Japanese detective writer Kaigo Higashino passes away
Japanese author Kaiguo Higashino, one of the most prominent writers of detective novels, has passed away at the age of 68 after battling colon cancer. Born in 1958 in Osaka, he began his literary career in 1985. He won the Edogawa Rampo Award and was nominated by the French Detective Novel Festival. He authored more than 106 works, which have sold over 100 million copies in Japan, and more than twenty of his novels have been adapted into films and television. It is noted that he died on July 23, and his funeral ceremonies were held privately.
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