Project Itoh
| Project Itoh | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Satoshi Itō October 14, 1974 Tokyo, Japan |
| Died | March 20, 2009 (aged 34) |
| Occupation | Novelist, web designer |
| Alma mater | Musashino Art University |
| Period | 2007-2008 |
| Genres | Science fiction |
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Project Itoh (伊藤 計劃 Itō Keikaku), real name Satoshi Itō (伊藤 聡 Itō Satoshi, October 14, 1974 – March 20, 2009), was a Japanese science fiction writer.
History
Born in Tokyo and graduated from the Department of Imaging Arts and Sciences at Musashino Art University. While working as a web designer, he wrote Genocidal Organ and submitted to Komatsu Sakyō Award contest in 2006. Although it did not receive the award, it was published from Hayakawa Publishing in 2007 and was nominated to Nihon SF Taisho Award. A poll by the yearly SF guidebook SF ga yomitai ranked Genocidal Organ as the number one of the domestic SF novel of the decade.[1]
Since 2001, he had to be hospitalized frequently for recurrent cancer. He died at age 34 on March 20, 2009. The video game Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker and the last chapter of the manga Aki Sora were dedicated to his memory.
Toh Enjoe's Self-Reference ENGINE was also a finalist of Komatsu Sakyō Award and published from Hayakawa Shobō in 2007, along with Itoh's Genocidal Organ. Since then they often appeared together at science fiction conventions and interviews, and collaborated in a few works, until Itoh's death. At the press conference after the announcement of Enjoe's Akutagawa Prize in January 2012, Enjoe revealed the plan to complete Itoh's unfinished novel Shisha no teikoku.[2] It was published in August 2012, and received the Special Award of Nihon SF Taisho Award.
Awards
- Japanese Awards
- 2007: Nihon SF Taisho Award nomination for Gyakusatsu kikan
- 2007: S-F Magazine Readers' Award Japanese Short Story for "The Indifference Engine"
- 2009: Nihon SF Taisho for Hāmonī
- 2009: Seiun Award for Hāmonī
- 2012: Nihon SF Taisho Award "Special Award" for Shisha no teikoku (with Toh Enjoe)
- 2013: Seiun Award for Shisha no teikoku (with Toh Enjoe)
- U.S. Awards
- 2010: Philip K. Dick Award "Special Citation" for Harmony (English-language translation of Hāmonī)
Bibliography
Novels
- Gyakusatsu kikan (虐殺器官?)
(2007); English translation: Genocidal Organ (2012)
- Metaru gia soriddo ganzu obu za patoriotto (メタルギア ソリッド ガンズ オブ ザ パトリオット?)
(2008); English translation: Metal Gear Solid: Guns of the Patriots (2012) — Novelization of a videogame Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
- Hāmonī (ハーモニー?)
(2008); English translation: Harmony (2010)
- Shisha no teikoku (屍者の帝国?, The Empire of Corpses)
(2012) — Co-authored with Toh Enjoe. Published posthumously. (A Partial Translation of The Empire of Corpses at J'Lit Books from Japan)
Collections of short stories and essays
- Itō Keikaku Kiroku (伊藤計劃記録?, Project Itoh Archives)
(2010) — A collection of short stories as well as essays from his website, published posthumously
- Itō Keikaku Kiroku: Daini Isō (伊藤計劃記録：第弐位相?, Project Itoh Archives: Second Phase)
(2011) — A collection of short stories, essays, and his blog text, published posthumously
- The Indifference Engine (2012) — A bunkobon paperback collection of short fiction works
Movie reviews collections
- Running Pictures (Running Pictures 伊藤計劃映画時評集 1?)
(2013) — Movie reviews collection from his web site
- Cinematrix (Cinematrix 伊藤計劃映画時評集 2?)
(2013) — Movie reviews collection from his web site
Notes
- ↑ SFが読みたい！〈2010年度版〉. Hayakawa Shobo. 2010. ISBN 978-4-15-209107-9.
- ↑ "全文掲載：芥川賞受賞会見 円城塔さん". NHK Kabun Blog (in Japanese). NHK Science & Culture. January 18, 2012. Retrieved May 20, 2012.
References
- "HARMONY". Haikasoru. Retrieved August 1, 2010.
- Nozomi Ōmori (2010). "Kaisetsu". Gyakusatsu kikan (in Japanese). ISBN 978-4-15-030984-8.
- J'Lit | Authors : Project (Keikaku) Itoh | Books from Japan (English)
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