Yoshinori Shimizu

Yoshinori Shimizu (清水 義範) is a Japanese novelist.

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)


 * 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)