Hayakawa Publishing, Inc. (株式会社早川書房, Kabushiki-gaisha Hayakawa Shobō, trading as the Hayakawa Publishing Corporation) is a Japanese publishing company, founded in 1945 by Kiyoshi Hayakawa[1] as a crime fiction publisher. It is the largest science fiction publisher in Japan; almost all winners of the Seiun Award for Best Foreign Novel are published by the company.
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| Hayakawa Publishing Corporation | |
Native name | 株式会社早川書房 |
Romanized name | Kabushiki-gaisha Hayakawa Shobō |
| Company type | Private KK |
| Industry | Publishing |
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| Founded | August 1945 in Japan |
| Founder | Kiyoshi Hayakawa [ja] |
| Headquarters | Tachō, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan |
Area served | Japan |
Key people | Hiroshi Hayakawa (president) |
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| Services | Publishing |
| Total equity | ¥35,000,000 (2016) |
Number of employees | 83 (2016) |
| Website | hayakawa-online |
Notable books written by Japanese authors that are published by Hayakawa are Crest of the Stars and G.I. Samurai.
In 2022, Hiroshi Hayakawa, for 30 years the president of Hayakawa Publishing (having worked since 1965 at the independent family firm), was the recipient of the London Book Fair Lifetime Achievement Award "for his decades-long work in bringing international authors to the Japanese market, as well as his championing of science fiction, crime and non-fiction titles in Japan".[2][3]
Magazines
edit- S-F Magazine (first published February 1960)
- Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (Japanese edition of the American magazine, first published in June 1956)
- Higeki Kigeki [ja] (悲劇喜劇, a theatrical magazine first published in 1928 by Kunio Kishida)
Imprints
editHayakawa publishes books under a number of imprints.
- Hayakawa Mystery
- Hayakawa SF Series (December 1957–November 1974, 318 volumes)
- Hayakawa Library (1962–1969)
- Hayakawa Novels
- Hayakawa Nonfiction
- Kaigai SF Novels
- Mysterious Press Books (on hiatus since 1988)
- Shin Hayakawa SF Series (since December 2011)
- Hayakawa Bunko
- Hayakawa Bunko SF (for translated foreign science fiction works)
- Hayakawa Bunko JA
- Hayakawa Mystery Bunko
- Hayakawa Comic Bunko (under the Hayakawa Bunko JA imprint)
- Jisedaigata Sakka no Real Fiction (under the Hayakawa Bunko JA imprint)
- Hayakawa Engeki Bunko
- Hayakawa Mystery World
- Hayakawa SF Series J-Collection
- Sōzōryoku Bungaku
- Hayakawa Shinsho Juice
References
edit- ^ "London Book Fair salutes Japanese publisher Hiroshi Hayakawa". Euro 24. 1 April 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
- ^ Bayley, Sian (1 April 2022). "Hayakawa wins LBF Lifetime Achievement Award". The Bookseller. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
- ^ "Hiroshi Hayakawa wins LBF Lifetime Achievement Award". BookBrunch. 1 April 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2022.