Kisotengai SF New Writer Award
1 appearances
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Edition 1 (1978) honorable mention
Maya Yamato
やまと まや
Yamato Maya
Pen Names:
Yamato Maya（A palindromic pen name used in publications.）
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1961-01-01
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, SF writer
- Active Years
- 1978-
- Affiliations
- Japan SF Writers Club
- Memberships
- Japan SF Writers Club
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Kisou Tengai SF Newcomer Award (Honorable Mention) | Kacchin | — | Kisou Tengai (magazine) | 佳作入選 |
Kisou Tengai SF Newcomer Award (Honorable Mention)
1978
Work:
Kacchin
Organization:
Kisou Tengai (magazine)
Result:
佳作入選
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Wink to Mr. Fox
1983 Science fictionA character-driven SF work that blends youthful relationships with fantastical events.
youthdream vs. realityfriendship
Kiss the Sleeping Princess!
1983 Science fictionA youth-oriented SF with fairy-tale motifs, incorporating fantastical elements suggested by the title.
fantasycoming of agetime
Spring When Flowers Fall
1988 Fantasy / SFPart of the Mikan-yama Tales series, mixing regional landscape descriptions with strange happenings.
localitynature depictionthe uncanny
Bibliography
- Wink to Mr. Fox
- Kiss the Sleeping Princess!
- The Windmill That Doesn't Turn
- It Rains on Wednesdays
- Ada
- Twilight Dreams
- The Crimson Sky Beyond the Hill
- Ragtime on a Windy Night
- The Minuet the Wind Plays
- Let Me Hear Your Blues
- Spring When Flowers Fall
- Summer When Birds Come
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- light, youth-oriented proseuses fantastical and dreamlike imagery
- Recurring Motifs
- the boundary between dream and realitycoming-of-agedetailed depictions of nature and landscapes
Legacy
A writer active in the 1980s who published many juvenile-leaning SF and fantasy works. Noted for gaining attention at a young age and for narratives that utilize regional landscapes.
Academic Societies
- Japan SF Writers Club
Trivia
- The pen name "Yamato Maya" is a palindrome.
- As a high school senior, she won an honorable mention in the Kisou Tengai SF Newcomer Award for "Kacchin."
- Debuted with works published by Shueisha's Cobalt Bunko.