Yasumi Kobayashi

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

  • "C-City" (Lairs of the Hidden Gods, Volume 3: Straight to Darkness, Kurodahan Press, 2006)[8]
  • "The Man Who Watched the Sea" (Speculative Japan 2, Kurodahan Press, 2011)[9]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Hayakawa's SF Magazine Reader's Award
  3. ^ "Seiun Award winners". Archived from the original on 2008-07-21. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
  4. ^ "Nominees for the Seiun Award". Archived from the original on 2006-09-24. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
  5. ^ 星雲賞リスト (in Japanese). Science Fiction Fan Groups’ Association of Nippon. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Galaxy Awards
  8. ^ Straight to Darkness | Kurodahan Press
  9. ^ Speculative Japan 2 | Kurodahan Press