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Chōhei Kambayashi
(born July 10, 1953) is a Japanese science fiction writer. Born in Niigata, Kambayashi graduated Nagaoka National College of Technology. He debuted in 1979 with the short story "Dance with a Fox", which was an honorable mention of the 5th Hayakawa SF Contest. He quickly became fan favorite, and he won the Seiun Award eight times (five for novels, three for short stories) during his career. In a 2006 SF Magazine poll he was ranked third best Japanese SF writer of all time; and in 2014 poll, the second. Kambayashi received Nihon SF Taishō Award in 1995 for ''Kototsubo''. He was the chairman of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan in 2001-2003. His writing often blurs reality and alternate reality. Early works, such as ''May Peace Be On Your Soul'', were often compared to Philip K. Dick, as Kambayashi himself acknowledges that Dick's works led him to science fiction writing. Probably his most popular work is '' Yukikaze''. It was made into an animated video seri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akatsuki Kambayashi
, pseudonym of Tokohiro Iwaki, was a noted Japanese author in the I Novel genre. Kambayashi was born in a village now part of Kuroshio in Kōchi Prefecture. In 1927 he received a graduate degree in English literate from the University of Tokyo and took a job with the ''Kaizo'' publishing company. That same year he began to write and continued until 1973, despite two debilitating strokes. All told, Kambayashi published more than two hundred stories, most of which are based on personal experiences. According to Donald Keene, these stories fall into three broad clusters: those set in the village of Shikoku where he grew up; those relating to the illness and madness of his wife; and those describing his younger sister. Perhaps the best known is ''Sei Yohane byōin nite'' (In the Hospital of St. John, 1946), in which describes the slow death of his wife in the middle of a war-torn country. Kambayashi received the 1964 Yomiuri Prize for ''Shiroi yakatabune'', and in 1969 became a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
