Iketani Shinzaburō Prize

The Iketani Shinzaburō Prize ( Japanese 池 谷 信 三郎 賞 , Iketani Shinzaburō shō ) was awarded by the publishing house Bungei Shunjūsha in memory of the Japanese writer and playwright Iketani Shinzaburō , who died at the age of 33 . The publishing house was founded by Kikuchi Kan , who in addition to the Iketani Shinzaburō Prize also brought the Noma Literature Prize into being. The prize was awarded for literary works ( 創作 ), reviews ( 文 芸 評論 ) and poetry ( 詩 ). The award was given to debutants whose work showed a new aspect or style in art and poetry.

Award winners

#	year	author	Excellent work
1	2nd half of 1936	Nakamura Mitsuo and Yasuda Yojūrō	for futa file Shimei -ron ( 二 葉 亭 四 迷 論 ) or for Nihon no hashi ( 日本 の 橋 )
2	1st half 1937	Tsumura Hideo (Q)	for his achievements as a film critic ( 映 画 批評 の 業績 に 対 し )
3	2nd half of 1937	Jinzai Kiyoshi	for his services as a translator ( 翻 訳 の 業績 に 対 し )
4th	1st half of 1938	Kamei Katsuichirō	for Ningen kyōiku ( 人間 教育 )
5	2nd half of 1938	Tonomura Shigeru	for Kusa ikada ( 草 筏 )
6th	1st half of 1939	Hibino Shirō	for Wusong Creek ( 呉 淞 ク リ ー ク , Ūson kurīku )
7th	1940	Tanaka Hidemitsu	for Orimposu no kajitsu ( オ リ ン ポ ス の 果 実 )
8th	1941	not forgiven
9	1942	Sakai Seiichirō and Ishizuka Tomoji and Itō Sakio	for Hirono no kiroku ( 廣 野 の 記録 ) or Matsukaze ( 松風 ) or Hana no koteki ( 花 の 鼓 笛 )

Web links

• List of Iketani Prize Winners (Japanese)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Information on the Iketani Prize ( Memento of the original from May 7, 2012 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. ↑ Kamakura Museum of Literature (Japanese)

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