Yasutaka Tsutsui

1934 -

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country of citizenship: Japan

native language: Japanese

languages spoken, written or signed: Japanese

educated at: Doshisha University

occupation: actor, novelist, writer, playwright, science fiction writer, screenwriter

award received: Seiun Award for Best Japanese Novel, Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature, Tanizaki Prize, Kawabata award, Nihon SF Taisho Award, Yomiuri Prize, Medal with Purple Ribbon, Kikuchi Kan Prize, 每日艺术奖, Japan Art Academy Prize

Yasutaka Tsutsui (筒井康隆, Tsutsui Yasutaka, born September 24, 1934 in Osaka) is a Japanese novelist, science fiction author, and actor. His Yumenokizaka bunkiten won the Tanizaki Prize in 1987. He has also won the 1981 Izumi Kyoka award, the 1989 Kawabata Yasunari award, and the 1992 Nihon SF Taisho Award. Source: Wikipedia (en)