![]() His father was a merchant, who had also practiced law. Tarō Hirai was born in Nabari, Mie Prefecture in 1894, where his grandfather had been a samurai in the service of Tsu Domain. ![]() Other authors who were special influences on him were Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, whom he attempted to translate into Japanese during his days as a student at Waseda University, and the Japanese mystery writer Ruikō Kuroiwa.īiography Before World War II ![]() His pen name is a rendering of Poe's name. Ranpo was an admirer of Western mystery writers, and especially of Edgar Allan Poe. ![]() Many of his novels involve the detective hero Kogoro Akechi, who in later books was the leader of a group of boy detectives known as the "Boy Detectives Club" ( 少年探偵団, Shōnen tantei dan). Tarō Hirai ( 平井 太郎, Hirai Tarō, October 21, 1894 – July 28, 1965), better known by the pen name Edogawa Ranpo ( 江戸川 乱歩) was a Japanese author and critic who played a major role in the development of Japanese mystery and thriller fiction. ![]()
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