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.[citation needed] During his student days, he traveled to Alaska. He graduated from Waseda University.[1] Funado wrote approximately 30 stories for the manga series Golgo 13, three of which he later novelized in 2011.[2]

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

Awards

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

  1. ^ a b c d e "Japanese adventure novel writer Funado dies at 71". Mainichi. Archived from the original on 23 April 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  2. ^ "あの『ゴルゴ13』を直木賞作家・船戸与一氏が！いよいよ文庫化開始" (in Japanese). Shogakukan. 2017-05-31. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
  3. ^ "Authors: Yoichi Funado". Books from Japan. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  4. ^ "May in the Valley of the Rainbow". Vertical. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoichi_Funado
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