(Know how to enter) The major genres of speculative detective fiction in the last two centuries and their respective representatives and patterns

John Dixon? John Dixon Carr (1906-1997) John Dixon Carr (1906-1997) was an American writer, born in Pennsylvania, graduated from Harvard College, and studied in Paris, but then moved to England. The author has other pen names, among which Dixon Carr is the most famous. Dixon Carr is the best known. Carr's mystery novels are full of "secret room murder mystery" and "impossible crime" plot, the world regarded him as the "master of the secret room".

He is the most skillful "secret room reasoning" novelist in the "Bengal School" of reasoning novels, and the so-called "secret room reasoning" refers to the fact that the case of the novel must contain more than one completely enclosed space, which theoretically means that the case must contain more than one completely enclosed space. The so-called "secret room reasoning" refers to the fact that the case of a novel must contain a completely enclosed space that is theoretically inaccessible or inaccessible, but in which there must be movement in and out of the case of the novel.

Important works: The Three Coffins, The Crooked Hub, The Undead in the Ancient City (i.e., Consecutive Suicides), The Witch's Corner, and Eight of Swords.

Maurice?

In 1907, the wave of "Sherlock Holmes fever" had already affected the French publishing world, and he was influenced by the French detective novelist émile Gaborian. He was influenced by the French detective novelist émile Caporian and began to dabble in detective fiction. A Parisian publisher asked Leblanc to write a detective story for a magazine, stating that he wanted to portray a French detective to compete with the English detective Sherlock Holmes. The request was difficult but tantalizing, and it was both an opportunity and a challenge for Leblanc. He decided to give it a try and wanted to set a new standard by portraying a literary archetype that wasn't a detective but was just as endearing. LeBlanc racked his brain and finally came up with the grand theft. His book "Grand Theft Arsene? Robin" was a huge hit when it came out, and it received rave reviews. The success of this novel established LeBlanc's literary stature and boosted his confidence.

In the history of the world's detective novels, LeBlanc with more than 50 books "Grand Theft Arsene? Robin" is notable.

Leury? Quinn

Ellery? Quinn is the author of Feredere? Danai and Manfred? Lee collaborative pen name. He is the author of The Mystery of the Roman Hat, The Mystery of the Greek Coffin, The Mystery of the French Powder, and The Mystery of the Dutch Shoe, which came out in 1932 and won the Edgar Allan Poe Award (an American prize for speculative fiction). Poe Award (this is the American Science Fiction Writers Association issued by the annual award, equivalent to the film industry's "Oscars"), the two of them collaborated, a **** created more than 50 detective novels. In the history of American literature, Ellery Quinn is the equivalent of British literature. In the history of American literature, Ellery Queen is the equivalent of Conan Doyle in the history of British literature.

Van? Dain

His first detective novel was The Benson Murders (1926), in which Detective Fig? Vance makes his debut. As the erudite detective Philo? Vance was a big hit with readers, Van Dine wrote more than a dozen novels based on his work. Dain wrote more than a dozen detective novels with him as the main character. Still, it was the initial six that were of higher quality. In particular, "The Bishop Murders" and "The Murder at the Old Green House" are masterpieces of classical detective fiction.

George? Simenon

He initially wrote violent and erotic popular novels, and from 1931 to 1972 he wrote 82 detective novels featuring Inspector Maigret, which became so popular that they were translated into various countries and made into movies and TV, and were regarded as the Sherlock Holmes of France.In 1952, Simenon was elected as a member of the Royal Academy of Letters of Belgium.

Simenon, who wrote 431 novels under 17 pen names, was one of the most prolific writers of the 20th century, with his works translated into 87 languages, selling more than half a billion copies, and adapted into 55 movies and many TV series. Simenon's writing is concise and adept at creating atmosphere and psychological analysis.

Major works:

The Spectre, Human Lives Matter, The Madman of Bergerac, Sheriff Maigret, The Inn of the Drowned Ghost, The Inspector and the Lady, Tears of Wax

Masashi Yokoguchi

Masashi Yokoguchi (1902-1981) was born in Kobe in 1902, graduated from the Osaka College of Pharmaceutical Sciences (the old name), and was the editor-in-chief of the newspaper Shinshin Shonen, and detective stories. and editor-in-chief of Detective Fiction. He quit his job in 1932 and began a writing career. In 1947, he won the first Japan Detective Writers' Club Award (now the Japan Association of Deductive Writers Award) for his book "The Honjin Murder Incident," as well as "Jailhouse Island," "The Devil's Color Ball Song," and "The Devil's Color Ball Song, In addition, he is also known for such popular works as "Prison Gate Island" and "The Devil's Song of Colored Balls". In 1957, Yokogou stopped writing for a while due to the rise of socialist literature driven by Matsumoto Kiyoharu. He resumed writing in his later years, and in 1976, he created a sensation with his movie "The Inujin Family", which attracted attention from all walks of life. Yokogou's series of mystery novels raised the standard of Japanese speculative fiction after the Second World War, shortened the gap with Europe and the United States, and created the post-war era in which Japanese speculative fiction rose to prominence.

(I personally like him)

Major works: Sinful Racket Song The Honjin Murder The Labyrinth Gate The Inuyasha Family The Queen Bee The Devil Blows His Flute The Eight Grave Villages The Jailhouse Island The Ming Luang Zhuang Masked Dance The Evil Island The Phantom Man The Kurokatsuki Hotel Murder The Woman Behind the Door The Luminous Weirdo The Misty Mountains The Night Journey The Eagle's Nest The Cape Tragedy The Tower of the Pearl

Natsumiya Shizuko

Originally known as Izumi Shizuko, she was the first person in Japan to write a novel in which she was the author.

Natsuki Shizuko, formerly known as Izumo Shizuko and pen name Igarashi Shizuko, was born on December 21, 1938, in Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from the Faculty of Literature of Keio University in Japan. During her university years, she was awarded the Edogawa Rebopo Alternate Prize and began writing screenplays for the Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK). 1969, The Angel Vanishes was awarded the Edogawa Rebopo Alternate Prize again, and in March 1973, Vaporization was awarded the 26th Japanese Deduction Prize. In March 1973, Evaporation received the 26th Japan Association of Deductive Writers Award. In March 1973, she was awarded the 26th Japan Inference Writers' Association Prize for "Evaporation", and was honored as the "flag-bearer of socialist inference novels".

Major works: "The Tragedy of W", "The Tragedy of M", "The Tragedy of C", "The Cliff of Light", "Loss", "Misty Ice", "Call from the Cliff", "The Murder of Ibuki Hills", "Classmate", "Evaporation", "Transsexual's Privacy"

Yasuo Uchida

The major works include "The Legend of the Tenkan River Murder", "The Legend of the Touhou Murder", "The Anti-cutting of Citing's", etc.

The style of his works belongs to the Bengaku school, and he is especially known for his "Traveling Reasoning". Reasoning critic Kawataro Nakajima said, "His works are centered on solving puzzles, and at the same time possess human nature, sociality and modernity, as well as a unique sense of romance." It is jokingly claimed that as long as there are Yasuo Uchida and Mitsuhiko Asami, Japanese speculative fiction can remain prosperous and stable.

Yasuo Uchida's detective, Mitsuhiko Asami, is one of Japan's top three detectives, along with Kogoro Akechi and Ikosuke Kaneda.

Shoji Shimada

Born on October 12, 1948, Shoji Shimada is one of the representatives of the "Bengaku school" of Japanese speculative fiction. He made his debut with the book "Astrology Murder". Since then, he has been recognized as one of the most famous Japanese speculative fiction writers. Known as the "God of Japanese speculative fiction" Shoji Shimada, in the Japanese speculative fiction industry has a significant impact, the contemporary so-called 'new Bengoshi' speculative writers, none of them are not affected by him, Ayatsuji Pedestrian even honored him as a teacher.

There are two main series of Shimada's speculative fiction, one featuring the astrologer Mikado Jie as the protagonist, with masterpieces such as The Magic of Astrology and Murder, The Knights of the Alien Nations, and The Game of the Demon God; and the other featuring the criminal police officer Yoshiki Takefumi as the protagonist, with masterpieces such as Whimsy, and The Northern Yuzuru 2/3 Murder. On top of that, he has a number of critically acclaimed one-shot deductive masterpieces, such as The Cursed Mummy, among others.

There's also the likes of Keigo Higashino, Arisugawa Arisu , etc. I haven't read them, can't really say anything.

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