996
      • The Hunter, Kodansha International, 2006. ISBN 9784770030252, OCLC 225652219
    • Kusari (鎖), 2000
    • Kaze no Epitafu (風の墓碑銘), 2006
  • Short story collections
    • Hana Chiru Koro no Satsujin (花散る頃の殺人), 1999
    • Miren (未練), 2001
    • Warau Yami (嗤う闇), 2004

Standalone novels

  • Kōfuku na Chōshoku (幸福な朝食), 1988
  • Anki (暗鬼), 1993
  • Namida (涙), 2000
  • Chi no Hate kara (地のはてから), 2010

Short story collections

Film adaptations

Japanese film
  • Heels of the Muse (2005) (Based on Nonami's short story Boku ga Juken ni Seikō Shita Wake (僕が受験に成功したわけ))
South Korean film
  • Howling (2012) (Based on Nonami's novel The Hunter)

See also

Notes

  1. [1]
    Nonami's Profile at the website of the Mystery Writers of Japan (in Japanese)
  2. [2]
    "Asa Nonami - Words Without Borders". Words Without Borders. Retrieved 28 October 2018.

References
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