星新一,是日本超短篇小说的创始者,也是为日本科学幻想文学做出过开拓性贡献的著名科幻小说家。一九二六年,星新一出生于东京文京区。他的童年、少年乃至青年前期,都是在外祖父家度过的。外祖父小金良精博士,是当时声名显赫的解剖学、人类学专家;外祖母小金井喜美子,是日本近代著名作家森欧外的妹妹、具有深厚文学素养的和歌诗人。在两位老人膝下,星新一生发了对科学、文学的双重热爱,形成了易于幻想、多思多虑的性格。特别是外祖母每晚讲述的日本、中国古典文学作品、吟诵的和歌,更在他心中留下了难以磨灭的印迹。一九四八年,他毕业于东京大学农学系农艺化学科,而后又在该校研究生院从事微生物学的研究。战争的残 Star Shinichi, the founder of Japanese short stories, is also a famous science fiction writer who made pioneering contributions to Japanese sci-fi literature. In 1926, Sing Sing was born in Bunkyo, Tokyo. His childhood, adolescence and even the early youth, are spent at grandfather’s house. Dr. Kim Jong-unjin, a grandfather, was a prestigious anatomical and anthropological expert at that time. His great-grandmother Kakuei Kumie was a sister of Moriou, a famous Japanese writer in modern times, and a poet of poets with profound literary accomplishments. Under the knees of two old men, Star New Life made a double love for science and literature and formed a character that is easy to be fantastical and contemplative. In particular, Japanese, Chinese classical literature and chanting poem sung by grandmothers every night left an indelible mark in his heart. In 1948 he graduated from Agronomy Chemistry Department of Agronomy, University of Tokyo, and then worked in microbiology research at the graduate school of the University. The remnants of the war