Seiichi Morimura

Seiichi Morimura studied at Aoyama Gakuin University. The recorded working language is Japanese. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are detective fiction. Works named in the authority record are Proof of the Man, Never Give Up and The Devil's Gluttony. Distinctions recorded are Edogawa Rampo Award, Kadokawa Novel Award, Kobunsha Mystery Literature Grand Prize and Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for Literature.

• Name — Seiichi Morimura • Native Name — 森村 誠一 • Born — 2 January 1933 • Birthplace — Kumagaya • Died — 24 July 2023 • Notable Works — The Devil's Gluttony • Awards — Edogawa Rampo Prize (1969)

The Devil's Gluttony was serialized in the Shimbun Akahata (Japanese Communist Party's newspaper) in 1980, and subsequently published by Kobunsha (光文社), in two volumes in 1981 and 1982. In the ensuing controversy, half of a photograph was discovered to be a fabrication, and Kobunsha subsequently withdrew the book. A second edition was then published by Kadokawa Shoten in 1983 with the controversial photograph removed. Morimura won the Edogawa Rampo Prize in 1969 for Death in the High-Rise (高層の死角). His short story "Devil of a Boy" appears translated into English in Ellery Queen's Japanese Golden Dozen: The Detective Story World in Japan anthology, which was edited by Ellery Queen. Seiichi Morimura died of pneumonia on July 24, 2023, at the age of 90.

• Fushoku no Kōzō (1977) • Seishun no Shōmei (1978) • Shūchakueki Series (1990-2022) • Shikyaku Ukeoinin (2007, 2008)

Works recorded as notable number 3: Proof of the Man, Never Give Up and The Devil's Gluttony. His recorded genre is detective fiction.

Seiichi Morimura is recorded as writer and novelist.