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Yasutaka Tsutsui

Born

in Osaka, Japan

September 24, 1934

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Humor

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Yasutaka Tsutsui (筒井康隆) is a Japanese novelist, science fiction author, and actor. Along with Shinichi Hoshi and Sakyo Komatsu, he is one of the most famous science fiction writers in Japan. His Yume no Kizaka 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. In 1997, he was decorated as a Chevalier Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government.

His work is known for its dark humour and satirical content. He has often satirized Japanese taboos such as disabilities and the Tenno system, and has been victim to much criticism as a result. From 1993 to 1996, he went on a writing-strike to protest the excessive, self-imposed restraint ...more

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Average rating: 3.43 · 11,957 ratings · 1,705 reviews · 267 distinct works • Similar authors

	Paprika 3.18 avg rating — 3,747 ratings — published 1993	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Girl Who Leapt Through Time by Yasutaka Tsutsui, David Karashima (Translator) 3.24 avg rating — 2,580 ratings — published 1976 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hombres salmonela en el planeta porno by Yasutaka Tsutsui, Jesús Carlos Álvarez Crespo (translator) 3.68 avg rating — 1,616 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hell 3.26 avg rating — 687 ratings — published 2003	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Maid 3.64 avg rating — 520 ratings — published 1972 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Estoy desnudo 3.97 avg rating — 317 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Konec stříbrného věku by Yasutaka Tsutsui, Anna Křivánková (Translator) 3.67 avg rating — 189 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Girl Who Runs Through Time, Vol. 1 (The Girl Who Runs Through Time, #1) by Yasutaka Tsutsui, Gaku Tsugano 3.14 avg rating — 100 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Telepathic Wanderers Volume 1 3.48 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Girl Who Runs Through Time, Vol. 2 (The Girl Who Runs Through Time, #2) 3.33 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Yasutaka Tsutsui (?)

“Don't you think dreams and the Internet are similar? They are both areas where the repressed conscious mind vents.”
― Yasutaka Tsutsui, Paprika

tags: dreams, fictiion, internet

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“Time waits for no one.”
― The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

tags: motivational

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“To be able to see into a friends' dream is a dream in itself.

-Doctor Kōsaku Tokita (Paprika)”
― Yasutaka Tsutsui

tags: blaze, dreams, friend, lover, saotome, science, tsutsui, yasutaka

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