Fumio Takano
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{{Short description|Japanese writer}}
{{Infobox writer
|name = Fumio Takano
|native_name = 高野 史緒
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|birth_date = {{birth year|1966}}
|birth_place = Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
|occupation = Writer
|education = {{plainlist |
|notableworks= {{plainlist |
- Swan Knight
- Graf Zeppelin
- Musica Machina
- The Sister Karamazov}}
|awards = {{plainlist |
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{{nihongo|Fumio Takano|高野 史緒|Takano Fumio}} is a Japanese writer from Ibaraki Prefecture.{{cite web|url=https://www.depauw.edu/sfs/backissues/88/kotani.html|title=Space, Body, and Aliens in Japanese Women’s Science Fiction|work=Science Fiction Studies|last=Kotani|first=Mari|translator-last=Nakamura|translator-first=Miri|date=November 1, 2002|access-date=September 9, 2024}} Her work has won the 58th Edogawa Rampo Prize and she was a finalist for the 6th Japan Fantasy Novel Award. She won the 55th Seiun Award for Best Japanese Long Work for her novel Graf Zeppelin: The Airship of That Summer.
Selected Works
=Selected Books in Japanese=
=Selected works in English translation=
- Swan Knight, trans. Sharni Wilson, 2024, Luna Press{{cite web|url=https://www.lunapresspublishing.com/product-page/swan-knight|title=Swan Knight|work=Luna Press Publishing|last=Takano|first=Fumio|translator-last=Wilson|translator-first=Sharni|date=April 30, 2024|access-date=June 17, 2024}}
- "Lest You Remember", trans. Jim Hubbert, Speculative Japan 3, 2011, Kurodahan Press{{cite web|url=https://www.kurodahan.com/wp/e/catalog/9784902075304.html|title=Speculative Japan 3|work=Kurodahan Press|last=Takano|first=Fumio|translator-last=Hubbert|translator-first=Jim|date=July 7, 2011|access-date=August 23, 2022}}
- "Anton and Kiyohime", trans. Hart Larrabee, Tomo: Friendship Through Fiction, 2010, edited by Holly Thompson, Stone Bridge Press{{cite web|url=https://www.stonebridge.com/catalog-2020/Tomo%3A-Friendship-through-Fiction|title=Tomo: Friendship through Fiction|work=Stone Bridge Press|last=Takano|first=Fumio|translator-last=Larrabee|translator-first=Hart|date=April 10, 2010|access-date=August 25, 2022}}
- "Barcarolle", trans. Sharni Wilson, AI x SF, 2019, review by Sara L. Uckelman{{cite web|url=https://sffreviews.com/tag/fumio-takano/|title=Review: Barcarolle by Fumio Takano|work=SFF Reviews|last=Takano|first=Fumio|translator-last=Wilson|translator-first=Sharni|date=January 31, 2020|access-date=August 23, 2022}}