Women's Literature Prize

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The Women's Literature Prize has been awarded annually to women writers for outstanding works since 1946. The price has been renamed several times in the past.

Originally the literary prize Joryū Bungakusha Shō ( Japanese 女流 文学 者 賞 ) was called and awarded by the publishing house Kamakura Bunkō . After the bankruptcy of the publishing house in 1949, the Joryū Bungakushakai ( 女流 文学 者 会 , "Association of women writers") took over the award of the award until 1960.

From 1962 onwards, the Chūōkōron-Shinsha publishing house continued the award ceremony . As a result, the price was renamed Joryū Bungaku Shō ( 女流 文学 賞 ). The laureates were announced in June.

In 2001 the prize was renamed again to Fujin Kōron Bungei Shō ( 婦人 公 論文 芸 賞 ). It was awarded for literary works, novels and essays, on women-related topics. The winners will receive 1 million yen in prize money.

Since 2006, the literary prize under the name Chūōkōron Literature Prize ( 中央 公 論文 芸 賞 , Chūōkōron Bungei Shō ) continues.

Winners of the Joryū Bungakusha Shō

Prize winners of the Joryū Bungaku Shō

Prize winners of the Fujin Kōron Bungei Shō

  • 2001 Taguchi Randi for Dekireba mukatsukazu ni ikitai ( で き れ ば ム カ つ か ず に 生 き た い )
  • 2002 Iwai Shimako for Chai koi ( チ ャ イ ・ コ イ )
  • 2003 Kakuta Mitsuyo for Kūchū teien ( 空中 庭園 )
  • 2004 Sakai Junko for Makeinu no toboe ( 負 け 犬 の 遠 吠 え )
  • 2005 Kirino Natsuo for Tamamoe! ( 魂 萌 え！ )

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Harald Meyer: A small town in the Swiss mountains as a place of basic human experiences: Murasaki no yama (purple mountains) by Shibaki Yoshiko . In: Johannes Bronkhorst, Reinhard Schulze, Robert Gassmann, Eduard Klopfenstein, Jacques May, Gregor Schoeler (eds.): Asiatische Studien / Études asiatiques . tape LV , no. 1 . Peter Lang, Bern 2001, p. 185 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
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  3. ↑ Kangensai