Yasumi Kobayashi (小林泰三) (7 August 1962 – 23 November 2020) [1] was a Japanese author of horror, science fiction and mystery.
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] He received the Seiun Award for novels in 2012 for Tengoku to jigoku, and in 2017 for Ultraman F. [5] Nihon SF Taisho Award Award of Merit was awarded posthumously. [6]
In 2009, he was nominated as "Best Foreign Author" in the Chinese-language Galaxy Awards. [7]
Yasumi Kobayashi (小林泰三) (7 August 1962 – 23 November 2020) [1] was a Japanese author of horror, science fiction and mystery.
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] He received the Seiun Award for novels in 2012 for Tengoku to jigoku, and in 2017 for Ultraman F. [5] Nihon SF Taisho Award Award of Merit was awarded posthumously. [6]
In 2009, he was nominated as "Best Foreign Author" in the Chinese-language Galaxy Awards. [7]