Shinichi Hoshi
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Shinichi Hoshi was a Japanese
novel
ist and science fiction
writer. He is best known for his "short-short" science fiction stories, often no more than three or four pages in length, of which he wrote over 1000. He also wrote mysteries, and won the Mystery Writers of Japan Award
for Mōsō Ginkō (Delusion Bank) in 1968.
His friend Osamu Tezuka
used his name for a character in Amazing 3, a cartoon series which Tezuka produced in 1967.
His short-short was translated into English and published in Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, June 1963.
His books translated into English include There Was a Knock, a collection of 15 stories, and The Spiteful Planet and Other Stories.
His grandmother on his mother's side, Kimiko Koganei, was the sister of Mori Ōgai
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Japanese people
The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...
novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
ist and science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
writer. He is best known for his "short-short" science fiction stories, often no more than three or four pages in length, of which he wrote over 1000. He also wrote mysteries, and won the Mystery Writers of Japan Award
Mystery Writers of Japan Award
The are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of Japan. They honor the best in crime fiction and critical/biographical work published in the previous year.- MWJ Award for Best Novel winners :...
for Mōsō Ginkō (Delusion Bank) in 1968.
His friend Osamu Tezuka
Osamu Tezuka
was a Japanese cartoonist, manga artist, animator, producer, activist and medical doctor, although he never practiced medicine. Born in Osaka Prefecture, he is best known as the creator of Astro Boy, Kimba the White Lion and Black Jack...
used his name for a character in Amazing 3, a cartoon series which Tezuka produced in 1967.
His short-short was translated into English and published in Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, June 1963.
His books translated into English include There Was a Knock, a collection of 15 stories, and The Spiteful Planet and Other Stories.
His grandmother on his mother's side, Kimiko Koganei, was the sister of Mori Ōgai
Mori Ogai
was a Japanese physician, translator, novelist and poet. is considered his major work.- Early life :Mori was born as Mori Rintarō in Tsuwano, Iwami province . His family were hereditary physicians to the daimyō of the Tsuwano Domain...
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