Mariko Ōhara | |
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| Born | (1959-03-20)March 20, 1959 (age 66) Osaka,Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Alma mater | University of the Sacred Heart |
| Notable awards | 1991Seiun Award forHaiburiddo Chairudo 1980Nihon SF Taisho Award forSensō-wo Enjita Kamigamitachi |
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Mariko Ōhara (大原まり子,Ōhara Mariko, born March 20, 1959 inOsaka, Japan) is a Japanesescience fiction writer. She won the 6thHayakawa SF Contest in 1980, when she was still a student. Later she published various SF works and became the 10th president of theScience Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan. Ōhara is the Winner of theNihon SF Taisho Award in 1994.
Ōhara was born inOsaka. She wroteKirk/Spockfan fiction in her teens. She graduated in psychology from theUniversity of the Sacred Heart (Japan) (聖心女子大学).
Ōhara won the 6thHayakawa SF Contest for her short story "Hitori de Aruite itta Neko (A Cat who Walked along Alone)" in 1980. Next year, in 1981, she graduated from the University and started publishing her stories in theS-F Magazine. She belongs to the 3rd generation[2] of the Japanese SF writers.
In 1991, her "Haiburiddo Chairudo, Hybrid Child" (ハイブリッド・チャイルド won theSeiun Award for Japanese novel. Then, in 1995 she won the 15thNihon SF Taisho Award for "Sensō-wo Enjita Kamigamitachi, Gods who Bandied War" (戦争を演じた神々たち).[3]
She was a science fiction reviewer forAsahi Shimbun from April 1998 to March 2002, and she was on the jury for the Nihon SF Taisho Awards from 1997 to 1999.[4] She was also the 10th president of theScience Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan from September 1999 to September 2001.
Ōhara is a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan, of theJapanese Writers' Association (JA), and, of theNihon Pen Club (JA).
Mariko Ōhara did the scenario forQuintet's video gameIllusion of Gaia, along with Masaya Hashimoto andTomoyoshi Miyazaki.
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