Japanese Literature Grand Prize
The Grand Prize for Japanese Literature ( Japanese 日本 文学 大 賞 , Nihon Bungaku Taishō ) was a literary prize for Japanese literature that was awarded annually from 1969 to 1988 by the Society of Shinchō Publishing House for the Promotion of Literature . It is one of the three great literary prizes of the Shinchō publishing house ( 三大 新潮 賞 , Midai Shinchōshō).
Award criteria and procedure
- The prize is awarded for novels, literary reviews , poetry ( 詩歌 ) and plays ( 戯曲 ).
- The selection committee consists of 4 people who change every year.
- Selection criteria:
- 1969–1972: The award was given to independent publications that appeared between January and December the previous year.
- 1973: The award went to independent publications that were published between January of the previous year and April in the year of the award, i.e. H. between January 1972 and April 1973.
- from 1974 on: the award was given to independent publications that were published between May of the previous year and April in the year of the award.
- Works by people who belong to the selection committee are excluded from the award in the year in which they belong to the selection committee.
- The winners will receive 1 million yen in prize money.
- The award-winning work is announced in the literary magazine Shinchō .
- In 1984 the following new regulations were adopted:
- Since 1984 the prize has been awarded separately for scientific (i.e. non-fiction ) and literary works.
- There is a five-person selection committee for both areas.
- The works of the members of the selection committee were accepted for the award.
- 1988 The three great literary prizes of the Shinchō-Verlag were converted into the four prizes of the Shinchō-Verlag ( 新潮 四 賞 ) and the awarding of the great literary prize for Japanese literature was formally discontinued.
- The award for literature was divided into the Mishima Prize for so-called pure literature and the Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize ( 山 本 周五郎 賞 ) for entertainment literature.
- The award for scientific publications was converted into the Shinchō Prize for Science ( 新潮 学 芸 賞 , Shinchō Gakuenshō). It is currently being continued as the Kobayashi Hideo Prize and the Shinchō Documentation Prize ( 新潮 ド キ ュ メ ン ト 賞 , Shinchō Dokyumento-shō).
- The last selection committee for the non-fiction book in 1987 continued its work as a selection committee for the Shinchō Prize for Science .
Award winners
1969-1980
- 1969
- Selection committee
- Award winners
- Inoue Yasushi for Oroshiya kokusui mutan ( お ろ し や 国 酔 夢 譚 ) ( Eng . The storm )
- Inagaki Taruho for Shōnen'ai no bigaku ( 少年 愛 の 美學 )
- Candidates
- Kaikō Takeshi for Kagayakeru yami ( 輝 け る 闇 )
- Shiina Rinzō for Kinjin no kyūka ( 勤 人 の 休 日 )
- Serizawa Kōjirō for Ningen no unmei ( 人間 の 運 命 )
- Inagaki Taruho for Tōkyō tonsōkyoku ( 東京 遁走 曲 )
- Muramatsu Takeshi for Hyōbu Pōru Varerī ( 評 傅 ポ ー ル ・ ヴ ァ レ リ ー )
- Fukuda Tsuneari for Kai tsutetata maru ka! okuman chōja fujin ( 解 つ て た ま る か! 億萬 長者 夫人 )
- 1970
- Selection committee
- Award winners
- Ariyoshi Sawako for Izumo no Okuni ( 出 雲 の 阿 国 )
- Candidates
- Ōe Kenzaburō for Warera no kyōki o ikinobiru michi o oshieyo ( わ れ ら の 狂 氣 を 生 生 き 延 び る 道 を 教 え よ )
- Ōoka Shōhei for Mindoro-shima futatabi ( ミ ン ド ロ 島 ふ た た び )
- Shiina Rinzō for Chōekinin no kokuhatsu ( 懲 役 人 の 告發 )
- Takahashi Kazumi for Nihon no akurei ( 日本 の 惡靈 )
- Niwa Fumio for Shinran ( 親 鸞 )
- Hanada Kiyoteru for Zuihitsu Sangokushi ( 随筆 三国 志 )
- 1971
- Selection committee
- Etō Jun , Ōoka Shōhei, Nakamura Mitsuo, Funabashi Seiichi
- Award winners
- Kawakami Tetsutarō for nikki ( 有 愁 日記 )
- Fukuda Tsuneari for Sōtō imada shisezu ( 総 統 い ま だ 死 せ ず )
- Candidates
- Ishihara Shintarō for Kaseki no mori ( 化石 の 森 )
- Kōno Taeko for Kaitentobira ( 回 転 扉 )
- Kojima Nobuo for Kaidan no noborihana ( 階段 の の ぼ り は な )
- Setouchi Jakuchō for Tōi koe ( 遠 い 声 )
- Fukazawa Shichirō for Shomin retsuden ( 庶民 列 伝 )
- Fujieda Shizuo for Gongujōdō ( 欣 求 浄土 )
- Miura Tetsuo for Umi no michi ( 海 の 道 )
- Honda Shūgo for Embō Kinshi ? ( 遠望 近 思 )
- Selection committee
- 1972
- Selection committee
- Inoue Yasushi, Endō Shūsaku, Takeda Taijun, Hirano Ken
- Award winners
- Enchi Fumiko for Asobidamashi ( 遊魂 )
- Fukunaga Takehiko for Shi no shima ( 死 の 島 )
- Candidates
- Sugiura Minpei for Watanabe Kazan ( 渡 辺 崋 山 )
- Tsuji Kunio for Sagano meigetsuki ( 嵯峨野 明月 記 )
- Mishima Yukiō for Hōjō no umi ( 豊 饒 の 海 )
- Selection committee
- 1973
- Selection committee
- Enchi Fumiko, Kojima Nobuo, Nakamura Shin'ichirō , Nakamura Mitsuo
- Award winners
- Takeda Taijun for Kairaku ( 快 楽 )
- Candidates
- Abe Kōbō for Hakootoko ( 箱 男 )
- Kaikō Takeshi for Natsu no yami ( 夏 の 闇 )
- Yamaguchi Hitomi for Hitogoroshi ( 人 殺 し )
- Selection committee
- 1974
- Selection committee
- Ōoka Shōhei, Takeda Taijun, Hirano Ken, Yamamoto Kenkichi
- Award winners
- Takii Kōsaku for Haijin Chūgen ( 俳 人 仲 間 )
- Candidates
- Agawa Hiroyuki for Kurai hatō ( 暗 い 波濤 )
- Inoue Mitsuhara for shiki hangyakushatachi ( 心 優 し き 叛逆者 た ち )
- Uno Chiyo for Ame no oto ( 雨 の 音 )
- Gotō Meisei for Hasamiuchi ( 挟 み 撃 ち )
- Selection committee
- 1975
- Selection committee
- Endō Shūsaku, Kojima Nobuo, Nakamura Mitsuo, Maruyama Seiichi
- Award winners
- not forgiven
- Candidates
- Uno Chiyo for Usuzumi no sakura ( 薄 墨 の 桜 )
- Ōba Minako for Garakuta kakubutsukan ( が ら く た 博物館 )
- Kōno Taeko for Mukankei ( 無 関係 )
- Shōno Junzō for Yasumi no akuru hi ( 休 み の あ く る 日 )
- Tomioka Taeko for Meido no kazoku ( 冥 土 の 家族 )
- Nakamura Shinichirō for Shiki ( 四季 )
- Miura Tetsuo for Ya ( 野 )
- Yasuoka Shōtarō for Shisetsu ( 私 説 聊 斎 志 異 )
- Yoshiyuki Junnosuke for Kaban no nakami ( 鞄 の 中 身 )
- Karaki Junzō for Azum amichi no ku ( あ づ ま み ち の く )
- Saeki Shōichi for Nihon no watashi o motomete ( 日本 の 「私」 を 索 め て )
- Hirano Ken for Samazama na seishun ( さ ま ざ ま な 青春 )
- Yamamoto Kenkichi for Masamune Hakuchō ( 正宗 白鳥 )
- Selection committee
- 1976
- Selection committee
- Kaikō Takeshi, Takeda Taijun, Hirano Ken, Matsumoto Seichō
- Award winners
- Dan Kazuo for Kataku no hito ( 火宅 の 人 )
- Haniya Yutaka for Shirei ( 死 霊 )
- Candidates
- Abe Kōbō for Warau tsuki ( 笑 う 月 )
- Ōoka Shōhei for Shōnen ( 少年 )
- Shiba Ryōtarō for Kūkai no fūkei ( 空 海 の 風景 )
- Yoshiyuki Junnosuke for Osoroshii basho ( 恐 ろ し い 場所 )
- Ōoka Makoto for Okakura Kakuzō ( 岡 倉 天 心 )
- Selection committee
- 1977
- Selection committee
- Etō Jun, Ōoka Shōhei, Shiba Ryōtarō, Nakamura Mitsuo
- Award winners
- Wada Yoshie for Kurai nagare ( 暗 い 流 れ )
- Hagitani Boku for his annotations on the pillow book ( 枕 草 子 )
- Selection committee
- 1978
- Selection committee
- Endō Shūsaku, Sasaki Kiichi , Matsumoto Seichō, Mizukami Tsutomu
- Award winners
- Kobayashi Hideo for Motoori Norinaga ( 本 居 宣 長 )
- Shimao Toshio for Shi no toge ( 死 の 棘 )
- Selection committee
- 1979
- Selection committee
- Ōe Kenzaburō, Shiba Ryōtarō, Niwa Fumio, Maruyama Seiichi
- Award winners
- Kaga Otohiko for Senkoku ( 宣告 )
- Yamamoto Kenkichi for Uta no jikaku no rekishi ( 詩 の 自 覚 の 歴 史 )
- Selection committee
- 1980
- Selection committee
- Agawa Hiroyuki, Kaikō Takeshi, Nakamura Mitsuo, Yamazaki Masakazu
- Award winners
- Furui Yoshikichi for Sumika ( 栖 )
- Yūki Shin'ichi for Sora no hosomichi ( 空 の 細 道 )
- Selection committee
1981-1987
- 1981
- Selection committee
- Etō Jun, Kaga Otohiko, Shinoda Hajime , Yasuoka Shōtarō, Yamamoto Kenkichi
- Award winners
- Kojima Nobuo for Watashi no sakka henrenki ( 私 の 作家 遍 歴 )
- Selection committee
- 1982
- Selection committee
- Isoda Kōichi , Endō Shūsaku, Shiba Ryōtarō, Nakamura Shinichirō, Maruyama Seiichi
- Award winners
- Inoue Yasushi for ? ibun ( 本 覚 坊 異 聞 )
- Yasuoka Shōtarō for Ryūritan ? ( 流離 譚 )
- Selection committee
- 1983
- Selection committee
- Etō Jun, Kaikō Takeshi, Shinoda Hajime, Matsumoto Seichō, Mizukami Tsutomu
- Award winners
- Miura Tetsuo for Shonen sanka ( 少年 讃 歌 )
- Selection committee
- 1984
- literature
- Selection committee
- Endō Shūsaku, Kaikō Takeshi, Shinoda Hajime, Matsumoto Seich ?, Mizukami Tsutomu
- Award winners
- Shibaki Yoshiko for Sumida-gawa boshoku ( 隅田川 暮色 )
- Selection committee
- Non-fiction
- Selection committee
- Abe Kōbō, Kōsaka Masataka , Shiba Ryōtarō, Yanagida Kunio , Yamamoto Shichihei
- Award winners
- Shiba Ryōtarō for Kaidō o yuku (22) Nanban no michi I ( 街道 を ゆ く ・ (二 十二) 南蛮 の み ち I )
- Selection committee
- literature
- 1985
- literature
- Selection committee
- Endō Shūsaku, Kaikō Takeshi, Shinoda Hajime, Matsumoto Mitsuo, Mizukami Tsutomu
- Award winners
- Nakamura Shinichirō for Fuyu ( 冬 )
- Selection committee
- Non-fiction
- Selection committee
- Abe Kōbō, Kōsaka Masataka, Shiba Ryōtarō, Yanagida Kunio, Yamamoto Shichihei
- Award winners
- Donald Keene for Hyakudai no kakaku ( 百 代 の 過客 )
- Selection committee
- literature
- 1986
- literature
- Selection committee
- Endō Shūsaku, Kaikō Takeshi, Shinoda Hajime, Matsumoto Seichō, Mizukami Tsutomu
- Award winners
- Kita Morio for Kagakeru aokisora no shita de ( 輝 け る 碧 き 空 の 下 で ) second part
- Nogami Yaeko for Mori ( 森 )
- Selection committee
- Non-fiction
- Selection committee
- Abe Kōbō, Kōsaka Masataka, Shiba Ryōtarō, Yanagida Kunio, Yamamoto Shichihei
- Award winners
- Tsunoda Tadanobu for Nō no hakken ( 脳 の 発 見 )
- NHK for 21 seiki wa keikokusuru ( 21 世紀 は 警告 す る ), part 1–6
- Selection committee
- literature
- 1987
- literature
- Selection committee
- Endō Shūsaku, Kaikō Takeshi, Shinoda Hajime, Matsumoto Seichō, Mizukami Tsutomu
- Award winners
- Kaikō Takeshi for Yabureta mayu mimi no monogatari ( 破 れ た 繭 耳 の 物語 ), Yoru to kagerō mimi no monogatari ( 夜 と 陽 炎 耳 の 物語 )
- Selection committee
- Non-fiction
- Selection committee
- Abe Kōbō, Kōsaka Masataka, Shiba Ryōtarō, Yanagida Kunio, Yamamoto Shichihei
- Award winners
- Agawa Hiroyuki for Inoue Shigeyoshi ( 井上 成 美 )
- Selection committee
- literature
Web links
- Japanese Literature Grand Prix (Japanese)