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Norio Nakai (中井 紀夫, Nakai Norio, 1952-) is a Japanese science fiction writer.
His debut as a writer was in 1985 in Hayakawa SF Magazine. In 1988 he won the Seiun Award with "Mountaintop Symphony". He is known for his unique style, influenced by magic realism. His most famous work is the Nō-nashi Wani (能無しワニ) "Wani the Incapable" series, a western-like science fiction of seven volumes (published in 1987-1989).
He is a graduate of Musashi University.




Works in English translation


"Mountaintop Symphony" (山の上の交響楽, Yama no Ue no Kōkyō-gaku) (Speculative Japan 2, Kurodahan Press, 2011)




Sources



Seed, David. A Companion to Science Fiction. Wiley-Blackwell, 2005, p. 329. ISBN 1-4051-1218-2
Tatsumi, Takayuki. "Generations and Controversies: An Overview of Japanese Science Fiction, 1957-1997", Science Fiction Studies, Vol. 27, No. 1 (March 2000), pp. 105-114. (subscription required)




External links


Norio Nakai at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

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