Kiriyama Prize
The Kiriyama Prize was an international international understanding and literature prize awarded annually between 1996 and 2008 for outstanding new books from countries bordering the Pacific . Behind it was a non-profit organization called Pacific Rim Voices , based in San Francisco . The total prize money was $ 30,000. The sum was divided equally between a work of fiction (novel, poetry or short story collection, no anthologies) and a non-fiction book. In the first three years only one overall winner was chosen. The prize competition was first held in 1996.
criteria
To be eligible for the Kiriyama competition, a newly published book had to deal with culture or everyday life in one of the major Pacific regions. Geographically, this includes A) the countries bordering the North Pacific (Japan, China, Korea etc.), B) Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Indochina region etc.) C) Oceania (Australia, New Zealand, island world etc.) D) the Indian subcontinent and E. ) the American continent (North, Central and South America), as far as the countries border the Pacific Ocean. The five regions were shown on a map that was on the association's website. For reasons of balance, only the federal states bordering the Pacific were permitted from large, cross-continental states such as Canada or the USA.
The books submitted had to be in English. Whether in the original or in translation was irrelevant. There could be a maximum of two authors per book.
Only recognized publishers were allowed to propose their new books. The proposals were to be submitted by the end of October. The decisions were made over the next three months. The shortlist with the five finalists was published at the end of February. The two winners - one each for fiction and non-fiction - were announced at a public event at the end of March.
The juries consisted of groups of five experts, each separately for non-fiction and fiction. These include finalists from previous years and other well-known personalities from literary life from the participating countries.
Award winners
- 2008 Lloyd Jones : Mister Pip (fiction); Julia Whitty : The Fragile Edge: Diving and Other Adventures in the South Pacific (non-fiction)
- 2007 Haruki Murakami : Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (fiction); Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin : Three Cups of Tea (non-fiction)
- 2006 Luis Alberto Urrea : The Hummingbird's Daughter (fiction); Piers Vitebsky : The Reindeer People (non-fiction book)
- 2005 Nadeem Aslam : Maps for Lost Lovers (fiction); Suketu Mehta : Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found (non-fiction book)
- 2004 Shan Sa : The Girl Who Played Go (fiction); Inga Clendinnen : Dancing with Strangers (non-fiction book)
- 2003 no award
- 2002 Rohinton Mistry : Family Matters (Fiction); Pascal Khoo Thwee : From the Land of Green Ghosts (non-fiction book)
- 2001 Patricia Grace : Dogside Story (fiction); Peter Hessler : River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze (non-fiction book)
- 2000 Michael Ondaatje : Anil's Ghost (fiction); Michael David Kwan : Things That Must Not Be Forgotten: A Childhood in Wartime China (non-fiction)
- 1999 Cheng Ch'ing-wen : Three-Legged Horse (fiction); Andrew X. Pham : Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Journey through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam (non-fiction book)
- Only one overall winner in the first years 1996 to 1998
- 1998 Ruth L. Ozeki : My Year of Meats (non-fiction book)
- 1997 Patrick Smith : Japan: A Reinterpretation (non-fiction book)
- 1996 Alan Brown : Audrey Hepburn's Neck (fiction);
Incidents
The 2007 Fiction Prize went to Haruki Murakami for his short story book Blinde Willow, Sleeping Woman . The Japanese did not accept it for personal reasons. The official homepage speaks of: "declined to accept the award for reasons of personal principle".
See also
Web links
- www.kiriyamaprize.org Official homepage
Individual evidence
- ^ Kiriyama Prize. Lincoln City Libraries, accessed February 12, 2020 .
- ↑ Map: Map of eligible Pacific Rim countries