Yomiuri Literature Prize

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The Yomiuri Literature Prize ( Japanese 読 売 文学 賞 , Yomiuri-bungaku-shō ) is a Japanese literature prize that has been awarded by the Yomiuri newspaper since 1949 . The award was intended to support a renewed upswing in Japanese literature after the defeat in World War II .

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The prize is awarded once a year in the following six categories:

  1. Fiction,
  2. Dramas / scripts (scripts since the 46th award),
  3. Reviews / biographies,
  4. Poetry / haiku ,
  5. Research work / translations,
  6. Essays / travelogues (since the 19th award).

Works that were published within one year of the award ceremony are honored. The winners are determined by a selection committee and receive, in addition to a friction stone as a symbolic award, prize money of two million yen (€ 16,000, as of August 28, 2020).

Award winners (overview)

Fiction

year Award winners Excellent title
1949 Ibuse Masuji Honjitsu kyūshin (no office hours today) and others
1950 Uno Kōji Omoigawa
1951 Ōoka Shōhei Nobi
1952 Agawa Hiroyuki Haru no shiro
1953 not awarded
1954 Satō Haruo Akiko mandara
1955 Satomi sound Koigokoro
Koda Aya Kuroi suso
1956 Mishima Yukio Kinkakuji ( The Temple Fire )
Kubota Mantaro San no tori
1957 Muro Saisei Anzukko (The Apricot Girl)
Nogami Yaeko Meiro (The Maze)
1958 not awarded
1959 Masamune Hakucho Kotoshi no aki
Nakano Shigeharu Nashi no hana
1960 Tonomura Shigeru Miotsukushi
1961 not awarded
1962 Abe Kōbō Suna no onna ( The woman in the dunes )
1963 Inoue Yasushi Fūtō (wind and waves)
1964 Kambayashi Akatsuki Shiroi yakatabune
1965 Shōno Junzō Yube no Kumo
1966 Niwa Fumio Ichiro
1967 Amino Kiku Ichigo-ichie
1968 Kono Taeko Fui no koe
Takii Kosaku Yashu
1969 Kō Haruto Ichijō no hikari
Onuma Tan Kaichūdokei
1970 Yoshida Ken'ichi Gareki no naka
1971 not awarded
1972 Nagai Tatsuo Cochabamba-yuki
1973 Nakazato Tsuneko Utamakura
Yasuoka Shōtaro Hashire tomahawk ( Hashire tomahōku )
1974 Wada Yoshie Tsugiki no dai
1975 Dan Kazuo Kataku no hito
Yoshiyuki Junnosuke Kaban no nakami
1976 Yagi Yoshinori Kazamatsuri
1977 Shimao Toshio Shi no toge
1978 Noguchi Fujio Kakute arikeri
1979 Shimamura Toshimasa Myōkō no aki
1980 not awarded
1981 Inoue Hisashi Kirikirijin
Shiba Ryotaro Hitobito no ashioto
1982 Ōe Kenzaburō "Ame no ki (Rain Tree)" o kiku onna-tachi (The clever rain tree)
1983 not awarded
1984 Yoshimura Akira Hagoku
1985 Takahashi Takako Ikari no ko
Takubo Hideo Kaizu
1986 Tsushima Yūko Yoru no hikari ni owarete
1987 Shibusawa Tatsuhiko Takaoka Shinnō kōkaiki
1988 Itokawa Takehiro Kyōjin nikki
1989 Takai Yūichi Yoru no ari
Furui Yoshikichi Kari ōjōden shibun
1990 Moriuchi Toshio Hyōga ga kuru made ni
1991 Sakagami Hiroshi Yasashii teihakuchi
Aono Sō Haha yo
1992 Nakazono Eisuke Beijing hanten kyūkan nite
1993 not awarded
1994 Ishii Momoko Maboroshi no akai mi
Kuroi Senji Kāten kōru
1995 Hino Keizo Hikari
Murakami Haruki Nejimakidori kuronikuru (Mister winder)
1996 not awarded
1997 Murakami Ryu In za miso-sūpu (In the miso soup)
Kojima Nobuo Uruwashiki hibi
1998 Ogawa Kunio Hashisshi gyangu
Tsujihara Noboru Tobe kirin
1999 Tsutsui Yasutaka Watashi no gurampa
Miki Taku Hadashi to kaigara
2000 II Naoyuki Nigotta gekiryū ni kakaru hashi
Yamada Eimi A2Z
2001 Ogino Anna Horafuki-Anri no bōken
2002 Mizumura Minae Honkaku shosetsu
2003 Ogawa Yōko Hakase no aishita sushiki
2004 Matsuura Hisaki Hanto
2005 Horie Toshiyuki Kagan bōjitsushō
Miyauchi Katsusuke Shōshin
2006 not awarded
2007 Matsuura Rieko Kenshin
2008 Kurokawa So Kamome no hi
2009 Takamura Kaoru Taiyō o hiku uma
2010 Kirino Natsuo Nanika aru
2011 not awarded
2012 Tawada Yōko Kumo o tsukamu hanashi
Matsuie Masashi Kazan no fumoto de
2013 Murata Kiyoko Yūjokō
2014 Kawakami Hiromi Suisei
Hoshino Tomoyuki Yoru wa owaranai
2015 Furukawa Hideo Onna-tachi sanbyakunin no uragiri no sho
2016 Levy Hideo Mohankyō
2017 Higashiyama Akira Boku ga koroshita hito to boku o koroshita hito

Dramas / scripts

year Award winners Excellent title
1949 not awarded
1950 not awarded
1951 Miyoshi Jūrō Honō no hito et al
1952 Fukuda Tsuneari Ryū o nadeta otoko
1953 not awarded
1954 Tanaka Chikao Kyōiku et al
1955 not awarded
1956 not awarded
1957 not awarded
1958 not awarded
1959 not awarded
1960 not awarded
1961 Mishima Yukio Tōka no kiku
1962 not awarded
1963 not awarded
1964 Nakamura Mitsuo Kiteki-issei
1965 Hōjō Hideji Hōjō Hideji gikyoku senshū
1966 not awarded
1967 Iizawa Tadasu Gonin no moyono
1968 not awarded
1969 not awarded
1970 not awarded
1971 not awarded
1972 Yashiro Seiichi Sharaku-kō
1973 not awarded
1974 Abe Kōbō Midoriiro no stocking ( Midoriiro no sutokkingu )
1975 Akimoto Matsuyo Shichinin masaki
1976 not awarded
1977 not awarded
1978 Kinoshita Junji Shigosen no matsuri
1979 Inoue Hisashi Shimijimi nihon - Nogi-taishō , Kobayashi Issa
1980 not awarded
1981 not awarded
1982 not awarded
1983 Shimizu Kunio Elegy ( Erejī )
1984 Yamazaki Masakazu Oidipous shōten ( Oidipussu shōten )
1985 not awarded
1986 not awarded
1987 Betsuyaku Minoru Shokoku o henreki suru futari no kishi no monogatari
1988 not awarded
1989 not awarded
1990 Tsuka Kohei Hiryūden '90 - satsuriku no aki
1991 not awarded
1992 Tsutsumi Harue Kanadehon Hamlet ( Kanadehon Hamuretto )
1993 not awarded
1994 Fukuda Yoshiyuki Watashi no downtown - Haha no shashin
( Watashi no dauntaun - Haha no shashin )
1995 Tekuchi Jūichirō Tsuki no hikari
1996 not awarded
1997 Iwamatsu Ryō TV days ( Terebi deizu )
Makino Nozomi Tōkyō genshikaku club ( Tōkyō genshikaku kurabu )
1998 Matsuda Masataka Natsu no suna no ue
1999 not awarded
2000 Nagai Ai Hagike no sanshimai
2001 Kudō Kankurō GO
2002 Sakate Yōji Yaneura
2004 Kara Jūrō Doroningyo
2005 not awarded
2006 Hishida Shin'ya Powder - oshiroi ( Paudā - oshiroi )
2007 Nishikawa Miwa Yureru
Noda Hideki Rope ( Rōpu )
2008 Koyama Kundo Okuribito
2009 Kōkami Shōji Globe Jungle Kyokō no gekidan hataage 3 busake
2010 not awarded
2011 Maekawa Tomohiro Taiyō
2012 Yan Jiaqi Kazoku no kuni
2013 not awarded
2014 not awarded
2015 Arai Haruhiko Kono kuni no sora (based on the template by Takai Yūichi )
2016 Kerarīno Sandorovitchi Kinema to koibito
2017 not awarded

Reviews / biographies

year Award winners Excellent title
1949 Aono Suekichi Gendai-bungaku-ron
1950 Kamei Katsuichirō Kyonendo no shosakuhin
1951 Nakamura Mitsuo Kyonendo no shorombun
1952 Kobayashi Hideo Gogh no tegami
1953 Kawakami Tetsutaro Watashi no shi to shinjitsu
1954 Takahashi Yoshitaka Mori Ōgai
1955 Yamamoto Kenkichi Koten to gendai-bungaku
Karaki Junzō Chūsei no bungaku
1956 Yoshida Ken'ichi Shakespeare
1957 Abe Yoshishige Iwanami Shigeo den
1958 Nakamura Mitsuo Futabatei Shimei den
Chiya Michio Hidejūrō yawa
1959 Nagayo Yoshirō Waga kokoro no henreki
1960 Fukuda Tsuneari Watashi no kokugo-kyōshitsu u. a.
Aoyagi Mizuho Sasayaka na nihon-hakkutsu
1961 Takeyama Michio Foreign travel reports
1962 Yamamoto Kenkichi Kakinomoto Hitomaro
Andō Tsuguo Yodogawauta no shūhen
1963 Fukuhara Rintaro Charles Lamb den
1964 Fukada Kyuya Nihon-hyakumeizan
1965 Yanagida Izumi Meiji-shoki no bungaku-shisō
1966 Gotō Ryō Masamune Hakucho
1967 Fujigawa Hideo Edo-shoki no shijintachi
1968 Shiotani San Koda Rohan
1969 Kusano Shimpei Waga Kōtaro
Tanaka Michitarō Jinseironfū ni
1970 not awarded
1971 Ōoka Makoto Ki no Tsurayuki
1972 Yamazaki Masakazu Ōgai: tatakau kachō
1973 Maruya Saiichi Gotobain
1974 Ikeda Kentaro Pushkin den
1975 not awarded
1976 Itō Shinkichi Hagiwara Sakutaro
Kono Taeko Tanizaki bungaku to kōtei no yokubō
1977 Hasumi Shigehiko Han = nihongoron
1978 Endō Shūsaku Christo no tanjō
1979 Saeki Shōichi Monogatari-geijutsuron
1980 Kawatake Toshio Sakusha no ie
Ishikawa Jun Edo-bungaku-shōki
1981 Takahashi Hideo Shiga Naoya
1982 not awarded
1983 Isoda Kōichi Rokumeikan no keifu
Kawamura Jirō Uchida Hyakken ron
1984 Donald Keene Hyakudai no kakaku (translation by: Kanaseki Hisao )
Ueda Miyoji Kono yo kono be
1985 not awarded
1986 Egawa Taku Nazotoki "Zeni to batsu"
1987 Mochizuki Yōko Hepburn no shogai to nihongo
1988 Ōoka Shōhei (posthumous) Shosetsuka Natsume Soseki
1989 Nakamura Shin'ichirō Kakizaki Hakyō no shōgai
Yamamoto Natsuhiko Musōan-monogatari
1990 Ōba Minako Tsuda Umeko
1991 Nakamura Minoru Tsukanoma no gen'ei: dōhangaka Komai Tetsurō no shōgai
1992 Yoshida Hidekazu Manet no shōzō
Nakazawa Shin'ichi Mori no baroque
1993 Tomioka Taeko Naka Kansuke no koi
Chō Kyō Koi no chūgoku-bummeishi
1994 not awarded
1995 Miura Masashi Shintai no reido
1996 Kawamoto Saburō Kafū to Tōkyō
Matsuyama Iwao Gunshu
1997 Watanabe Tamotsu Mokuami no meiji-ishin
1998 Tanabe Seiko Dōtombori no ame ni wakarete irai nari
1999 Kashima Shigeru Paris fūzoku
2000 not awarded
2001 not awarded
2002 Noguchi Takehiko Bakumatsu-kibun
2004 Numano Mitsuyoshi Utopia bungakuron
2005 Maeda Hayao Yotaaruki Kikuchi Sansai no hito to gakumon
2006 Tsutsui Kiyotada Saiju Yaso
2007 Arashiyama Kōzaburō Akutō Bashō
2008 Okada Atsushi Freud no Italia
2009 Ayukawa Yutaka Suda Atsuko o yomu
2010 Kuroiwa Hisako (posthumous) Pan to pen shakaishugisha Sakai Toshihiko to baibunsha no tatakai
2011 Washida Kiyokazu Guzuguzu no riyū
2012 Ikeuchi Osamu Onchi Kōshirō hitotsu no denki
2013 Ogasawara Toyoki Mayakofusukī jiken
2014 Fujikawa Yoshiyuki Aru bunjin gakusha no shōzō hyōden Fujikawa Hideo
2015 Miyata Marie Wasurerareta shjin no denki chichi Ōki Atsuo no kiseki
2016 Kakehashi Kumiko Kuruu hito "shi no toge"
2017 Yonemoto Kōji Hyōden Ishimure Michiko nagisa ni tatsu hito

Poetry / Haiku

year Award winners Excellent title
1949 Saitō Mokichi Tomoshibi
Kusano Shimpei Kaeru no uta
1950 Takamura Kōtaro Tenkei
1951 Satō Satarō Kicho
1952 Satō Haruo Satō Haruo zenshishū
1953 Matsumoto Takashi Sekikon
Kaneko Mitsuharu Ningen no higeki
1954 Ishida Hakyō Ishida Hakyō zenkushū
1955 not awarded
1956 Nishiwaki Junzaburō Daisan no shinwa
1957 Gotō Miyoko Shinshū haha ​​no kashū
Ubukata Tatsue Shiroi kaze no naka de
1958 Yoshino Hideo Yoshino Hideo kashu
Horiguchi Daigaku Yūbe no niji
1959 Murano Shirō Boyoki
1960 Ozawa Hekidō (posthumous) Hekidō kushū
1961 Miya Shūji Ōku yoru no uta
1962 Miyoshi Tatsuji Miyoshi Tatsuji zenshishu
1963 Asano Akira Kanshoku
1964 Kurahara Shinjirō Iwana
1965 Naka Taro Ongaku
Shibota Minoru Irino
1966 Kinoshita Yūji Teihon Kinoshita Yūji shishū
1967 Tsuchiya Bummei Seinanshū , Zokuseinanshū
1968 Irisawa Yasuo Waga Izumo, waga chinkon
Iida Ryūta Boon
1969 Yamamoto Taro Haōki
1970 Ogata Noboru Gyobutsu shishu
Hatsui Shizue Tōjibai
Nozawa Setsuko Hōchō
1971 Yoshino Hiroshi Kanshō-ryokō
Tsubono Tekkyu Hekigan
1972 Okazaki Seiichirō Shun'oten
Tamaki Tōru Kyūboku
1973 not awarded
1974 Ono Tōzaburō Kyozetsu no ki
1975 Yoshida Masatoshi Nagaruru kumo
Kadokawa Minayoshi Saigyō no hi
1976 Nakamura Minoru Hamushi no tobu fūkei
1977 Aida Tsunao Yuigon
Mori Sumio Riso
1978 Taya egg Hahakoi
1979 Takenaka Iku Polka, mazurka
1980 Kuzuhara Shigeru Gen: sambusaku-kashū
1981 Amano Tadashi Shiyūchi
Shiba Ryotaro Hitobito no ashioto
1982 Yamazaki Eiji Yamazaki Eiji shishu
Tanikawa Shuntaro Hibi no chizu
1983 Kadokawa Haruki Nagasareō
1984 Tamura Ryuichi Dorei no yorokobi
1985 Saitō Fumi Watariyukamu
Takubo Hideo Kaizu
1986 not awarded
1987 Okano Hirohiko Ame no tazumura
Takahashi Mutsuo Keiko onjiki
1988 Kitamura Taro Minato no hito
1989 Kiyooka Takayuki Fushigi na kagami no mise
Furui Yoshikichi Kari ōjōden shibun
1990 Kawasaki Tenko Natsu
1991 Shibusawa Takasuke Teichō-shiki
1992 Manabe Kureo Yukionna
1993 Baba Akiko Akofu
Hiraide Takashi Hidarite nikki dance
1994 Suzuki Masajo Miyakodori
1995 Itō Kazuhiko Umigō no uta
1996 Takahashi Junko Toki no ame
Shiraishi Kazuko Arawareru monotachi o shite
1997 Mae Toshio Seidōji
1998 Nagata Kazuhiro Aeba
1999 Arakawa Yōji Kūchū no gumi
2000 Tada Chimako Nagai kawa no aru kuni
2001 Amazawa Taijirō Yūmei gūrinka
2002 Hasegawa Kai Koku
2004 Kuriki Kyōko Natsu no ushiro
2005 Iijima Koichi America
Okai Takashi Tonakai-jidai ima ka kimukau
2006 Ozawa Minoru Shunkan
2007 Tsujii Takashi Washi ga ite
2008 Tokita Norio Polo Shiri
2009 Kawano Michiyo Hana-jōki-hedatari
2010 Őki Amari Washi ga ite
2011 Tsuburai Tetsuzo Seiryō
Sasaki Yukitsuna Moonwalk
2012 Wada Goro Kazaguruma
2013 Takano Mutsuo Man no hane
2014 Takano Kimihiko Ryūboku
2015 Koike Hikaru Omoigawa no kishibe
2016 Jeffrey Angles Watashi no hizuke henkosen
2017 Yamaguchi Akio Mocha

Research work / translations

year Award winners Excellent title
1949 Hinatsu Konosuke Kaitei-zōho Meiji-Taishō-shishi
1950 Watsuji Tetsurō Sakoku
1951 Suzuki Shintaro Stéphane Mallarmé shishū kō
1952 Yonekawa Masao Dostoevsky zenshu yaku
1953 Satō Teruo Villon shi kenkyu
1954 Fukase Motohiro Elliot
1955 Nobori Shomu Rossiya-Soviet bungakushi
1956 Kono Yoichi Plutarch eiyūtsute yaku
1957 Takahashi Kenji Hesse kenkyū to sono yakugyō
Tōgō Tomiji Ryokan
1958 Kure Shigeichi Homer "Iliad" yaku
1959 Watanabe Kazuo Sen'ichiya Monogatari yaku
Satō Masaaki Sen'ichiya Monogatari yaku
Okabe Masataka Sen'ichiya Monogatari yaku
1960 Fukuhara Rintaro Thomas Gray kenkyū shō
1961 Doi Kochi Kodai densetsu to bungaku
Kawamori Yoshizō Furansu bundanshi
1962 Hoshikawa Kiyotaka Soji no kenkyū
1963 Nakanishi Susumu Man'yōshū no hikaku-bungakuteki-kenkyū
Shirasu Masako Noun
1964 Watanabe Kazuo Rabelai's "Gargantua to Pantagruel Monogatari" yaku
1965 Nakanishi Godo Teihon yachōki
1966 Shumuta Natsuo Stars "Shinshi Tristram Shandy no shogai to iken" yaku
Matsumoto Kappei Nihon shingekishi
1967 Fukuda Tsuneari Shakespeare zenshū yaku
1968 not awarded
1969 Kobori Keiichirō Wakaki hi no Mori Ōgai
Onuma Tan Kaichūdokei
1970 Tezuka Tomio Goethe "Faust" yaku
1971 Mori Senzō Mori Senzō chosakushū
1972 Yamamoto Kenkichi Saishin haiku saijiki
1973 Suzuki Rikie "Molière zenshū" yaku
Yasuoka Shōtaro Hashire tomahawk ( Hashire tomahōku )
1974 Ogata Tsutomu Buson jihitsukucho
Satō Masaaki Baudelaire zatsuwa
1975 not awarded
1976 Akiba Taro Nagai Kafu den
Jugaku Bunshō Dante "Shinkyoku" yaku
1977 Shirai Kōji Albert Camus sono hikari to kage
1978 Senuma Shigeki Nihon bundanshi
1979 Odake Takeo "Kanjo" yaku
1980 Nakamura Yukihiko Kono hotori ichiya shikasen hyōshaku
Yanagida Seizan Ikkyū "Kyōunshū" no sekai
1981 Shibota Minoru Saitō Mokichi den
1982 Inagaki Tatsuro Inagaki Tatsurō gakugei bunshū
1983 Noma Koshin Sampo Saikaku nempu kōshō
Izutsu Toshihiko Ishiki to honshitsu
1984 not awarded
1985 Kanno Akimasa Stéphane Mallarmé
Matsudaira Chiaki Xenophon "anabasis" yaku
1986 Watanabe Tamotsu Musumedōjōji
1987 not awarded
1988 Nakai Hisao "Kaváfis zenshishū" yaku
1989 not awarded
1990 Hirakawa Sukehiro Manzoni "Ii nazuke" yaku
1991 Mori Ryo Mori Ryō yaku shishū bankoku zita
Aono Sō Haha yo
1992 not awarded
1993 Ogawa Kazuo Byron "Don Juan" yaku
Ōno Susumu Kakarimusubi no kenkyū
1994 Sawazaki Junnosuke WC Williams "Patterson" yaku
Kuroi Senji Curtain call ( Kāten kōru )
1995 not awarded
1996 Katsuhide Shinoda Guillaume de Lorris, Jean de Meung "Bara Monogatari" yaku
1997 not awarded
1998 Ibi Takashi Edo shiika ron
Kudo Yukio "Bruno Schulz zenshū" yaku
1999 not awarded
2000 Iwasa Miyoko Kōgon-in gyoshū zenshaku
2001 Shimizu Tōru Shomotsu ni tuite
Suzuki Michihiko Proust "Ushinawareta toki o motomete" yaku
2002 Takamatsu Yūichi Igirisu kindai-shihō
2004 Tanizawa Eiichi Bungōtachi no ōgenka
2005 not awarded
2006 not awarded
2007 Watanabe Moriaki Roland Barthes "Racine" yaku
2008 Hosokawa Shuhei Tōki ni arite tsukuru mono
2009 Maruya Saiichi Translation of James Joyce A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
2010 Nozaki Kan Ihō no kaori Nerval tōhō kikō
2011 not awarded
2012 Kameyama Ikuo Nazo toki Akuryō
Miyashita Shirō Translation by François Rabelais Gargantua and Pantagruel
2013 Nakatsukasa Tetsuo Heshiodosu zensakuhin
2014 Inami Ryōichi New translation by Cáo Xuěqín The Dream of the Red Chamber
2015 Kutsukake Yoshihiko Ōgon no tategoto
2016 Shiokawa Tetsuya Translation by Blaise Pascal Pensées
2017 Sekiguchi Tokimasa Translation by Bolesław Prus The Doll (Lalka)

Essays / travelogues

year Award winners Excellent title
1967 Dan Ikuma Pipe no kemuri
1968 Nagai Tatsuo Waga kirinukichō yori
1969 not awarded
1970 Satomi sound Godai no tami
1971 Hanamori Yasuji Eat gorin no tabi
Ibuse Masuji Waseda no mori
1972 Shirasu Masako Kakurezato
1973 Ishikawa Keirō Haijin fūkyō retsuden
1974 not awarded
1975 Noguchi Fujio Waga Kafu
1976 not awarded
1977 Uryū Takuzō Hinoharamura kibun
Mori Sumio Riso
1978 Kiyooka Takayuki Geijutsuteki na akushu
1979 Takeda Yuriko Inu ga hoshi mita roshia-ryoko
1980 Tanaka Sumie Hana no hyakumeizan
1981 Okumoto Daisaburō Mushi no uchushi
1982 Kuroda Suehisa Pygmy chimpanzee
Honda Shūgo Furui kioku no ido
1983 not awarded
1984 Kinoshita Junji Zembu uma no hanashi
1985 Sata Ineko Tsuki no en
1986 Miyamoto Tokuzo Rikishi hyōhaku
Shiba Ryotaro Roshia ni tsuite
1987 Kondō Keitaro Okumura Dogyu
Sugimoto Hidetaro Tsurezuregusa
1988 Chin Shunshin Chaji-henro
1989 Takada Hiroshi Ki ni au
1990 not awarded
1991 Kanaseki Hisao Gendai-geijutsu no epokku eroiku
1992 Ikezawa Natsuki Haha naru shizen no oppai
1993 not awarded
Hiraide Takashi Hidarite nikki dance
1994 Yonehara Mari Fujitsu na bijo ka teishuku na busu ka
1995 Yasuoka Shōtaro Hate mo nai dōchūki
1996 Itō Shinkichi Kangokuura no shijintachi
1997 Kawamori Yoshizō Tōson no Pari
1998 not awarded
1999 Seki Yōko Geizukushi Chūshingura
2000 Takashima Toshio Sōseki no natsuyasumi
2001 Agawa Hiroyuki Shokumi fūfūroku
2002 Sasaki Mikirō Ajia kaidō kikō
2004 Wakashima Tadashi Ranshi dokusha no eibei tampen kogi
2005 not awarded
2006 Kawashima Hideaki Itaria yudayajin no fūkei
2007 Miyasaka Shizuo Katarikakeru kigo yuruyakana nihon
2008 Shiraishi Kazuko Shi no fūkei - Shijin no Shōzō
2009 Horie Toshiyuki Seigenkyokusen
2010 Suga Keijirō Shasen no tabi
Nashiki Kaho Watari no ashiato
2011 Hoshino Hiromi Konnyaku-ya Hyōryūki
2012 not awarded
2013 Dan Keisuke Tabidatsu riyū
Tochigi Nobuaki Airurando monogatari
2014 Yamazaki Kayoko Beogurādo nisshi
2015 Bessho Makiko Edo onna saigetsuki
2016 Imafuku Ryūta Henry Thoreau yasei no gakusha
2017 Hokari Mizuho Montaigne no shosai " Essais o yomu"

Selection committee

Members of the selection committee of the Yomiuri Literature Prize are:

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