Hiroe Suga

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.^[1] Music and dance have figured in her fiction.

She is married to Gainax founder Yasuhiro Takeda.

• 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

English translation

• "Freckled Figure" (1999), translation of "Sobakasu no figyua" (そばかすのフィギュア) (1992)
• "Five Sisters" (2012), translation of "Go nin shimai" (五人姉妹) (2000)^[2]

• Official site (in Japanese)
• Entry in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

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