- Tetsu Yano
Tetsu Yano (Japanese 矢野徹 "Yano Tetsu";
December 10 1923 –October 13 2004 ) was aJapan esescience fiction translator and writer. He began to introduce to Japanese readers the works of USscience fiction writers in the late 1940s. He was the first Japanese writer of the genre to visit the United States, in 1953. He took part in foundingScience Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan (SFWJ, 日本SF作家クラブ) in 1963, and served as its president from 1978 to 1979.Yano was born in
Matsuyama ,Ehime Prefecture and grew up inKobe . After studying atChuo University for three years, he was drafted into the Japanese Army, serving two years and two months. After the war he made a living collecting trash on a US military base, where he became fascinated with the colorfully-illustrated science fiction works thrown away by the soldiers.He learned to read English and eventually began translating science fiction. The works of
Robert A. Heinlein ,Berterik Pohl ,Desmond Bagley , andFrank Herbert were among the some 360 translations by him. He also wrote stories of his own, including "The Legend of the Paper Spaceship ", which first appeared in English translation in 1984 and has appeared in several collections. Some of his stories have been adapted intoanime .Yano died on October 13, 2004, from
cancer of thelarge intestine . Although he made a partial recovery after an operation in November of the previous year, he relapsed. His funeral was held onOctober 16 ,2004 .ee also
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The Dagger of Kamui External links
* [http://www.sfwj.or.jp/member/YANO-TETSU.e.html Official SFWJ profile]
* [http://www.iblist.com/author6705.htm Internet Book List profile]
* [http://www.sfwa.org/News/yano.htm SFWA obituary]
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