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
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