Author  (October 24, 1933 AD～April 30, 2014 AD)

Township：	北海道
 describe loving stories (books)： 《不分手的理由》 《如此之爱》 《异恋》 《野蒿园》 《Safflower》 Love and Desire： 《失乐园》 《男人这东西》 《Red》 novella： 《泪壶》 日本震惊言情大师渡边淳一逝世 Read works of Junichi Watanabe at 小说之家

　　Junichi Watanabe (渡辺 淳一, Watanabe Jun'ichi?, born 1933) is a Japanese writer, known for his portrayal of extra-marital affairs of middle aged people. His 1997 novel A Lost Paradise became a bestseller in Japan and over Asia, and was made into a film and a tv miniseries. He has written more than 50 novels in total, and won awards including the Straight Wood Literature Award in 1969 and Naoki Prize in 1970 for Light and Shadow (Hikari to kage), New Current Coterie magazine prize for Makeup, the Yoshikawa Eiji Prize in 1979 for The Setting Sun in the Distance (Toki rakujitsu) and Russian Brothel in Nagasaki (Nagasaki roshia yujokan).