Hiroe Suga
{{Short description|Japanese writer}}
{{nihongo|Hiroe Suga|菅浩江|Suga Hiroe|born April 21, 1963 in Kyoto}} is a Japanese science fiction and mystery writer. She was first published in 1981. She has won four Seiun Awards – in 1992 and 2001 for best novel of the year, and in 1993 and 2020 for best short story of the year.
She is also a musician and a qualified dancer in the Wakayagi school of Japanese traditional dance.{{cite web
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Music and dance have figured in her fiction.
She is married to Gainax founder Yasuhiro Takeda.
Awards
- 1992: Seiun Award Japanese Long Story for Merusasu no shōnen
- 1993: Seiun Award Japanese Short Story for "Sobakasu no figyua"
- 2001: Seiun Award Japanese Long Story for Eien no mori Hakubutsukan wakusei
- 2001: Mystery Writers of Japan Award Best Novel for Eien no mori Hakubutsukan wakusei
- 2020: Seiun Award Japanese Short Story for "Mizu no Tsuki"
- 2021: Nihon SF Taisho Award for Kanki no uta Hakubutsukan wakusei III
Works
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- "Freckled Figure" (1999), translation of {{nihongo3|"Sobakasu no figyua"|そばかすのフィギュア}} (1992)
- "Five Sisters" (2012), translation of {{nihongo3|"Go nin shimai"|五人姉妹}} (2000){{Cite web |url=http://www.kurodahan.com/mt/e/catalog/jp0024cate.html |title=Speculative Japan 3 {{!}} Kurodahan Press |access-date=2013-11-23 |archive-date=2018-03-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180319171729/http://www.kurodahan.com/mt/e/catalog/jp0024cate.html |url-status=dead }}
Notes
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External links
- [http://www.gainax.co.jp/hills/suga/index.html Official site] {{in lang|ja}}
- [http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/suga_hiroe Entry] in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
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Category:Japanese science fiction writers
Category:Mystery Writers of Japan Award winners
Category:Japanese women science fiction and fantasy writers
Category:Japanese female dancers
Category:Japanese women musicians
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