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Baku Yumemakura | |
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| Born | January 1, 1951 Japan Odawara, Kanagawa |
| Occupation | Author |
| Language | Japanese |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Genre | Science fiction, adventure, fantasy |
| Notable works | The Summit of the Gods, Onmyōji, Majugari, Garōden |
| Notable awards | 1989 Nihon SF Taisho Award Seiun Award for Jogen no Tsuki wo Taberu Shishi 1998 Shibata Renzuburo Award for Kamigami no Itadaki 2001 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize for Onmyoji a manga version drawn by Reiko Okano 2001 Japan Media Arts Festival for Kamigami no Itadaki, a manga version drawn by Jiro Taniguchi 2011 Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature for O-Edo Chokaku-den 2011 Funabashi Sei-ichi award for O-Edo Chokaku-den 2012 Yoshikawa Eiji Award for O-Edo Chokaku-den |
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Baku Yumemakura (夢枕 獏, Yumemakura Baku, born 1951 in Odawara, Kanagawa) is a Japanese science fiction and adventure writer. His works have sold more than 20 million copies in Japan spread across more than 280 titles and adapted into a variety of formats including feature films, television shows, movies and comic books.
His works are influenced by outdoor interests such as fishing, particularly Ayu fishing, mountain climbing, canoeing as well as manga, photography, pottery, art, calligraphy, martial arts. He has published a number of photo collections of his journeys through Nepalese mountains.
He is best known for writing Jōgen no Tsuki wo Taberu Shishi (The Lion that Ate the Crescent Moon), which won both the Seiun Award and the Nihon SF Taisho Award.[1] He also has written film scripts, including the one to Onmyōji.
One of his popular martial arts serials that has been adapted into manga is Garōden (餓狼伝), which has also been adapted to two video games and a movie.
He's been nicknamed "the artisan of violence" due to one of his popular martial arts novel series, Shishi no Mon (獅子の門, Gate of Fierce Lions). As of 2014, he has been working on the scripts for the manga series Shin Garōden with renowned manga artist Masami Nobe.
He is also a past president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan organization.
- ^ "Nihon SF Taisho Award Winners List". Science Fiction Writers of Japan. Archived from the original on 23 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-28.