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Edogawa Ranpo | |
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 Hirai in 1947 | |
| Born | Tarō Hirai October 21, 1894 Mie, Empire of Japan |
| Died | July 28, 1965 (aged 70) |
| Occupation | Novelist, literary critic |
| Language | Japanese |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Alma mater | Waseda University |
| Genre | Mystery, weird fiction, thriller |
| Years active | 1923–1960 |
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| Kyūjitai | 江戶川 亂步 | ||||
| Shinjitai | 江戸川 乱歩 | ||||
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| Kanji | 平井 太郎 | ||||
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Tarō Hirai (平井 太郎, Hirai Tarō, October 21, 1894 – July 28, 1965), better known by the pen name Edogawa Ranpo (江戸川 乱歩),[a] was a Japanese author and critic who played a major role in the development of Japanese mystery and thriller fiction. Many of his novels involve the detective hero Kogoro Akechi, who in later books was the leader of a group of boy detectives known as the "Boy Detectives Club" (少年探偵団, Shōnen tantei dan).
Ranpo was an admirer of Western mystery writers, and especially of Edgar Allan Poe. His pen name is a rendering of Poe's name.[2] Other authors who were special influences on him were Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, whom he attempted to translate into Japanese during his days as a student at Waseda University, and the Japanese mystery writer Ruikō Kuroiwa.
- ^ "Rampo vs. Ranpo". Kurodahan Press. Archived from the original on November 1, 2020. Retrieved August 13, 2015.
- ^ "Edgar Allan Poe" →「エドガー・アラン・ポー("Edogā Aran Pō")」→"edogāaranpō"→"Edogawa Ranpo"(えどがわ・らんぽ)→江戸川乱歩． The Edo River (in Japanese, Edogawa) empties into Tokyo Bay. Ranpo means "random walk".
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