Chiaki Kawamata

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.

Chiaki Kawamata
Born (1948-12-04) December 4, 1948
Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan
Nationality Japanese
OccupationScience fiction writer, critic
Known forEmblem 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)
gollark: I do not think schools should have *more* pointless discipline.
gollark: ... no, that would be bad.
gollark: Right, so don't shove people in very busy rooms for 5 hours a day.
gollark: If school was optimized for that, you wouldn't spend 5 hours a day not allowed to talk.
gollark: Well, you're:- legally required to be there- may actually be getting food from the same companies as prisons- are forced to move around between lessons arbitrarily when a bell occurs- aren't allowed to interact with friends and whatever much of the day- are forced to obey the staff and do whatever random work is set

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


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