Hiroe Suga Explained

is a Japanese science fiction and mystery writer. She was first published in 1981. She has won four Seiun Awards  - in 1992 and 2001 for best novel of the year, and in 1993 and 2020 for best short story of the year.

She is also a musician and a qualified dancer in the Wakayagi school of Japanese traditional dance.^[1] Music and dance have figured in her fiction.

She is married to Gainax founder Yasuhiro Takeda.

Awards

• 1992: Seiun Award Japanese Long Story for Merusasu no shōnen
• 1993: Seiun Award Japanese Short Story for "Sobakasu no figyua"
• 2001: Seiun Award Japanese Long Story for Eien no mori Hakubutsukan wakusei
• 2001: Mystery Writers of Japan Award Best Novel for Eien no mori Hakubutsukan wakusei
• 2020: Seiun Award Japanese Short Story for "Mizu no Tsuki"
• 2021: Nihon SF Taisho Award for Kanki no uta Hakubutsukan wakusei III

Works

English translation

• "Freckled Figure" (1999), translation of (1992)
• "Five Sisters" (2012), translation of (2000)^[2]

External links

• Official site
• Entry in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

Notes and References

1. Web site: Suga Hiroe . Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of Japan . 2009-03-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090828033217/http://www.sfwj.or.jp/member/SUGA-HIROE.e.html . 2009-08-28.
2. Web site: Speculative Japan 3 Kurodahan Press . 2013-11-23 . 2018-03-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180319171729/http://www.kurodahan.com/mt/e/catalog/jp0024cate.html . dead .