Kyotaro Nishimura

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Nishimura Kyotaro Museum

Kyotaro Nishimura (西村 京太郎, Nishimura Kyōtarō, pseudonym of Kihachiro Yajima, born 6 September 1930 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese writer of mystery stories. Nishimura is best known for his "train series" mysteries. He won the Mystery Writers of Japan Award in 1981 for The Terminal Murder Case.

Works in English translation

Novel

• The Mystery Train Disappears (original title: Misuterī Ressha ga Kieta), trans. Gavin Frew (New York: Dembner Books, 1990) ISBN 0-942637-30-5

Short story collection

• The Isle of South Kamui and Other Stories (original title: Minami Kamuito), trans. Ginny Tapley Takemori (Thames River Press, 2013) ISBN 978-1-78308-011-3

Short story

• The Kindly Blackmailer (original title: Yasashii Kyōhakusha) ("Ellery Queen's Japanese Golden Dozen: The Detective Story World in Japan" anthology. Edited by Ellery Queen. Rutland Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Co. Inc. 1978. ISBN 0-8048-1254-3 pp 147–165)

Awards

• 1965 – Edogawa Rampo Award: Tenshi no Shōkon (A Scar of an Angel)
• 1981 – Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel: Tāminaru Satsujin Jiken (The Terminal Murder Case)

External links

• J'Lit | Authors : Kyotaro Nishimura | Books from Japan (English)