Akira Hori
{{short description|Japanese science fiction writer (born 1944)}}
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Akira Hori (堀晃, born 1944 in Tatsuno, Hyogo) is a Japanese science fiction writer. He has been involved in science fiction since high school and has a degree from Osaka University in engineering. He won the first Nihon SF Taisho Award in 1980{{Cite web |url=http://www.sfwj.or.jp/list.e.html |title= Nihon SF Taisho Award Winners List|accessdate= 2010-01-28|publisher= Science Fiction Writers of Japan| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100223044552/http://www.sfwj.or.jp/list.e.html| archivedate= 23 February 2010 | url-status= live}} and has also won the Seiun Award.
Works in English translation
- "Open Up" (Speculative Japan 2, Kurodahan Press, 2011){{Cite web |url=http://www.kurodahan.com/mt/e/catalog/j0025cate.html |title=Speculative Japan 2 {{!}} Kurodahan Press |access-date=2013-11-23 |archive-date=2018-03-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317222450/http://www.kurodahan.com/mt/e/catalog/j0025cate.html |url-status=dead }}
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External links
- [http://www.jali.or.jp/hr/ Akira Hori's website (In Japanese)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000823130748/http://www.jali.or.jp/hr/ |date=2000-08-23 }}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060717004615/http://www.sfwj.or.jp/member/HORI-AKIRA.e.html SFWJ profile]
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Category:Japanese science fiction writers