is a Japanese science fiction writer and critic. He has won both the Seiun Award and the Nihon SF Taisho Award. Kawamata is also noted for writing the story of the manga Emblem of Roto.
Awards 1981: Seiun Award Japanese Long Form Award for Kaseijin Senshi 1984: Nihon SF Taisho for Genshigari
Works
English translations Death Sentences (2012), translation of (1984) 46 Okunen Monogatari ~The Shinka Ron~ (46億年物語 －THE進化論－, "4.6 Billion Year Story: The Theory of Evolution") 1990 (Storywriter)
References
External links Entry in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction