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Hirito Kawabata

かわばた ひろと

Kawabata Hirito

ペンネーム: Leviathan (blog handle)（Former blog name 'Leviathan's Daily Deeds'）

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1964-07-26 （Akashi, Hyogo, Japan）
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Akashi, Hyogo, Japan (born) → Chiba City, Chiba, Japan (raised) → Christchurch, New Zealand (2009–2010) → Japan (residence)

経歴

職業
Novelist, Non-fiction writer, Science writer, Journalist
活動期間
1988年〜
所属
Space Writers Club, Nippon Television Network Corporation (former employee)
所属団体
Member of the Space Writers Club
ノミネート
Cobalt Novel Award Finalist (1988), Oya Soichi Non-Fiction Award nominee (2000), Yoshikawa Eiji Literary Newcomer Award nominee (2004)

学歴

Chiba Municipal Chiba High School
国: Japan
The University of Tokyo
College of Arts and Sciences
国: Japan
Graduated from the College of Arts and Sciences
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
期間: 1997 (モービル・コロンビア・フェローとして在籍)
国: United States
Was a Mobil-Columbia fellow

受賞歴

Cobalt Novel Award
1988
対象作品: The Last Wind of August
主催: Cobalt Novel Award Selection Committee
結果: 最終候補
Suntory Mystery Award
1998
対象作品: Summer Rocket
部門: 優秀作品賞
主催: Suntory Mystery Award Selection Committee
結果: 受賞
Oya Soichi Non-Fiction Award
2000
対象作品: What Zoos Can Do
主催: Oya Soichi Non-Fiction Award Selection Committee
結果: 候補
Yoshikawa Eiji Literary Newcomer Award
2004
対象作品: Sechiyan: The One Who Listens to the Stars
主催: Yoshikawa Eiji Literary Newcomer Award Selection Committee
結果: 候補
All-Japan Young Readers' Book Report Contest
2007
対象作品: The Universe in the Palm of Your Hand
部門: 高等学校部門
主催: Japan School Library Association
結果: 課題図書に選出
Science Journalist Award
2018
対象作品: Why Are We the Only Ones?
主催: Japan Association of Science and Technology Journalists
結果: 受賞
Kodansha Science Publishing Award (34th)
2018
対象作品: Why Are We the Only Ones?
主催: Kodansha
結果: 受賞
Science Journalist Award
2021
対象作品: The Challenge of Theoretical Epidemiologist Hiroshi Nishiura: Protecting Lives from COVID-19!
主催: Japan Association of Science and Technology Journalists
結果: 受賞
Nitta Jirō Literary Prize (43rd)
2024
対象作品: Dodo and the Solitary Bird
主催: Nitta Jirō Literary Prize Selection Committee
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Summer Rocket

1998年 Fiction

A novel that uses space and science as motifs. It won an excellence prize at the Suntory Mystery Award and is considered his debut as a novelist.

spacescienceadventurefamily

Galaxy World Cup

2006年 Children's / Young Adult fiction

A youth-oriented sci-fi/adventure novel. Serialized in magazines and later published as a book; adapted into the TV anime 'Ginga e Kickoff!!' in 2012.

sportsfriendshipspace
映像化・舞台化
  • [TV anime] Ginga e Kickoff!! (2012)

The Universe in the Palm of Your Hand

2006年 Children's literature / Popular science

A book that explains scientific topics to young readers in an accessible way; it was selected as a set text for the high school division of a national book report contest.

scienceeducationspace

Why Are We the Only Ones?

2017年 Non-fiction / Science

A popular science book exploring human uniqueness, evolution, and scientific perspectives. It won the Science Journalist Award and the Kodansha Science Publishing Award.

evolutionanthropologyscience communication

Dodo and the Solitary Bird

2023年 Literary novel with non-fiction elements

A recent representative work dealing with extinction and solitude; it received the Nitta Jirō Literary Prize.

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全著作

  • Catching Whales and Thinking About It
  • Summer Rocket
  • Risk Taker
  • Nicotiana
  • The S.O.U.P.
  • The Age of Dragons and Us
  • Sechiyan: The One Who Listens to the Stars
  • The Name of the River
  • Funyuu (retitled: Together with Dad)
  • Searching for the First Song: Red Wind Songlines
  • We Who Are Here Now
  • Let's Ride the Buggy Together
  • Galaxy World Cup
  • The Universe in the Palm of Your Hand
  • Sea of Stars and Half Moon
  • Sakuragawa Picnic
  • Epidemic
  • At Midnight in School
  • King of Clouds
  • Gang Age
  • Promise of the Sky
  • Work of Voices
  • Blue Sea Spaceport (Spring/Summer & Autumn/Winter)
  • Dodo and the Solitary Bird

翻案

  • The TV anime 'Ginga e Kickoff!!' based on 'Galaxy World Cup'

作風・主題

文体
Nature-writing style that carefully weaves scientific facts into narrativeAccessible, plainspoken prose for explaining science and nature
頻出モチーフ
animals (especially whales and penguins)science and educationspace and astronomysolitude and coexistence

評価・遺産

He has a dual career as a science journalist and novelist, conveying the appeal of science and nature to general readers through nature writing and popular science. His oeuvre ranges from children's books to adult literature, including works adapted for screen. He has been recognized with both science and literary awards.

関連学会

  • Space Writers Club

資料所蔵先

  • Holdings in the National Diet Library (Japan)
  • Registered in international authority databases such as VIAF

大衆文化への影響

  • Media adaptation as the TV anime 'Ginga e Kickoff!!' (2012)

豆知識

  • He is fond of whales and has done onboard reporting on Antarctic whaling research vessels.
  • Former blog name: 'Leviathan's Daily Deeds.'
  • He has publicly criticized the 'game brain' theory.
  • Regarding the film 'The Cove' and Rick O'Barry, he acknowledged some valid points but criticized the film's intolerant portrayal of dolphin hunting.
  • He has served as a judge for the Citizen ZOO Network's Enrichment Award.