Tetsuo Takashima

Tetsuo Takashima (高嶋 哲夫 Takashima Tetsuo, born July 7, 1949) is a contemporary Japanese author active in a number of genres that include science fiction, mystery fiction, historical fiction, social commentary, and juvenile fiction.

Biography

1949 Okayama Birth 1973 Keio University Faculty-of-Technology Graduation 1975 Keio University Graduate School Engineering Graduate Course Master Course End 1975 Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute Research Worker 1978 University of California Studying Abroad 1995 Mystery Writers of Japan Member 2000 Japan Writer's Association Member 2001 National Coaching School Cooperative Society Director 2007 Filmize Midnight Eagle (Shochiku-Universal Pictures) reviewed by Matt Zoller Seitz in The New York Times (23 November 2007)).

Works in English translation Fallout (original title: Merutodaun [Meltdown]), Vertical, 2013 Megaquake: How Japan and the World Should Respond (original title: Kyodai Jishin No Hi [A day of Huge Earthquake]), Potomac Books, 2015 TSUNAMI, Shueisha, 2016 THE WALL: The Refugees' Path to a New Republic, Museyon, 2020 THE GENE OF LIFE, Museyon, 2021

Awards 1979 - Atomic Energy Society of Japan Technical Prize 1990 - North Japan Literary Prize: 1994 - Shosetsu Gendai Mystery Newcomer Award: Fallout 1999 - Suntory Mystery Award, Grand-prix and Reader Prize: Intruder 2006 - Iue Cultural Prize 2017 - Energy Forum Award Prize: Fukushima Dai-2 No Kiseki (福島第二の奇跡,Miracle of Fukushima II Nuclear Power Plant)

Works

Novels 1999 1999 2000 2000 2000 2000 2001 2001 2001 2002 2002 2003 (Fallout, Vertical, 2013) 2003 2004 Manga adaptation: Illustrated by Shinji Hiramatsu (2005) 2005 2008 2008 2009 2009 2009 2010 2010 2011 2011 2013 2013 2014 2015 2016 2016 2017 Okinawa Confidential 2 "Blue Dragon" (沖縄コンフィデンシャル ブルードラゴン) 2018 Terrorism In The Official Residence (官邸襲撃) 2018 Hurricane (ハリケーン) 2019 Okinawa Confidential 3 "The Way of Life of Lekios" (沖縄コンフィデンシャル レキオスの生きる道) 2020 2021

Manga series 2006 (Illustrated by Takanori Yasaka)

Essays 1982 " America No Gakko Seikatsu (アメリカの学校生活, U.S. School Life) " 1984 " California No Akane-chan (カリフォルニアのあかねちゃん, My Akane of California) " 2000 " Juku Wo Gakko Ni (塾を学校に, It is to a school about a private school) "(Collaboration) 2001 " Kouritsu Gakko Ga Nakunaru (公立学校がなくなる, A public school dies) "(Collaboration) 2005 " Kyodai Jishin No Ato Ni Osottekita Koto (巨大地震の後に襲ってきたこと, Be attacked by Huge Earthquake) " 2006 " Kyodai Jishin No Hi (巨大地震の日, A day of Huge Earthquake) (Megaquake: How Japan and the World Should Respond translate by Robert D. Eldridge, Potomac Books, 2015)" 2013 " Tokai Tonankai Nankai Kyodai Rendo Jisjin (東海・東南海・南海 巨大連動地震, Nankai Trough massive earthquake) " 2015 " Sekai Ni Warawareru Nihon No Genpatsu Senryaku (世界に嗤われる日本の原発戦略, World laugh nuclear power strategy of Japan) " 2016 " Fukushima Dai-2 No Kiseki (福島第二の奇跡, Miracle of Fukushima II Nuclear Power Plant) " 2020 " Shutokansengo no Nihon (「首都感染」後の日本, Japan after the "Capital Infection") " 2021 " Shuto Okayama (首都岡山, Capital City Okayama) "