Chiaki Kawamata

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Chiaki Kawamata
Born (1948-12-04) December 4, 1948 (age 72)
Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan
Nationality Japanese
OccupationScience fiction writer, critic
Known forEmblem of Roto

Chiaki Kawamata (川又千秋, Kawamata Chiaki, born December 4, 1948 in Otaru, Hokkaidō, Japan) is a Japanese science fiction writer and critic. Chiaki Kawamata has won both the Seiun Award and the Nihon SF Taisho Award.[1] Chiaki Kawamata is also noted for writing the story of the manga Emblem of Roto.

Awards[]

  • 1981: Seiun Award Japanese Long Form Award for Kaseijin Senshi
  • 1984: Nihon SF Taisho for Genshigari

Works[]

English translations
  • Death Sentences (2012), translation of Genshigari (幻詩狩り) (1984)
  • 46 Okunen Monogatari ~The Shinka Ron~ (46億年物語 -THE進化論-, "4.6 Billion Year Story: The Theory of Evolution") 1990 (Storywriter)

References[]

  1. ^ "Nihon SF Taisho Award Winners List". Science Fiction Writers of Japan. Retrieved January 28, 2010.


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