Tamura Toshiko Prize

The Tamura Toshiko Prize ( Japanese 田村 俊 子 賞 , Tamura Toshiko Shō ) is a literary prize that was established after the death and in memory of Tamura Toshiko, especially at the instigation of Yuasa Yoshiko and by Tamura Toshiko-kai ( 田村 俊 子 会 ) was awarded to women writers. The award was financed through author royalties and discontinued in 1977.

Prize winners

• 1961 - Jakuchō Setouchi for Tamura Toshiko ( 田村 俊 子 )
• 1962 - Mori Mari for Koibitotachi no mori ( 恋人 た ち の 森 )
• 1963 - Kurahashi Yumiko for her overall achievements
• 1964 - Takenishi Hiroko for Ōkan no ki ( 往還 の 記 )
• 1965 - Abe Mitsuko for Osoi mezamenagara mo , Shin gakkō ichinensei ( 遅 い 目 覚 め な が ら も , 神 学校 一年 生 ) and Akimoto Matsuyo for ( 常 陸 坊 海 尊 )
• 1966 - Hagiwara Yōko for Tenjō no hana ( 天上 の 花 )
• 1967 - Nakamura Kiiko for Onna to katana ( 女 と 刀 )
• 1968 - Matsuda Tokiko for Orin kōden ( お り ん 口 伝 ) and Yoshiyuki Rie for Yume no naka de ( 夢 の な か で )
• 1969 - Fukuda Sumako for ware nao ikite ari ( わ れ な お 生 き て あ り )
• 1970 - Saegusa Kazuko for Jokei ga okonawarete iru ( 処刑 が 行 わ れ て い る ) and Matsubara Kazue for Omae yo utsukushiku are to koe ga suru ( お 前 よ 美 し く あ れ と 声 が す る )
• 1971 - Enatsu Miyoshi for Shitajita no onna ( 下 々 の 女 ) and Honda Fusako for her work as a journalist for the Fujin Minshu Shimbun newspaper
• 1972 - Hirotsu Momoko for Haru no oto ( 春 の 音 ) and Esashi Akiko for Kusazue hyōden Ōda Yōko ( 草 饐 - 評 伝 ・ 大田 洋子 ) and Ishigaki Rin for Ishigaki Rin shinshū ( 石 垣 り ん 詩集 )
• 1973 - Takahashi Takako for Sora no hate made ( 空 の 果 て ま で )
• 1974 - Tomioka Taeko for Shokubutsusai ( 植物 祭 )
• 1975 - Yoshino Sei for Hana o karashita kami ( 洟 を た ら し た 神 ) and Shimao Miho for Umibe no sei to shi ( 海 辺 の 生 と 死 )
• 1976 - Tsushima Yūko for Mugura no haha ( 葎 の 母 ) and Ichinose Aya for Ki no hana ( 黄 の 花 )
• 1977 - Kigi Yasuko for Sōryō no keifu ( 蒼龍 の 系譜 ) and Takeda Yuriko for Fuji nikki ( 富士 日記 )

Selection committee

• Yuasa Yoshiko ( 湯 浅 芳子 ), Sata Ineko ( 佐 多 稲 子 ), Takami Jun ( 高見 順 ) until 1965, Kusano Shimpei ( 草 野心 平 ), Tateno Nobuyuki ( 立 野 信 之 ) until 1971, Takeda Taijun ( 武 田泰淳 ) until 1976, Setouchi ( 瀬 戸 内 晴美 )

See also

• Women's Literature Prize

Individual evidence

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2. ↑ 本 多 房子 . Parliamentary Library of Japan, accessed October 28, 2011 (Japanese). 
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Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Tamura is the family name, Toshiko the first name.