Yasumi Kobayashi

Yasumi Kobayashi (小林泰三) (7 August 1962 – 23 November 2020)[1] was a Japanese author of horror, science fiction and mystery.

Career

His short story "The Man Who Watched the Sea" won the Hayakawa Award for best short story in 1998.[2] Two more were nominated for the Seiun Award for best short story; "Sora kara Kaze ga Yamu Toki" in 2003,[3] and "Arakajime Kettei Sareteiru Ashita" in 2004.[4]

In 2009, he was nominated as "Best Foreign Author" in the Chinese-language Galaxy Awards.[5]

Works in English translation
  • "C-City" (Lairs of the Hidden Gods, Volume 3: Straight to Darkness, Kurodahan Press, 2006)[6]
  • "The Man Who Watched the Sea" (Speculative Japan 2, Kurodahan Press, 2011)[7]

References
  1. 作家・小林泰三先生ご逝去のお知らせ (in Japanese). Hayakawa Publishing. November 25, 2020. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
  2. Hayakawa's SF Magazine Reader's Award
  3. Seiun Award winners
  4. Nominees for the Seiun Award
  5. Galaxy Awards
  6. Straight to Darkness | Kurodahan Press
  7. Speculative Japan 2 | Kurodahan Press
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