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Taku Mayumura was a Japanese novelist, science fiction writer and haiku poet. He won the Seiun Award for Novel twice. His novel Shiseikan, written in 1974, was translated into English by Daniel Jackson in 2004. Mayumura was also a young adult fiction writer whose works have been adapted into TV drama, film, and anime. Mayumura was an honorary member of the SFWJ.

Biography
Mayumura was born as Murakami Takuji (), at Osaka city, Osaka prefecture in 1934. In 1960, he joined the SF fanzine Uchūjin. In 1979, he won the seventh Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature and the Seiun Award for his novel Shōmetsu no Kōrin, In 2020, he was posthumously awarded the Meritorious Service Award in its 40th Nihon SF Taishō Awards by the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of Japan (SFWJ). Haiku poetry Mayumura was also a haiku poet. He was a member of the haiku club in his high school. He posted his haiku work to the haiku coterie magazine Ashibu () which Shūōshi Mizuhara (JA) presided over. Mayumura has been a coterie membera of the haiku magazine "Uzu" (). In 2009, he published a Haiku book "Kiri wo yuku" (). Style of writings As a literary theorist, he advocated the "Insider Bungaku-ron" (Theory of Literature by Insiders). Consistent with this theme, his novels frequently tackle the issues of problematic relations between individuals and the corporate or bureaucratic organizations to which they belong. Mayumura wrote various stories. His stages of the fictions range from the ordinary life scenes of common people to the fantastic worlds hidden back in the daily life, to the inter-stellar federation of far future. Especially, strange and fantastic aspects of the reality, adjacent to the ordinary life are the essence of his fantastic stories. ==Personal life==
Personal life
He died early in the morning (at 04:01 AM in JST) of November 3, 2019 due to aspiration pneumonia in Osaka. His family stated he had been dealing with cancer for several years, and had been hospitalized on October 8, continuing to write in his bed until his death. == Awards ==
Awards
• Prize at the 1st Kūsōkagaku Shōsetsu Contest for Kakyū Aidea-man () 1961 • Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature (JA) for Shōmetsu no Kōrin () 1979 • Seiun Award for Shōmetsu no Kōrin 1979 • Seiun Award for Hikishio no toki () 1996 == Works in English translation ==
Works in English translation
Administrator (Kurodahan Press, 2004) • "Fnifmum" (The Best Japanese Science Fiction Stories, Dembner Books, 1989 / Barricade Books, 1997) • "I'll Get Rid of Your Discontent" (Speculative Japan, Kurodahan Press, 2007) == Works ==
Works
Novels : Novels and Collections of novelettes and short stories, or Collection of short short stories. • Moeru Keisha () 1963, Touto Shobou • ''Gen'ei no Kōsei'' () 1966, Hayakawa Shobou • ''EXPO' 87'' () 1968, Hayakawa Shobou • Wa ga Sexoid () 1969, Rippu Shobou • Techunit () 1969, San'ichi Shobou • Jun B-kyū Shimin () 1966, Hayakawa Publishing, Hayakawa SF Series • Bankokuhaku ga Yattekuru () 1968, Hayakawa Publishing, Hayakawa SF Series • Niji wa Kieta () 1969, Hayakawa Publishing, Hayakawa SF Series • Toki no Odysseus () 1971, Hayakawa Publishing, Hayakawa SF Series • C-seki no Kyaku () 1971, Nihon Keizai Shinbunsha, 1973, Kadokawa Bunko • Karera no Naka no Umi () 1973, Hayakawa Publishing • Kiga Rettō () 1974, Hayakawa Publishing, (collaboration with Masami Fukushima) • Salon wa Owatta () 1974, Hayakawa Bunko JA • Shiseikan (, Administrator) 1974, Hayakawa Publishing • Ano Shinju-iro no Asa wo... () 1974, Kadokawa Bunko • Kimyōna Tsuma () 1975, Hayakawa Publishing, 1978 Kadokawa Bunko • Ikyō Henge () 1976, Kadokawa Bunko • Nubatama no... () 1978, Koudansha • Shōmetsu no Kōrin () 1979, Hayakawa Publishing • Bokutachi no Pocket () 1980, Kadokawa Bunko • Nagai Akatsuki () 1980, Hayakawa Publishing • Pocket no ABC () 1982, Kadokawa Shoten • Pocket no XYZ () 1982, Kadokawa Shoten • Futsū no Kazoku () 1984, Kadokawa Bunko • Meikyū Monogatari () 1986, Kadokawa Shoten • Futeiki Esper () 1–8, 1988–1990, Tokuma Shoten • Hikishio no Toki () 1–5, 1988-1995 Hayakawa Publishing • Wonder Tea Room () 1992, Jitsugyō no nihon • Higawari Ichiwa, Book 1, Book 2 () 1998, Shuppan Geijutsusha • Tsuma ni Sasageta 1778-wa (, 1,778 Stories dedicated to My Wife, [Tsuma ni Sasageta Sen Nana-hyaku Nana-jū Hachi-wa]) 2004 :etc. Shiseikan series The Shiseikan (Administrator) series is summarized as follows: In the distant future, the humans of Earth constitute the Terrestrial Federation; the Terrestrial humans have spread far across outer space and colonized numerous planets and solar systems. The Federation established local governments on those planets to establish law and order among the human settlers, and to mediate between Terrestrials and the sapient aliens who had been originally born, evolved and lived on certain of these planets before the settlers arrived. In the early period, the planets had been ruled by Federation-aligned military juntas; however, the Federation has begun to recall the military administrations and send civilian administrators to govern on their behalf. The troubles faced by these administrators constitute the stories of Shiseikan. • Shiseikan (}, Administrators) 1974, Hayakawa Publishing • Shōmesu no Kourin (, The Corona of the Extinction) 1979, Hayakawa Publishing, Seiun Award 1979 • Nagai Akatsuki (, Long Dawn) 1980, Hayakawa Publishing • Hikishio no Toki (, The Time at Low Tide) 1996, Hayakawa Publishing, Seiun Award 1996 Young adult fiction Tensai wa Tsukurareru () 1968 • Maboroshi no Pen Friend () 1970, 2006 • Nazo no Tenkōsei () 1972, 2004 • Nejireta Machi () 1974, 2005 • Sangyō Shikan Kōhosei () 1974 • Jigoku no Sainō () 1975 • Nerawareta Gakuen () 1976, 2003 • Omoiagari no Natsu () 1977, Kadokawa Bunko (including Nagori no Yuki ) • Tozasareta Jikanwari () 1977 • Naitara Shi ga Kuru () 1977 • Shiroi Futōshiki () 1978 • Tsukurareta Asu () 1980 • Toraerareta School Bus ()) 1981-1983 Kadokawa Bunko, (New title: Toki no Tabibito () • Shiirareta Henshin () 1988 Historical story Cartago no Unmei () 1998, Shin Jinbutsu Ōraisha Others or uncertain Chikyū e no Tōi Michi () 1970, Mainichi Shinbunsha • Nijū-Yo-Jikan no Sinnyūsha () 1974, Akimoto • Waru-nori Ryokō () 1975, Kadokawa Bunko • ''Shin'ya Hōsō no Happening'' () 1977, Akimoto • Mōretsu Kyōshi () 1977 • Shiroi Kobako () 1977, Jitsugyou no Nihon • Tōrisugita Yatsu () 1977, Ruppu Shobo • Henna Otoko () 1978, Kadokawa Bunko • Oshaberi Meiro () 1979, Kadokawa Shoten • Gekkō no Sasu Basho () 1980 • Katamuita Chiheisen () 1981, Kadokawa Bunko • Sorezore no Magarikado () 1986, Kadokawa Bunko • Yūyake no Kaiten Mokuba () 1986, Kadokawa Bunko • Niji no Uragawa () 1994, Shuppan Geijutsusha :etc. Essays Giyaman to Kikai (, Glass and Machine) 1977, PHP Kenkyusho • Teri-kageri no Fūkei - Kessaku Essay () 1981.12, Kosaido shuppan • Osaka no Machikado - Mayumura Taku Semba Essay () 1995.11 San'itsu shobo Haiku poetry Kiri wo Yuku () 2009 == Works adapted into TV drama ==
Works adapted into TV drama
Maboroshi no Pen Friend () 1974, 2001 • Nazo no Tenkōsei () 1975、2014 • Nerawareta Gakuen () 1977, 1982, 1987, 1997 • Jigoku no Sainō () 1977 • Nagori no Yuki () 1977, 1994 == Works adapted into cinema film ==
Works adapted into cinema film
Nerawareta Gakuen () 1981 (Director: ()), 1997 (Director: ()) • Nazo no Tenkōsei () 1998 (Director: ()) • Boku to Tsuma no 1778 no Monogatari () based on his life episode and short stories. == Works adapted into anime film ==
Works adapted into anime film
Toki no Tabibito () 1986 (Director: Mori Masaki) • Neo Tokyo (Meikyuu Monogatari) () 1987 (Directors: Rintaro, Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Katsuhiro Ōtomo) • Nerawareta Gakuen () 2012 (Director: Ryosuke Nakamura) == Notes and references ==
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