Issui Ogawa
Issui Ogawa (小川 一水, Ogawa Issui, born 1975) is a science fiction writer of more than a dozen novels. His stories are often sociological in nature dealing with issues like disaster and democracy.[1]
Awards[edit]
- 2004: Seiun Award Best Japanese Novel of the Year for Dai Roku Tairiku (第六大陸)
- 2006: Seiun Award Best Japanese Short Story of the Year for "Tadayotta Otoko" (漂った男)
- 2011: Seiun Award Best Japanese Short Story of the Year for "Arisuma ō no aishita mamono" (アリスマ王の愛した魔物)
- 2014: Seiun Award Best Japanese Novel of the Year for Kororogi dake kara mokusei toroya e (コロロギ岳から木星トロヤへ)
- 2019: Nihon SF Taisho Award for Tenmei no shirube (天冥の標)
- 2020: Seiun Award Best Japanese Novel of the Year for Tenmei no shirube (天冥の標)
Personal life[edit]
Issui Ogawa was born in Gifu Prefecture, and currently resides in Aichi Prefecture. He is married and has two children. [2]
Bibliography[edit]
English translation[edit]
- Novels
- The Lord of the Sands of Time (2009), translation of Toki Suna no Ō (時砂の王) (2007)
- The Next Continent (2010), translation of Dai roku tairiku (第六大陸) (2003)
- Short stories
- "Old Vohl's Planet" (2003) translation by Jim Hubbert in Speculative Japan 2: The Old Man Who Watched the Sea and Other Tales of Japanese Science Fiction and Fantasy (Kurodahan Press, 2011)[3]
- "Golden Bread" (The Future is Japanese, Viz Media, Haikasoru, 2012)
- "To the Blue Star" (Speculative Japan 3, Kurodahan Press, 2012)[4]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Japanese fiction project (archived from the original link)
- ^ "博物戦艦アンヴェイル2巻予告と、1巻の人物紹介について". 小川遊水池＠blog. Retrieved 2022-09-25.
- ^ Speculative Japan 2 | Kurodahan Press
- ^ Speculative Japan 3 | Kurodahan Press
External links[edit]
- 小川遊水池 - Issui Ogawa's web site
- @ogawaissui on Twitter
- Entry in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
- Issui Ogawa at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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