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第3回（2012年） Tobi Hirotaka Award
Toshimichi Watanabe
わたなべ としみち
Watanabe Toshimichi
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- null （Aichi Prefecture, Japan）
- 国籍
- Japan
- 言語
- Japanese
- 居住地歴
- Aichi Prefecture (birthplace) → Osaka Prefecture (raised) → Tokyo (residence)
経歴
- 職業
- SF writer, literary critic
- 所属
- Japan SF Writers Club
- 所属団体
- Japan SF Writers Club
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7th Japan SF Criticism Award (Excellence Prize) | The Feast of the Singles — Essay on Sayuri Ueda's 'The Palace of the Flower Dragon' | 優秀賞 | Japan SF Criticism Award Committee | 受賞 |
| 2012 | 3rd Sogen SF Short Story Award (Tobi Hirotaka Prize) | Mr. N | 飛浩隆賞 | Sogen-sha | 受賞 |
7th Japan SF Criticism Award (Excellence Prize)
2011
対象作品:
The Feast of the Singles — Essay on Sayuri Ueda's 'The Palace of the Flower Dragon'
部門:
優秀賞
主催:
Japan SF Criticism Award Committee
結果:
受賞
3rd Sogen SF Short Story Award (Tobi Hirotaka Prize)
2012
対象作品:
Mr. N
部門:
飛浩隆賞
主催:
Sogen-sha
結果:
受賞
受賞・候補エディション
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第7回（2012年） excellence award
作品
代表作
The Night the Swallowtail Broke
2012年 Science fiction / short fictionA short/medium-length piece contributed to SF Prologue Wave, depicting personal loneliness and social rupture in a near-future setting.
lonelinessurban alienation
The Escape Hole
2013年 short-shortA very short piece published in the Journal of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence; later included in a paperback short-short collection.
artificial intelligencehuman nature
Mr. N
2018年 short story (mystery-tinged SF)A short story published in Mysteries!; notable for its distinctive viewpoint and winner of the Sogen SF short story award.
identitymemory
全著作
- The Night the Swallowtail Broke (2012)
- The Feast of the Singles — Essay on Sayuri Ueda's 'The Palace of the Flower Dragon' (2012)
- The Escape Hole (2013)
- Mr. N (2018)
作風・主題
- 文体
- cold, observational proselogical exposition that moves between criticism and fiction
- 頻出モチーフ
- loneliness and alienationthe body (illness) and its relationship to machines
健康
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kidney disease (renal transplant)22歳で発症、以後経過観察・移植治療を経験Affected daily life and writing activity; bodily experience is reflected in some works and critical perspectives.
評価・遺産
Known in 21st-century Japanese SF as both a writer and critic; recognized for short-to-medium fiction and essays.
関連学会
- Japan SF Writers Club
豆知識
- Did not attend high school and worked in manual labor for a period.
- Developed kidney disease at age 22 and underwent a renal transplant.
- Has done work for porn novels (France Shoin) and manga story assignments.
- Runs a personal website titled 'EXPLORE MONOGAMY'.
- Active on X (formerly Twitter) as @wtnbt.