FRANCESCA REGALADO, HISAKO UENO2026年7月29日Keigo Higashino, a best-selling author of mystery novels who published more than 100 books in a prolific career, many of which inspired screen adaptations in his native Japan and beyond, died on Thursday. He was 68.畅销推理小说作家东野圭吾于周四去世，终年68岁。他的职业生涯著述颇丰，出版了100多本作品，其中许多作品在他的祖国日本及海外被改编为影视作品。His longtime publisher in Japan, Kodansha, said in a statement on Monday that the cause was colorectal cancer.他在日本多年的出版商讲谈社周一发表声明称，东野圭吾的死因为结肠癌。Mr. Higashino was the first Japanese author to be nominated for an Edgar Award in the United States and a Dagger Award in Britain, two of the most prestigious prizes in mystery and crime writing.东野圭吾是首位同时获得美国爱伦·坡奖和英国匕首奖提名的日本作家，这两个奖项都是悬疑与犯罪写作领域最负盛名的奖项。His English-language breakthrough was a translation of his 2005 novel, “The Devotion of Suspect X.” Time magazine named it one of the 100 best mystery and thriller books of all time, and it was a finalist for the Edgar Award for Best Novel in 2012. The novel has been adapted into films in Japan, China, South Korea and India.他真正打开英语世界市场的作品是2005年的小说《嫌疑人X的献身》的英译本。《时代》杂志将其评为有史以来百大最佳悬疑与惊悚小说之一；该书还入围了2012年爱伦·坡奖最佳长篇小说奖的决选名单。小说后来被日本、中国、韩国和印度改编成电影。Mr. Higashino wrote 106 books that have sold about 109 million copies in Japan, in addition to several co-written works. His books have been published in 41 countries and territories, according to Kodansha, and translated into several languages including English, Chinese, Korean and French.东野圭吾共创作了106本书，在日本销量约1.09亿册，他还与人合著了数本书。据讲谈社称，他的作品已在41个国家和地区出版，并被翻译成英语、中文、韩语、法语等多种语言。His characters were often regular people such as schoolteachers, young children and pawnbrokers, who perpetrated or suffered acts of violence hidden by their mundane lives. His 2009 novel, “Newcomer,” which revolved around the murder of a middle-aged woman who lived alone in Tokyo and seemed to have no enemies, was nominated for a Dagger Award in 2019.他笔下的角色往往都是普通人，如学校教师、小孩子、当铺老板等，他们要么犯下暴力罪行，要么成为暴力的受害者，而这一切都隐藏在平凡的日常生活之下。其2009年小说《新参者》围绕一名看似没有仇敌的东京独居中年女性被害案展开，该作品于2019年获得匕首奖提名。“I always have a defense attorney, a prosecutor and a judge within me, and perhaps even a defendant,” Mr. Higashino said about his detached writing style, which never allowed any single character to dominate the narrative, in a 2006 interview with the Mainichi Shimbun, a Japanese newspaper. “This mind-set prevents me from writing solely based on one side’s perspective.”“我内心总是有一位辩护律师、一位检察官和一位法官，或许甚至还有一位被告，”在2006年接受日本《每日新闻》采访时，东野圭吾谈到自己冷静克制的写作风格，这种风格从不允许任何一个角色主导整部作品的叙事。“正是这种心态让我不会仅凭某一方的视角来写作。”One of the earliest international film adaptations of his works was “The Secret,” a 2007 English-language French production starring David Duchovny. It was a remake of a 1999 Japanese movie based on Mr. Higashino’s novel of the same name.他首个被外国改编成电影的作品之一是2007年大卫·杜楚尼主演的《秘密》。这部法国制作的英语对白影片翻拍自1999年根据东野圭吾同名小说改编的日本电影。His final novel, “Eternal Memory,” is set to be published on Aug. 5 by the Tokyo-based publishing house Bungeishunju, according to Kodansha’s statement.据讲谈社的声明，他的最后一部小说《永恒的记忆》定于8月5日由东京的文艺春秋出版社出版。Mr. Higashino was born on Feb. 4, 1958, in Osaka, Japan. His family was not wealthy and he grew up wearing clothes handed down from his two older sisters, according to a biography provided by the publisher Vertical Inc..东野圭吾于1958年2月4日出生于日本大阪。根据出版社Vertical Inc.提供的传记，他家境并不富裕，他从小穿两位姐姐的旧衣服长大。He disliked books as a child, he said in 2006 when he won Japan’s Naoki Prize, an award for popular fiction.他在2006年获得日本大众文学奖直木奖时表示，自己小时候并不喜欢读书。“What I always think about is wanting to write novels that even my book-hating self from back then would enjoy reading,” Mr. Higashino said at the time.“我一直想着，要写出连当年那个讨厌读书的自己都会觉得好看的小说，”东野圭吾当时说。He graduated with a degree in electrical engineering from Osaka Prefecture University, which is now Osaka Metropolitan University. Soon afterward, he began working for Denso, a Japanese manufacturer of automotive parts, but continued writing in the evenings and on weekends, he told The Wall Street Journal in 2011.他毕业于大阪府立大学（现为大阪公立大学）电气工程专业。他在2011年接受《华尔街日报》采访时回忆道，毕业后不久，他进入日本汽车零部件制造商电装公司工作，同时利用晚上和周末坚持写作。He decided to become a full-time writer in 1985 when his debut novel, “After School,” won the Edogawa Rampo Prize, an award for unpublished mystery novels presented by the Mystery Writers of Japan. The novel, about a string of violent attacks at a girls’ high school, was inspired by his experiences at university and his former wife’s work as a teacher.1985年，他决定成为全职作家，当时他的处女作《放学后》获得了江户川乱步奖——该奖项由日本推理作家协会颁发给未出版的推理小说。这部小说讲述一所女子高中发生的一系列暴力袭击事件，灵感源自他的大学经历以及前妻的教师工作。Mr. Higashino and his wife divorced in 1997. Information about his survivors was not immediately available.东野圭吾在1997年与妻子离婚。关于其遗属的信息，目前尚未公布。In 2023, the Japanese government awarded Mr. Higashino the Medal with Purple Ribbon, an honor for individuals who have contributed to art and academia.2023年，日本政府授予东野圭吾紫绶褒章，该奖授予在艺术和学术领域做出杰出贡献的人士。When he received the medal, he said he still aimed to entertain his readers and to encourage them to read.获奖时，他表示，自己的目标依然是娱乐读者，并让更多人爱上阅读。“The feeling is similar to climbing a mountain,” he said. “I believe that if I just keep moving forward, I will eventually reach the top.”“这种感觉就像在登山，”他说。“我相信只要一直向前走，终究会登顶。”Francesca Regalado是《纽约时报》记者，报道突发新闻。Hisako Ueno是常驻东京的记者/研究员，撰写日本政治、商业、劳工、性别及文化相关议题。翻译：杜然点击查看本文英文版。获取更多RSS：https://feedx.net https://feedx.site