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: 802.11ax has OFDMA, which is meant to split up a channel into many subchannels so things can operate simultaneously.
gollark: Hmm, what if OFDMA in language?
gollark: Oh, yes, we have backdoors in the concept of anime.
gollark: Also MIMO.
gollark: So clearly language needs this.

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


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