Edogawa Ranpo made a career in literature at a time when the terms of that career were still being set.
The record lists Edogawa Ranpo as Japanese writer (1894–1965).
Edogawa Ranpo was born at Nabari in 1894. His recorded nationality is Japan. He was educated at Waseda University.
Around the turn of the twentieth century, national institutions, mass media and mass politics changed both the scale of a career and its risks.
The record gives his occupations as writer, novelist and screenwriter.
Among his principal works are Murder on D Street, Beast in the Shadows and The Fiend with Twenty Faces. Books outlive their reviews, and the ones that last are seldom the ones that sold.
His work was formally recognised with the Medal with Purple Ribbon.
Working from Japan shaped what was possible - the audiences within reach, the institutions that would have him, the language the work first appeared in.
Edogawa Ranpo died in 1965 at the age of 71. The work outlived the arguments around it.
Achievements
- Notable work: Murder on D Street
- Notable work: Beast in the Shadows
- Notable work: The Fiend with Twenty Faces
- Notable work: The Demon of the Lonely Isle
- Educated at Waseda University
- Worked as writer, novelist and screenwriter
