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Biography
Yasutaka Tsutsui is a Japanese novelist, science fiction author, and actor. 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 Nihon SF Taisho Award.
Awards & recognition
- Japan Art Academy Prize · 2022
- Mainichi art award · 2017
- Kikuchi Kan Prize · 2010
- Medal with Purple Ribbon · 2002
- Yomiuri Prize · 1999
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- Nihon SF Taisho Award · 1992
- Kawabata award · 1989
- Tanizaki Prize · 1987
- Izumi Kyōka Prize — Literature · 1981
- Seiun Award — Best Japanese Novel · 1976
- Seiun Award — Best Japanese Novel · 1975
- Seiun Award — Best Japanese Novel · 1970
- Naoki Prize · 1972 · nominated
- Naoki Prize · 1968 · nominated
- Naoki Prize · 1967 · nominated




