Tetsuo Takashima Explained
Tetsuo Takashima (高嶋 哲夫 Takashima Tetsuo, born July 7, 1949) is a contemporary Japanese author active in a number of genres that include science fiction, mystery fiction, historical fiction, social commentary, and juvenile fiction.
Biography
Works in English translation
- Fallout (original title: Merutodaun [Meltdown]), Vertical, 2013
- Megaquake: How Japan and the World Should Respond (original title: Kyodai Jishin No Hi [A day of Huge Earthquake]), Potomac Books, 2015
- TSUNAMI, Shueisha, 2016
- THE WALL: The Refugees' Path to a New Republic, Museyon, 2020
- THE GENE OF LIFE, Museyon, 2021
Awards
- 1979 - Atomic Energy Society of Japan Technical Prize
- 1990 - North Japan Literary Prize:
- 1994 - Shosetsu Gendai Mystery Newcomer Award: Fallout
- 1999 - Suntory Mystery Award, Grand-prix and Reader Prize: Intruder
- 2006 - Iue Cultural Prize
- 2017 - Energy Forum Award Prize: Fukushima Dai-2 No Kiseki (福島第二の奇跡,Miracle of Fukushima II Nuclear Power Plant)
Works
Novels
- 1999
- 1999
- 2000
- 2000
- 2000
- 2000
- 2001
- 2001
- 2001
- 2002
- 2002
- 2003 (Fallout, Vertical, 2013)
- 2003
- 2004
- Manga adaptation: Illustrated by Shinji Hiramatsu (2005)
- 2005
- 2008
- 2008
- 2009
- 2009
- 2009
- 2010
- 2010
- 2011
- 2011
- 2013
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016
- 2016
- 2017 Okinawa Confidential 2 "Blue Dragon" (沖縄コンフィデンシャル ブルードラゴン)
- 2018 Terrorism In The Official Residence (官邸襲撃)
- 2018 Hurricane (ハリケーン)
- 2019 Okinawa Confidential 3 "The Way of Life of Lekios" (沖縄コンフィデンシャル レキオスの生きる道)
- 2020
- 2021
Manga series
- 2006 (Illustrated by Takanori Yasaka)
Essays
- 1982 " America No Gakko Seikatsu (アメリカの学校生活, U.S. School Life) "
- 1984 " California No Akane-chan (カリフォルニアのあかねちゃん, My Akane of California) "
- 2000 " Juku Wo Gakko Ni (塾を学校に, It is to a school about a private school) "(Collaboration)
- 2001 " Kouritsu Gakko Ga Nakunaru (公立学校がなくなる, A public school dies) "(Collaboration)
- 2005 " Kyodai Jishin No Ato Ni Osottekita Koto (巨大地震の後に襲ってきたこと, Be attacked by Huge Earthquake) "
- 2006 " Kyodai Jishin No Hi (巨大地震の日, A day of Huge Earthquake) (Megaquake: How Japan and the World Should Respond translate by Robert D. Eldridge, Potomac Books, 2015)"
- 2013 " Tokai Tonankai Nankai Kyodai Rendo Jisjin (東海・東南海・南海 巨大連動地震, Nankai Trough massive earthquake) "
- 2015 " Sekai Ni Warawareru Nihon No Genpatsu Senryaku (世界に嗤われる日本の原発戦略, World laugh nuclear power strategy of Japan) "
- 2016 " Fukushima Dai-2 No Kiseki (福島第二の奇跡, Miracle of Fukushima II Nuclear Power Plant) "
- 2020 " Shutokansengo no Nihon (「首都感染」後の日本, Japan after the "Capital Infection") "
- 2021 " Shuto Okayama (首都岡山, Capital City Okayama) "
External links
Notes and References
- News: Seitsz . Matt Zoller . Midnight Eagle - A Fallen Plane Is Loaded With Tensions . . 2011-04-08 . Based on a novel by Tetsuo Takashima, “Midnight Eagle” addresses the strained, unequal military relationship between the United States and Japan, likened in various subplots to that of a distant, inept or otherwise inadequate parent and his dependent child. . 23 November 2007.