Chiaki Kawamata Explained

Chiaki Kawamata
Birth Date:	4 December 1948
Birth Place:	Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan
Nationality:	ese
Known For:	Emblem of Roto
Occupation:	Science fiction writer, critic

is a Japanese science fiction writer and critic. He has won both the Seiun Award and the Nihon SF Taisho Award.^[1] Kawamata is also noted for writing the story of the manga Emblem 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 (1984)

• 46 Okunen Monogatari ~The Shinka Ron~ (４６億年物語 －THE進化論－, "4.6 Billion Year Story: The Theory of Evolution") 1990 (Storywriter)

References

• Entry in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nihon SF Taisho Award Winners List. January 28, 2010. Science Fiction Writers of Japan. December 13, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121213021520/http://www.sfwj.or.jp/list.e.html. dead.