Biography of the Rampo

Edogava Rampo Taro Hirai was born on October 21 in the pale of Prefecture MIE in the family of a small clerk. In the year, the family moved to Nagoy, where he went to elementary school in Tarot. The birth of interest in the detective genre can be attributed to the next year - Tarot read translated detective stories in the newspaper Osaka -Mainichi. In the year, Tarot moved to the elementary school of the next step, where he made children's magazines with his friends.

Samizdat turned into his hobbies school and university years. After graduating from secondary school in the year, Tarot passed a test for entering the university of Vasdead. In order to study in it, he had to work hard. After graduating from preparatory courses, he was accepted at the Political and Economics Faculty of the University in the city of Hirai met with the stories of Conan Doyle and Edgar and was forever fascinated by them.

Since that time, he reads many detectives and special forensic literature. In the year, he tries to translate the stories about Holmes to Japanese. Tarot wrote his own story and sent it to the Bohken Sekai magazine, but it was not accepted. In August, Tarot graduated from the University. He received a job in Osaka, but for a long time he did not stay on it. A frequent change of work is generally characteristic of the Tarot Hirai, whatever it is - work if necessary or on a voluntary basis.

In February, Tarot, together with two brothers, moved to Tokyo, where he opened the Sannin-Sooboh bookstore, in which he also did not work long. He began to cooperate with magazines, write scripts for cartoons and opened a Chinese noodles store. The beginning of the twenties is a very difficult period in the life of Hirai. He is poor, moves from city to city, often changes his job.

In September, he wrote a "copper coin." From this year, Japanese detective literature is counting. His new works came out in the year. In the year, his first novel was printed, and the first collected works. The creative activity of the RAMPO was very high until the X. RAMPO became his first president before G. He wrote research on the genre, and gave lectures. In the year, for the celebration of his sixtieth anniversary in Tokyo, the Rampo announced the establishment of a prize of his name.

The first laureate of this award was Nakajima Kavataro for the "Encyclopedia of the Detective Story." In January, the "finger" came out. Since that time, Rampo wrote only stories for adolescents. In the year, he became an honorary member of the Academy of Arts of Arts and Literature. The writer died on July 28. Books of the author:.