Sakyo Komatsu
- In this Japanese name, the family name is Komatsu.
Sakyo Komatsu | |
|---|---|
| Born | Minoru Komatsu January 28, 1931 Osaka, Japan |
| Died | July 26, 2011 (aged 80) Minoh, Osaka, Japan |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Alma mater | Kyoto University |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Subject | Futurology |
| Notable works | Japan Sinks |
| Notable awards | 1985 Nihon SF Taisho Award |
Sakyō Komatsu (小松左京, Komatsu Sakyō, Jan. 28, 1931 - July 26, 2011) was a Japanese novelist and science fiction writer. He is best known for a 1973 book, Japan Sinks (Nihon Chinbotsu).[1]
Early life[change | change source]
Komatsu was born in Osaka. In 1954, he earned a degree in Italian literature at Kyoto University.[1]
Career[change | change source]
Komatsu worked as a magazine editor, a factory foreman and a comedy scriptwriter before he began writing science fiction.[1]
The premise of Komatsu's best known book, Japan Sinks, was confirmed in 2011 when parts of the Sanriku coastline sank more than a meter in the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.[2] In the massive geologic shift, the land mass of the main island of Japan sank 2.4 centemeters.[3]
Komatsu's most popular book was the basis of a 1973 film, a television series, a 2006 film remake,[4] and a DVD.[5]
Selected works[change | change source]
In an overview of writings by and about Sakyo Komatsu, OCLC/WorldCat includes roughly 380+ works in 520+ publications in 14 languages and 1,520 library holdings.[6]
- 日本沈没 (1959)
- Peace on Earth (1961)[1]
- 地球になった男 (1971)
- Japan Sinks (日本沈没, Nihon Chinbotsu) (1973)[1]
- 現代の神話 (1973)
- 歴史と文明の旅 (1973)
- Virus ([復活の日 Fukkatsu no hi] Error: {{nihongo}}: text has italic markup (help)) (1974)
- 戦争はなかった (1974)
- 果てしなき流れの果に (1976)
- 日本文化の死角 (1977)
- 物体O (1977 )
- アメリカの壁 (1978)
- Nihilistic Corridor (1999)[1]
- 小松左京自伝: 実存を求めて (2008)
Quotes[change | change source]
Shortly before his death, Komatsu wrote, "I had thought I wouldn’t mind dying any day, but now I’m feeling like living a little bit longer and seeing how Japan will go on hereafter."[1]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Hevesi, Dennis. "Sakyo Komatsu, 80, Science Fiction Writer, Dies at 80," New York Times. August 10, 2011; retrieved 2011-10-21.
- ↑ "High Tides Inundate Sunken Towns: March 11 earthquake caused some places to drop by 1.2 meters," Archived 2012-01-22 at the Wayback MachineJapan Times. May 11, 2011; retrieved 2011-10-21. ()
- ↑ "Japan sinks 2.4 cm after March 11 quake,"Asahi Shimbun. October 20, 2011; retrieved 2011-10-21. ()
- ↑ Toho Kingdom, Japan Sinks; retrieved 2011-10-21.
- ↑ Shinji, Higuchi et al. (2007). Sinking of Japan (DVD); retrieved 2011-10-21.
- ↑ WorldCat Identities: 小松左京
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