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Seishi Yokomizo (Japanese: 横溝 正史, Hepburn: Yokomizo Seishi, 24 May 1902 – 28 December 1981) was a Japanese mystery novelist, known for creating the fictional detective Kosuke Kindaichi.
Seishi Yokomizo is a bestselling mystery and thriller novelist from Japan that was hugely popular during the Showa period. He was born in Kobe, Hyogo and during his childhood, he loved reading detective fiction.
Seishi Yokomizo ( 横溝 正史) was a novelist in Shōwa period Japan. Yokomizo was born in the city of Kobe, Hyōgo (兵庫県 神戸市). He read detective stories as a boy and in 1921, while employed by the Daiichi Bank, published his first story in the popular magazine "Shin Seinen" (新青年 [New Youth]).
Apr 20, 2020 · Seishi Yokomizo, for Japanese readers entered the canon of Golden Age writers they enjoyed and read compulsively in the tough post-war years. However, with no English translations he remained virtually unknown outside Japan.
Seishi Yokomizo (1902-81) was one of Japan’s most famous and best-loved mystery writers. He was born in Kobe and spent his childhood reading detective stories, before beginning to write stories of his own, the first of which was published in 1921.
Nov 12, 2023 · Seishi Yokomizo. Seishi Yokomizo’s first Kosuke Kindaichi novel, The Honjin Murders, was serialised in the Houseki magazine between April and December 1946, but the story itself...
Seishi Yokomizo has 237 books on Goodreads with 90583 ratings. Seishi Yokomizo’s most popular book is The Honjin Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #1).
Aug 24, 2021 · Seishi Yokomizo, one of Japan’s most famous and loved mystery writers gave a new dimension to contemporary Japanese literature by writing 77 honkaku novels, building the Japanese concept of...
Seishi Yokomizo (1902-81) was one of Japan’s most famous and best-loved mystery writers. He was born in Kobe and spent his childhood reading detective stories, before beginning to write stories of his own, the first of which was published in 1921.
Kosuke Kindaichi (金田一 耕助, Kindaichi Kōsuke) is a fictional Japanese detective created by Seishi Yokomizo, a renowned mystery novelist. His first case, The Honjin Murders, is a novel of a locked room murder in an old family house, which many people regard as one of the best Japanese detective novels, was published in 1946.
