Yomiuri Literature Prize
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:
- Fiction,
- Dramas / scripts (scripts since the 46th award),
- Reviews / biographies,
- Poetry / haiku ,
- Research work / translations,
- 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:
- Ikezawa Natsuki
- Inoue Hisashi
- Kanno Akimasa
- Kawamoto Saburō
- Kawamura Jirō
- Numano Mitsuyoshi
- Okano Hirohiko
- Ōoka Makoto
- Tomioka Taeko
- Tsushima Yūko
- Yamazaki Masakazu