Yasutaka Tsutsui

Yasutaka Tsutsui (筒井 康隆 "Tsutsui Yasutaka", September 24, 1934 - ) is a Japanese novelist, science fiction author, and actor born in Osaka. Along with Shinichi Hoshi and Sakyo Komatsu, he is one of the most famous science fiction writers in Japan. His "Yumenokizaka bunkiten" won the Tanizaki Prize in 1987. He has also won the 1981 Izumi Kyoka award, the 1989 Kawabata Yasunari award, and the 1992 Japan SF award. In 1997, he was decorated as a Chevalier Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government.

His work is known for its dark humour and satirical content. He has often satirized Japanese taboos such as disabilities and the Tenno system, and has been victim to much criticism as a result. From 1993 to 1996, he went on a writing-strike to protest the excessive, self-imposed restraint of Japanese publishers.

One of his first novels, "Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo", has been adapted many times in Japan, as films, TV-series, song, manga books... and lately as a popular animated film, "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time", released worldwide in 2006.

Salmonella Men on Planet Porno, a collection of Tsutsui's short stories translated by Andrew Driver, was published by Alma Books (UK) in October 2006.

Tsutsui's novel [http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1846880378 "Hell"] , translated by Evan Emswiler, was published by Alma Books in October 2007.

Works

Besides numerous film and TV acting credits, Yasutaka Tsutsui has published dozens of novels and short story collections in Japan.

Novels

* 48億の妄想 "48 Oku no Moso" (4.8 Billion Delusions) (1965)
* 馬の首風雲録 "Umanokubi Fuunroku" (Chronicle of the Horse’s Head Crisis) (1967)
* 時をかける少女 "Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo" (The Girl Who Leapt Through Time) (1967)
* 霊長類、南へ "Reichorui, Minami-e" (1969)
* 脱走と追跡のサンバ "Dasso to Tsuiseki no Samba" (Samba of Running and Chasing) (1971)
* 俗物図鑑 "Zokubutsu Zukan" (Picture Book of Vulgarity) (1972)
* 家族八景 "Kazoku Hakkei" (Eight Family Scenes/What The Maid Saw) (1972)
* 男たちの書いた絵 "Otoko Tachi no Kaita E" (Tale of Two Men) (1974)
* 俺の血は他人の血 "Ore no Chi wa Tanin no Chi" (My Blood is the Blood of Another) (1974)
* 七瀬ふたたび "Nanase Futatabi" (Nanase Once More) (1975)
* エディプスの恋人 "Oedipus no Koibito" (Oedipus’ Lover) (1977)
* 富豪刑事 "Fugo Keiji" (Millionaire Detective) (1978)
* 大いなる助走 "Oi ni Naru Joso" (The Great Approachway) (1979)
* 虚人たち "Kyojin Tachi" (Virtual Men) (1981)
* 虚航船団 "Kyoko Sendan" (Fleet of Fantasy) (1984)
* イリヤ・ムウロメツ "Iriya Muroumetsu" (1985)
* 旅のラゴス "Tabi no Lagos" (Lagos on a Journey) (1986)
* 歌と饒舌の戦記 "Uta to Jozetsu no Senki" (War Chronicles of Song and Loquacity) (1987)
* 夢の木坂分岐点 "Yumenokizaka Bungiten" (Dreamtree Hill Junction) (1987)
* 驚愕の広野 "Kyogaku no Koya" (Prairie of Astonishment) (1988)
* フェミニズム殺人事件 "Feminism Satsujin Jiken" (The Feminism Murders) (1989)
* 残像に口紅を "Zanzo ni Kuchibeni wo" (Lipstick on an After-Image) (1989)
* 文学部唯野教授 "Bungakubu Tadano Kyoju" (Prof. Tadano of the Literature Department) (1990)
* ロートレック荘事件 "Lautrec-So Jiken" (The Lautrec Villa Murders) (1990)
* 朝のガスパール "Asa no Gaspard" (Gaspard in the Morning) (1992)
* パプリカ "Paprika" (1993)
* 邪眼鳥 "Jagancho" (1997)
* 敵 "Teki" (Enemy) (1998)
* わたしのグランパ "Watashi no Granpa" (My Grandpa) (1999)
* 恐怖 "Kyofu" (Fear) (2001)
* ヘル "Hell" (2003)
* 銀齢の果て "Ginrei no Hate" (End of the Silver Age) (2006)
* 巨船べラスレトラス "Kyosen Bellas Letras" (The Big Ship Bellas Letras) (2007)
* ダンシング・ヴァニティ "Dancing Vanity" (2008)

hort Stories (Collections)

* 東海道戦争 "Tōkaidō Senso" (The Tōkaidō War) (1965)
* ベトナム観光公社 "Vietnam Kanko Kosha" (Vietnam Tourist Board) (1967)
* アルファルファ作戦 "Alfalfa Sakusen" (The Alfalfa Strategy) (1968)
* 幻想の未来・アフリカの血 "Genso no Mirai/Afrika no Chi" (Fantasy Future/African Blood) (1968)
* にぎやかな未来 "Nigiyaka na Mirai" (A Bright Future) (1968)
* アフリカの爆弾 "Afrika no Bakudan" (African Bomb) (1968)
* 筒井順慶 "Tsutsui Junkei" (1969)
* わが良き狼 "Waga Yoki Okami" (My Good Old Wolf) (1969)
* 心狸学・社怪学 "Shinrigaku, Shakaigaku" (Psychology, Sociology) (1969)
* ホンキイ・トンク "Honky Tonk" (1969)
* 母子像 "Boshizo" (Mother and Child Portrait) (1970)
* 馬は土曜に蒼ざめる "Uma wa Doyo ni Aozameru" (Horses Turn Pale on Saturdays) (1970)
* 日本列島七曲り "Nihon Retto Nanamagari" (Eight Bends on the Japanese Archipelago) (1971)
* 将軍が目覚めた時 "Shogun ga Mezameta Toki" (When the Shogun Awoke) (1972)
* 農協月へ行く "Nokyo Tsuki-e Iku" (Co-op Goes To The Moon) (1973)
* おれに関する噂 "Ore-ni Kansuru Uwasa" (Rumours About Me) (1974)
* ウィークエンドシャフル "Weekend Shuffle" (1974)
* 笑うな "Warau-na" (Don’t Laugh) (1975)
* メタモルフォセス群島 "Metamorphosis Gunto" (Metamorphosis Archipelago) (1976)
* バブリング創世記 "Babbling Soseiki" (Babbling Creation Chronicles) (1978)
* 宇宙衛星博覧会 "Uchu Eisei Hakurankai" (Space Satellite Expo) (1979)
* エロチック街道 "Erotic Kaidō" (Erotic Avenue) (1981)
* 串刺し教授 "Kushi Sashi Kyoju" (Professor on a Skewer) (1985)
* くたばれＰＴＡ "Kutabare PTA" (Go To Hell, PTA) (1986)
* お助け "Otasuke" (The Helper) (1986)
* 原始人 "Genshijin" (Primitive Man) (1987)
* 薬菜飯店 "Yakusai Hanten" (Yakusai Chinese Restaurant) (1988)
* 夜のコント・冬のコント "Yoru no Conte, Fuyu no Conte" (Night Tales, Winter Tales) (1990)
* 最後の伝令 "Saigo no Denrei" (The Last Despatch) (1993)
* 鍵 "Kagi" (The Key) (1994)
* 座敷ぼっこ "Zashiki Bokko" (1994)
* 家族場面 "Kazoku Bamen" (Family Scenes) (1995)
* 魚藍観音記 "Gyoran Kannon Ki" (Records of the Gyoran Kannon) (2000)
* エンガッツィオ司令塔 "Engazzio Shireito" (Engazzio Command Tower) (2000)
* 最後の喫煙者 "Saigo no Kitsuensha" (The Last Smoker) (2002)
* 睡魔のいる夏 "Suima no Iru Natsu" (Summer When the Sleep Fairy Comes) (2002)
* 傾いた世界 "Katamuita Sekai" (The World is Tilting) (2002)
* 懲戒の部屋 "Chōkai no Heya" (The Punishment Room) (2002)
* 日本以外全部沈没 "Nihon Igai Zembu Chinbotsu" (The End Of The World Except Japan) (2002)
* 怪物たちの夜 "Kaibutsu Tachi no Yoru" (Night of the Phantoms) (2002)
* 近所迷惑 "Kinjo Meiwaku" (Disturbing the Neighbours) (2002)
* わが愛の税務署 "Waga Ai no Zeimusho" (My Beloved Tax Office) (2003)
* カメロイド文部省 "Cameroid Monbusho" (The Cameroid Ministry of Education) (2003)
* ポルノ惑星のサルモネラ人間 "Porno Wakusei no Salmonella Ningen" (Salmonella Men on Planet Porno) (2005)

External links

* [http://www.jali.or.jp/tti/en/index.htm Tsutsui Yasutaka Home Page]