Yoshinori Shimizu

Yoshinori Shimizu (清水 義範, Shimizu Yoshinori, born October 28, 1947) is a Japanese novelist.

For the basketball player, see Yoshinori Shimizu (basketball).

He was born in Nagoya, Japan, and has published stories since 1977, especially young adult science fiction.

Works in English translation
Crime Novel
  • Labyrinth (original title: Meikyū), trans. Deborah Iwabuchi (Shueisha English Edition, 2013)[1]
Short stories
  • Japanese Entrance Exams for Earnest Young Men (original title: Kokugo nyūshi mondai hisshōhō), trans. Jeffrey Hunter (Monkey Brain Sushi: New Tastes in Japanese Fiction, Kodansha International, 1991)
  • Jack and Betty Forever (original title: Eien no Jyakku & Betti), trans. Frederik L. Schodt (The Columbia Anthology of Modern Japanese Literature: Volume 2, From 1945 to the Present, Columbia University Press, 2007)

Awards and nominations
  • 1988 - Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers: Japanese Entrance Exams for Earnest Young Men and other stories (short story collection)
  • 1989 - Nominee for Naoki Prize: Kinko no yume (金鯱の夢) (novel)
  • 1990 - Nominee for Naoki Prize: Kyokō shiritsu fujōri chūgakkō (虚構市立不条理中学校) (novel)
  • 1992 - Nominee for Naoki Prize: Kashiwagi Seiji no seikatsu (柏木誠治の生活) (novel)

See also

References
  1. Labyrinth, Shueisha English Edition Archived 2014-05-17 at the Wayback Machine


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