Murasaki Shikibu Literature Prize

The Murasaki Shikibu Literature Prize ( Japanese 紫 式 部 文学 賞 , Murasaki Shikibu Bungakushō ) has been awarded annually since 1991 by the city of Uji , Kyoto Prefecture and the city's education committee. The award is given to women writers for outstanding literary works and works of literary studies in memory of the writer Murasaki Shikibu, who is associated with the city . The laureates will receive a bronze medal and prize money of 2 million yen. The application for the prize is limited to 1000 participants. If the number of applicants exceeds the participation limit, then the lot decides on participation. The award ceremony will take place in the great auditorium of the cultural center in Uji.

Prize winners

• 1991 Ishimaru Akiko for Shikishi-naishinnō den - omokagebi towa Hōnen ( 式子 内 親王 伝 - 面 影 び と は 法 然 - )
• 1992 Ekuni Kaori for Kirakira hikaru ( き ら き ら ひ か る )
• 1993 Ishimure Michiko for Izayoi hashi ( 十六 夜 橋 )
• 1994 Iwasaka Keiko for Yodo ni chikai machi kara ( 淀 川 に 近 い 町 か ら )
• 1995 Yoshimoto Banana for Amurita ( ア ム リ タ )
• 1996 Tanaka Sumie for Otto no shimatsu ( 夫 の 始末 )
• 1997 Murata Kiyoko for Kanijo ( 蟹 女 )
• 1998 Saitō Fumi for Saitō Fumi zenkashū ( 齋藤 史 全 歌集 )
• 1999 Kawakami Hiromi for Kamisama ( 神 様 )
• 2000 Saegusa Kazuko for Kusuko no kyō ( 薬 子 の 京 )
• 2001 Tomioka Taeko for Orikuchi Shinobu nōto ( 釋 迢 空 ノ ー ト )
• 2002 Kawano Yueko for Aruku ( 歩 く )
• 2003 Ōba Minako for Urayasu uta nikki ( 浦 安 う た 日記 )
• 2004 Tawara Machi for Aisuru Genji monogatari ( 愛 す る 源氏物語 )
• 2005 Tsushima Yūko for Nara repōto ( ナ ラ ・ レ ポ ー ト )
• 2006 Nashiki Kaho for Shōchi no aru mori o nukete ( 沼地 の あ る 森 を 抜 け て )
• 2007 Baba Akiko for Uta setsuwa no sekai ( 歌 説話 の 世界 )
• 2008 Itō Hiromi for Togenuki. shin Sugamo jizō engi ( と げ 抜 き 新 巣 鴨 地 蔵 縁 起 )
• 2009 Kirino Natsuo for Joshinki ( 女神 記 )
• 2010 Kawakami Mieko for Heaven ( ヘ ヴ ン , hevun )
• 2011 Tawada Yōko for Nisō to kyūppido no yumi ( 尼僧 と キ ュ ー ピ ッ ド の 弓 )
• 2012 Iwahashi Kunie for Hyōden meiro Nogami Yaeko o nukete mori e ( 評 伝 野 上 彌 生子 - 迷路 を 抜 け て 森 へ )
• 2013 Akasaka Mari for Tōykō Prison ( 東京 プ リ ズ ン )
• 2014 Mori Mayumi for Seitō no bōken onna ga atsumatte zasshi o tsukuru to iu koto ( 『青 鞜』 の 冒 険 女 が 集 ま っ っ て 雑 誌 を つ く る と い う こ と )
• 2015 Satō Aiko for Banshō ( 晩 鐘 )
• 2016 Hirata Toshiko for Saregoto no jiyū ( 戯 れ 言 の 自由 )
• 2017 Tsumura Kikuko for Fuyūrei burajiru ( 浮遊 霊 ブ ラ ジ ル )
• 2018 Mizuhara Shion for Episutorē ( え ぴ す と れ ー )
• 2019 Yamasaki Kayoko for Pan to noichigo. Senka no Serbia, shokumotsu no kioku ( パ ン と 野 い ち ご 戦 火 の セ ル ビ ア 、 食物 の 記憶 )
• 2020 Nakajima Kyōko for Yumemiru teikoku toshokan ( 夢見 る帝国図 書館 )

Selection committee

• 1991–2005: Umehara Takeshi , Tada Michitarō , Tanabe Seiko , Setōchi Jakuchō
• 2006–2007: Umehara Takeshi, Kawakami Hiromi, Takeda Seiji , Tada Michitarō, Murata Kiyoko
• since 2008: since Tada Michitarō died on December 2, 2007, Suzuki Tadami took over his position.

See also

• Genji monogatari
• Women's Literature Prize

Web links

• Illustration of the bronze medal and award criteria (Japanese)
• List of award winners and portrait of the current winner

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Information on the award ceremony ( Memento of the original from February 27, 2016 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. on the Uji City website 

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