Carter Dixon

Japanese: カーター・ディクソン - かーたーでぃくそん
Carter Dixon

…A detective novelist born in the United States and later living in the United Kingdom. He also uses the pen names Carter Dickson and Carr Dickson. He is known as a master of locked-room murder tricks, but he also uses occult atmospheres and writes historical detective novels, making full use of his creativity. …

From [pen name]

...In the early days, medical doctor Moritaro continued to use the name Ogai in his literary activities. After the Taisho period, there were Kinoshita Mokutaro (poetry, novels, etc.) = Ota Masao (doctor) and Shaka Teiku (tanka) = Orikuchi Shinobu (folklorist), and in modern times, Tsujii Kyo (poet) = Tsutsumi Seiji (businessman) can be mentioned. As capitalism in literature matured, prolific writers appeared, such as two authors who continued to publish under the same pen name (American mystery writer E. Queen), or one author who continued a series of works in different styles under two pen names (British mystery writer Dixon Carr = Carter Dixon). In Japan, Hasegawa Kaitaro, who wrote period and contemporary novels under three pen names, Hayashi Fubo, Maki Itsuma, and Tani Joji, left behind the "Complete Works of One Man, Three Men" in the early Showa period. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Carter Dixon" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…アメリカに生まれ,後にイギリスに住みついた推理小説作家。カーター・ディクソンCarter Dickson,カー・ディクソンCarr Dicksonの筆名も使う。密室殺人のトリックの大家として知られるが,オカルト的雰囲気を利用したり,歴史推理小説を書いたり,創意をこらす。…

【ペンネーム】より

…医学者森林太郎が文学活動では鷗外でありつづけたのは初期の例であり,大正期以降には木下杢太郎(詩・小説等)=太田正雄(医師)や釈迢空(短歌)=折口信夫(民俗学者)がおり,現代では辻井喬(詩人)=堤清二(実業家)などをあげることができる。 文芸の資本主義化が成熟すると,今度は2人の作家が一つのペンネームで発表を続けたり(アメリカ推理作家E.クイーン),一作家が二つのペンネームで異なる作風のシリーズを続けたり(イギリス推理作家ディクソン・カー=カーター・ディクソンなど)する多作家が現れる。日本では,昭和初年に林不忘,牧逸馬,谷譲次の三つのペンネームで時代・現代小説を書き分けた長谷川海太郎が《一人三人全集》をのこした。…

※「カーター・ディクソン」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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