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Shinichi Hoshi

Personal Info

Known For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

September 6, 1926(71)

Day of Death

December 30, 1997

Place of Birth

Tokyo, Japan

Also Known As

星新一星親一

Shinichi Hoshi

Writing

Biography

Shinichi Hoshi was a Japanese novelist and science fiction writer best known for his "short-short" science fiction stories, often no more than three or four pages in length, of which he wrote over 1000. He also wrote mysteries and won the Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Mōsō Ginkō in 1968.