Chūōkōron Shinjin Shō

The Chūōkōron Shinjin Shō ( Japanese 中央 公論 新人 賞 , dt. "Chūōkōron Young Talent Award") has been awarded to young writers by the Chūōkōron Shinsha publishing house since 1965. When the publishing house set up the Tanizaki Jun'ichirō Prize in 1965 , the awarding of the young talent prize was discontinued for 10 years and only revived in 1975.

Laureate (1956–1964)

• 1956 Fukazawa Shichirō for ( 楢 山 節 考 )
• 1957 not awarded
• 1958 Shōji Kaoru for Sōshitsu ( 喪失 )
• 1959 Sakagami Hiroshi for Aru aki no dekigoto ( あ る 秋 の 出来 事 )
• 1960 Umeda Yoshirō for Umi to shisha ( 海 と 死者 )
• 1961 Irokawa Takehiro for Kuroi fu ( 黒 い 布 )
• 1962 西 条 俱 吉 for Canada-kan 1941-nen ( カ ナ ダ 館 1941 年 )
• 1963 Sōya Shinji for ( 鼠 浄土 )
• 1964 not awarded

Post-Revival Prize Winner (1975–1994)

• 1975 Abiki Hiroshi for Shukusai no tame no tokukōgyō ( 祝 祭 の た め の 特別 興 行 )
• 1976 not awarded
• 1977 Fuma Motohiko for ( 宝塔 湧出 )
• 1978 not awarded
• 1979 Akasegawa Genpei for Hadazawari ( 肌 ざ わ り )
• 1980 not awarded
• 1981 Takahashi Yōko for Ame ga suki ( 雨 が 好 き ) and 母 田 裕 高 for Toketa kai ( 溶 け た 貝 )
• 1982 Ikeda Shōichi for Enkai ( 宴会 )
• 1983 not awarded
• 1984 Kondō Kōichi for Budda o kau ( 仏 陀 を 買 う ) and Hiroko Yoshi for Te ( 手 )
• 1985 Susuki Kuniko for Tamago ( 卵 )
• 1986 not awarded
• 1987 Ikezawa Natsuki for Still Life ( ス テ ィ ル ・ ラ イ フ , Sutiru raibu ) and 香山 純 for Dora kyūra kidan ( ど ら き ゅ ら 綺 談 )
• 1988 not awarded
• 1989 Hiramatsu Seiji for Adventure ( ア ド ベ ン チ ャ ー , Adobenchā )
• 1990 高 岡 水平 for Tsukisusumi hanasaki no mure ( 突 き 進 む 鼻 先 の 群 れ )
• 1991 Komi Sayuri for Warui byōki ( 悪 い 病 気 )
• 1992 Kageyama Yusaka for Ore-tachi no suishōkyū ( 俺 た ち の 水晶宮 )
• 1993 not awarded
• 1994 Homae Nobuhide for Seihitsuna sora ( 静謐 な 空 )

Selection committee

• 1956–1964 Itō Sei , Usui Yoshimi u. a.
• 1975–1994 Kōno Taeko , Maruya Seiichi , Yoshiyuki Junnosuke

See also

• Tanizaki Jun'ichirō Prize - Yomiuri Yoshino Sakuzō Prize - Yoshino Sakuzō Prize - Women's Literature Prize - Chūokōron Prize - Women's Young Talent Prize

Web links

• List of prizewinners at Chūōkōron Shinsha (Japanese)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated December 12, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ 平 松 誠 治 . Parliamentary Library of Japan, accessed October 28, 2011 (Japanese). 
3. ↑ [1]

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus, Fukazawa is the family name, Shichirō the first name.