Tsogen SF Short Story Award
1 appearances
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Edition 5 (2014) award
Mitsuhiro Monden
もんでん みつひろ
Monden Mitsuhiro
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1967 （Nemuro, Hokkaido, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Osaka Prefecture, Japan → Nemuro, Hokkaido, Japan → Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan → Resident in Tokyo, Japan
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Company employee
- Active Years
- 2014-
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitotsubashi University | Faculty of Social Sciences | — | — | — | Japan |
Hitotsubashi University
Faculty of Social Sciences
Country:
Japan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Sogen SF Short Story Prize | Fuga | — | Tokyo Sogen-sha | Winner |
Sogen SF Short Story Prize
2014
Work:
Fuga
Organization:
Tokyo Sogen-sha
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Fuga
2018 Science fictionA titular short story that won the 5th Sogen SF Short Story Prize; collected in an anthology and published as a short story volume.
memorytimeloss
Shinrin of Reminiscence
2019 Science fictionA collection of short stories centered on memory and the past.
remembrancethe pasthuman relationships
The Last Princess in Blue Robes
2021 Science fiction / FantasyA longer work blending SF elements with fantastical settings.
successionfateidentity
Winds Tale Tales: The Time-Unknowing Witch and the Marked Child
2024 Science fiction / FantasyA recent work combining strong fantasy elements with themes of time and memory.
timememorymagic
Bibliography
- Fuga
- Memory Translator: Someday Will Become Light (revised)
- Memory Translator: Return to the Source (revised)
- Shinrin of Reminiscence
- The Last Princess in Blue Robes
- Winds Tale Tales: The Time-Unknowing Witch and the Marked Child
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- A composed, observational prose blending speculative SF ideas with human drama
- Recurring Motifs
- fragments of memorytemporal distortionloss and renewal
Legacy
An SF writer who debuted after winning the Sogen SF Short Story Prize; known for short fiction exploring memory and time.
Trivia
- Born in 1967 in Nemuro, Hokkaido.
- Raised in Osaka from ages 3 to 11, then in Nemuro and Otaru.
- Graduated from Hitotsubashi University, Faculty of Social Sciences.
- Debuted in 2014 after winning the 5th Sogen SF Short Story Prize for "Fuga".
- Currently resides in Tokyo and works as a company employee in addition to writing.