Kenzo Kitakata

;Hardboiled novels • Ashes (original title: Bō no Kanashimi), trans. Emi Shimokawa (Vertical, 2003) • Winter Sleep (original title: Fuyu no Nemuri), trans. Mark Schilling (Vertical, 2005) • The Cage (original title: Ori), trans. Paul Warham (Vertical, 2006) • City of Refuge (original title: Nogare no Machi), trans. Y.T. Horgan (Vertical, 2012) ==Awards and nominations==

• 1982 - Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prize: Nemuri Naki Yoru (Sleepless Night) • 1983 - Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers: Nemuri Naki Yoru (Sleepless Night) • 1983 - Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prize: The Cage • 1984 - Nominee for Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel: The Cage • 1985 - Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel: Kawaki no Machi (City of Thirst) • 1991 - Shibata Renzaburo Prize: Hagun no Hoshi (Alkaid) • 2004 - Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for Literature: Yōkashō (Generals of the Yang Family) • 2006 - Shiba Ryotaro Prize: Suikoden (Water Margin) • 2009 - Japan Mystery Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement ==Main works==

Standalone hardboiled novels • , 1981 • , 1982 (City of Refuge, Vertical, 2012) • , 1983 • , 1983 • , 1983 • , 1983 (The Cage, Vertical, 2006) • , 1984 • , 1984 • , 1984 • , 1984 • , 1984 • , 1984 • , 1984 • , 1985 • , 1985 • , 1985 • , 1985 • , 1985 • , 1985 • , 1986 • , 1986 • , 1986 • , 1986 • , 1986 • , 1987 • , 1987 • , 1987 • , 1987 • , 1988 • , 1989 • , 1989 • , 1990 • , 1990 (Ashes, Vertical, 2003) • , 1991 • , 1992 • , 1993 • , 1994 • , 1994 • , 1994 • , 1994 • , 1995 • , 1995 • , 1996 (Winter Sleep, Vertical, 2005) • , 1999 • , 1999 • , 2001 • , 2003 Short story collections • , 1988 • , 1993 • , 2002 ==See also==