Issui Ogawa

Issui Ogawa (小川 一水) is a science fiction writer of more than a dozen novels. His stories are often sociological in nature dealing with issues like disaster and democracy.

Awards

 * 2004: Seiun Award Best Japanese Novel of the Year for Dai Roku Tairiku (第六大陸)
 * 2006: Seiun Award Best Japanese Short Story of the Year for "Tadayotta Otoko" (漂った男)
 * 2011: Seiun Award Best Japanese Short Story of the Year for "Arisuma ō no aishita mamono" (アリスマ王の愛した魔物)
 * 2014: Seiun Award Best Japanese Novel of the Year for Kororogi dake kara mokusei toroya e (コロロギ岳から木星トロヤへ)
 * 2019: Nihon SF Taisho Award for Tenmei no shirube (天冥の標)
 * 2020: Seiun Award Best Japanese Novel of the Year for Tenmei no shirube (天冥の標)

Personal life
Issui Ogawa was born in Gifu Prefecture, and currently resides in Aichi Prefecture. He is married and has two children.

English translation

 * Novels
 * The Lord of the Sands of Time (2009), translation of Toki Suna no Ō (時砂の王) (2007)
 * The Next Continent (2010), translation of Dai roku tairiku (第六大陸) (2003)
 * Short stories
 * "Old Vohl's Planet" (2003) translation by Jim Hubbert in Speculative Japan 2: The Old Man Who Watched the Sea and Other Tales of Japanese Science Fiction and Fantasy (Kurodahan Press, 2011)
 * "Golden Bread" (The Future is Japanese, Viz Media, Haikasoru, 2012)
 * "To the Blue Star" (Speculative Japan 3, Kurodahan Press, 2012)