Yasumi Kobayashi (小林泰三) (7 August 1962 – 23 November 2020)[1] was a Japanese author of horror, science fiction and mystery.
Career
His short story "The Man Who Watched the Sea" won the Hayakawa Award for best short story in 1998.[2] Two more were nominated for the Seiun Award for best short story; "Sora kara Kaze ga Yamu Toki" in 2003,[3] and "Arakajime Kettei Sareteiru Ashita" in 2004.[4] He received the Seiun Award for novels in 2012 for Tengoku to jigoku, and in 2017 for Ultraman F.[5] Nihon SF Taisho Award Award of Merit was awarded posthumously.[6]
In 2009, he was nominated as "Best Foreign Author" in the Chinese-language Galaxy Awards.[7]
Works in English translation
References
- ↑ 作家・小林泰三先生ご逝去のお知らせ (in Japanese). Hayakawa Publishing. November 25, 2020. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
- ↑ Hayakawa's SF Magazine Reader's Award
- ↑ "Seiun Award winners". Archived from the original on 2008-07-21. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
- ↑ "Nominees for the Seiun Award". Archived from the original on 2006-09-24. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
- ↑ 星雲賞リスト (in Japanese). Science Fiction Fan Groups’ Association of Nippon. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
- ↑ 第41回日本ＳＦ大賞・受賞作決定！ (in Japanese). Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan. 20 February 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
- ↑ Galaxy Awards
- ↑ Straight to Darkness | Kurodahan Press
- ↑ Speculative Japan 2 | Kurodahan Press
External links
- Yasumi Kobayashi on Twitter
- Official website Archived 2021-01-27 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
- Entry in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
- Yasumi Kobayashi at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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