![]() ![]() Shin Seinen had previously published stories by a variety of Western authors including Poe, Arthur Conan Doyle, and G. The story appeared in the magazine Shin Seinen, a popular magazine written largely for an adolescent audience. In 1923 he made his literary debut by publishing the mystery story "The Two-Sen Copper Coin" ( 二銭銅貨, Ni-sen dōka) under the pen name "Edogawa Ranpo" (pronounced quickly, this humorous pseudonym sounds much like the name of the American pioneer of detective fiction, Edgar Allan Poe, whom he admired). After graduating in 1916 with a degree in economics he worked a series of odd jobs, including newspaper editing, drawing cartoons for magazine publications, selling soba noodles as a street vendor, and working in a used bookstore. ![]() He studied economics at Waseda University starting in 1912. ![]() The family moved to what is now Kameyama, Mie, and from there to Nagoya when he was age two. Tarō Hirai was born in Nabari, Mie Prefecture in 1894, where his grandfather had been a samurai in the service of Tsu Domain.
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