- Akutagawa Prize
The Nihongo|Akutagawa Prize|芥川龍之介賞|Akutagawa Ryūnosuke Shō is a Japanese
literary award presented semi-annually. It was established in 1935 byKan Kikuchi , then-editor of "Bungeishunjū" magazine, in memory of authorRyūnosuke Akutagawa . It is currently sponsored by theSociety for the Promotion of Japanese Literature , and is awarded in January ('E' in the list, below) and July ('L' in the list below) to the best serious literary story published in a newspaper or magazine by a new or rising author.The winner receives a pocket watch and a cash award of 1 million yen. Short stories and novellas win the prize more frequently than do full-length novels. Because of its prestige and the considerable attention the winner receives from the media, it is Japan’s most sought after literary prize. ["Encycloædia Brittanica"]
Winners
*001 1935E
Tatsuzō Ishikawa for 蒼氓 "Sōbō"
*002 1935L no prize awarded
*003 1936EOda Takeo for 城外 "Jyōgai"
*003 1936ETsuruta Tomoya for コシャマイン記 "Koshamain ki"
*004 1936L Jun Ishikawa for 普賢 "Fugen"
*004 1936LTomisawa Uio for "The Mediterranean Sea" (地中海 " _ni. Chichūkai")
*005 1937EOzaki Kazuo for "Leisure Glasses" (暢気眼鏡 " _ni. Nonki megane")
*006 1937LAshihei Hino for 糞尿譚 "Fun'nyōtan"
*007 1938ENakayama Gishu for 厚物咲 "Atsumonozaki"
*008 1938LNakazato Tsuneko for 乗合馬車 "Noriaibasha, Nikkōshitsu"
*009 1939EHanda Yoshiyuki for "Chicken Trouble" (鶏騒動 " _ni. Niwatori sōdō")
*009 1939EHase Ken for "Children Of Asakusa" (あさくさの子供 " _ni. Asakusa no kodomo")
*010 1939LSamukawa Kotaro for "The Poacher" (密猟者 " _ni. Mitsuryōsha")
*011 1940E no prize awarded
*012 1940LSakurada Tsunehisa for 平賀源内 "Hiraga gen'nai"
*013 1941ETada Yukei for "Choko Delta" (長江デルタ " _ni. Chōkō deruta")
*014 1941LShibaki Yoshiko for "The Garden City" (青果の市 " _ni. Seika no ichi")
*015 1942E no prize awarded
*016 1942LKuramitsu Toshio for "The Liaison" (連絡員" _ni. Renrakuin")
*017 1943EIshizuka Kikuzo for 纏足の頃 "Chanzū no koro"
*018 1943LTonobe Kaoru for 和紙 "Washi"
*019 1944EYagi Yoshinori for 劉廣福 "Ryūkanbu"
*019 1944EOno Juzo for "The Ascent" (登攀 " _ni. Tōhan")
*020 1944LShimizu Motoyoshi for "Wild Geese" (雁立 " _ni. Karitachi")
*021 1949EKotani Tsuyoshi for 確証 "Kakushō"
*021 1949EYuki Shigeko for 本の話 "Hon no hanashi"
*022 1949LInoue Yasushi for "The Bullfight" (闘牛 " _ni. Tōgyū")
*023 1950ETsuji Ryoichi for "The Foreigner" (異邦人 " _ni. Ihōjin")
*024 1950L no prize awarded
*025 1951EAbe Kobo for "The Crime of S. Karuma" (壁 S.カルマ氏の犯罪 " _ni. Kabe S. Karuma shi no hanzai")
*025 1951EIshikawa Toshimitsu for "Spring Grass " (春の草 " _ni. Haru no kusa")
*026 1951LHotta Yoshie for "Hiroba no kotoku, kankan, sono ta"
*027 1952E no prize awarded
*028 1952LGomi Kosuke for 喪神 "Sōshin"
*028 1952LMatsumoto Seicho for 或る「小倉日記」小伝 "Aru kokura nikki den"
*029 1953EYasuoka Shotaro for "Bad Company, Dismal Fun" (" _ni. Warui nakama, inki na tanoshimi")
*030 1953L no prize awarded
*031 1954EYoshiyuki Junnosuke for "A Rain Shower" (" _ni. Shūu, sono ta")
*032 1954LKojima Nobuo for "American School" (" _ni. Amerikan sukūru")
*032 1954LShono Junzo for "A Poolside Scene" (" _ni. Pūrusaido shōkei")
*033 1955EEndo Shusaku for "White Person" (" _ni. Shiroi hito")
*034 1955LShintaro Ishihara for "Season Of The Sun" (" _ni. Taiyō no kisetsu")
*035 1956EKondo Keitaro for "Kaijinfune"
*036 1956L no prize awarded
*037 1957EKikumura Itaru for "Iwo Jima" (" _ni. Iōjima")
*038 1957LKaiko Takeshi for "The Emperor’s New Clothes" (" _ni. Hadaka no ōsama")
*039 1958EOe Kenzaburo for "Prize Stock" (" _ni. Shiiku")
*040 1958L no prize awarded
*041 1959EShiba Shiro for "Mountain Pagoda" (" _ni. Santō")
*042 1959L no prize awarded
*043 1960EMorio Kita for "In The Corner Of Night And Fog" (" _ni. Yoru to kiri no sumi de")
*044 1960LMiura Tetsuo for "Hidden River" (" _ni. Shinobukawa")
*045 1961E no prize awarded
*046 1961LUno Koichiro for "The Whale God" (" _ni. Kujiragami")
*047 1962EKawamura Akira for "A Heroic Departure" (" _ni. Bitan no shuppatsu")
*048 1962L no prize awarded
*049 1963EGoto Kiichi for "A Boyhood Bridge" (" _ni. Shōnen no hashi")
*049 1963EKono Taeko for "Crab" (" _ni. Kani")
*050 1963LTanabe Seiko for "Sentimental Journey" (" _ni. Senchimentaru Jaanî")
*051 1964EShiba Shou for "Saredo waga hibi"
*052 1964L no prize awarded
*053 1965ETsumura Setsuko for "Toys" (" _ni. Gangu")
*054 1965LTakai Yuichi for "Northern Stream" (" _ni. Kita no kawa")
*055 1966E no prize awarded
*056 1966LMaruyama Kenji for "Summer’s Passage" (" _ni. Natsu no nagare")
*057 1967EOshiro Tatsuhiro for "The Cocktail Party" (" _ni. Kakuteru Paatî")
*058 1967LKashiwabara Hyozo for "Dosuke Tokoyama’s Returning Home" (" _ni. Tokuyama Dōsuke no kikyō")
*059 1968EMaruya Saiichi for "Remains Of The Year" (" _ni. Toshi no nagori")
*059 1968EOba Minako for "Three Crabs" (" _ni. Sanbiki no kani")
*060 1968L no prize awarded
*061 1969EShoji Kaoru for "Little Red Riding Hood, Take Care" (" _ni. Akazukin-chan ki wo tsukete")
*061 1969ETakuba Hideo for "Deep River" (" _ni. Fukaikawa")
*062 1969LKiyookaTakayuki for "Akashiya no tairen"
*063 1970EYoshida Tomoko for "Mumyōchōya"
*063 1970EKomao Furuyama for "Pureō eito no yoake"
*064 1970LYoshikichi Furui for "Yoko" (" _ni. Yōko")
*065 1971E no prize awarded
*066 1971LKaisei Ri for "Kinuta wo utsu on’na"
*066 1971LMineo Higashi for "Okinawan Boy" (" _ni. Okinawa no Shōnen")
*067 1972EHiroshi Hatayama for "Sometimes The Whistle Blew" (" _ni. Itsuka kiteki wo narashite")
*067 1972EAkio Miyahara for "Dareka ga sawatta"
*068 1972LMichiko Yamamoto for "Betty Boop’s Garden" (" _ni. Beti-chan no niwa")
*068 1972LShizuko Go for "Requiem" (" _ni. Rekuiemu")
*069 1973ETaku Miki for "Hiwa"
*070 1973LKuninobu Noro for "Vines" (" _ni. Kusa no tsurugi")
*070 1973LAtsushi Mori for "Lunar Mountain" (" _ni. Gassan")
*071 1974E no prize awarded
*072 1974LKeizo Hino for "The Evening Sun" (" _ni. Ano yūhi")
*072 1974LHiro Sakata for "Earthen Vessel" (" _ni. Tsuchi no utsuwa")
*073 1975EKyoko Hayashi for "Matsuri no ba"
*074 1975LKenji Nakagami for "The Cape" (" _ni. Misaki")
*074 1975LKazuo Okamatsu for "Shikinoshima"
*075 1976ERyu Murakami for "Almost Transparent Blue" (" _ni. Kagirinaku tōmeini chikai burū")
*076 1976L no prize awarded
*077 1977EMasahiro Mita for "What Am I" (" _ni. Bokutte nani")
*077 1977EMasuo Ikeda for "Offering In The Aegean" (" _ni. Eegekai ni sasagu")
*078 1977LTeru Miyamoto for "Firefly River" (" _ni. Hoterugawa")
*078 1977LShuzo Taki for "The Nutmeg Tree Festival" (" _ni. Kaya no ki matsuri")
*079 1978EKiichiro Takahashi for "Nobuya"
*079 1978EMichitsuna Takahashi for "September Sky" (" _ni. Kugatsu no sora")
*080 1978L no prize awarded
*081 1979EYoshiko Shigekane for "Smoke In The Mountains" (" _ni. Yamaai no kemuri")
*081 1979ESo Aono for "Night Of The Idiots" (" _ni. Gusha no yoru")
*082 1979LReiko Mori for "The City Of Mockingbirds" (" _ni. Mokkingubaado no iru machi")
*083 1980E no prize awarded
*084 1980LKatsuhiko Otsuji for "My Father Vanished" (" _ni. Chichi ga kieta")
*085 1981ERie Yoshiyuki for "Little Lady" (" _ni. Chisana kifujin")
*086 1981L no prize awarded
*087 1982E no prize awarded
*088 1982LYukiko Kato for "Wall of Dreams" (" _ni. Yube no kabe")
*088 1982LJuro Kara for "A Letter From Young Sagawa" (" _ni. Sagawa-kun kara no tegami")
*089 1983E no prize awarded
*090 1983LJun Kasahara for "Mokoji's World" (" _ni. Mokuji no sekai")
*090 1983LNobuko Takagi for "Hold The LIght, Friend" (" _ni. Hikari daku tomo yo")
*091 1984E no prize awarded
*092 1984LSatoko Kizaki for "Blue Paulownia" (" _ni. Aogiri")
*093 1985E no prize awarded
*094 1985LFumiko Kometani for "The Passover" (" _ni. Sugikoshi no matsuri")
*095 1986E no prize awarded
*096 1986L no prize awarded
*097 1987EKiyoko Murata for "In The Pot" (" _ni. Nabe no naka")
*098 1987LNatsuki Ikezawa for "Still Lives" (" _ni. Sutiru Raifu")
*098 1987LKiyohiro Miura for "He’s Leaving Home" (" _ni. Chōnan no shukke")
*099 1988EMan Arai for "The Missing’s Time" (" _ni. Tazunebito no jikan")
*100 1988LKeishi Nagi for "Diamond Dust" (" _ni. Diayamondo Dasuto")
*100 1988L Yanji I for "Yuhi"
*101 1989E no prize awarded
*102 1989LAkira Ooka for "Hyōsō seikatsu"
*102 1989LMieko Takizawa for "Nekobaba no iru machi de"
*103 1990ENoboru Tsujihara for "A Village’s Name" (" _ni. Mura no namae")
*104 1990LYoko Ogawa for "Pregnancy Calendar" (" _ni. Ninshin karendaa")
*105 1991EYo Henmi for "The Automatic Wake-up Machine" (" _ni. Jidou kishō sōchi")
*105 1991EAnna Ogino for "Water Burden" (" _ni. Seoi mizu")
*106 1991LEiko Matsumura for "Uptown" (" _ni. Apatōn")
*107 1992ETomomi Fujiwara for "Driver" (" _ni. Untenshi")
*108 1992LYoko Tawada for "The Bridegroom Was A Dog" (" _ni. Inumuko iri")
*109 1993EHaruhiko Yoshimeki for "Sekiryōkōya"
*110 1993LHikaru Okuizumi for "The Stones Cry Out" (" _ni. Ishi no raireki")
*111 1994EMitsuhiro Muroi for "Odorodeku"
*111 1994EYoriko Shono for "The Time Slip Industrial Complex" (" _ni. Taimu surippu konbinaato")
*112 1994L no prize awarded
*113 1995EKazushi Hosaka for "Kono hito no iki"
*114 1995LMatayoshi Eiki for "Pig's retribution" (" _ni.Buta no mukui ")
*115 1996EHiromi Kawakami for "Tread On A Snake" (" _ni. Hebi wo fumu")
*116 1996LHitonari Tsuji for "The Light from the Strait" (" _ni. Kaikyō no hikari")
*116 1996LMiri Yu for "Family Cinema" (" _ni. Kazoku shinema")
*117 1997EShun Medoruma for "A Drop Of Water" (" _ni. Suiteki")
*118 1997L no prize awarded
*119 1998EMangetsu Hanamura for "Geranium Nights" (" _ni. Gerumaniamu no yoru")
*119 1998EShu Fujisawa for "Midnight In Buenos Aires" (" _ni. Buenosu Airesu gozen reiji")
*120 1998LKeiichiro Hirano for "Eclipse" (" _ni. Nisshoku")
*121 1999E no prize awarded
*122 1999LGengetsu for "A Dwelling In The Shade" (" _ni. Kage no sumika")
*122 1999LChiya Fujino for "Summer Promise" (" _ni. Natsu no yakusoku")
*123 2000EKou Machida for "Shreds" (" _ni. Kiregire")
*123 2000EHisaki Matsuura for "A Spoiling Rain" (" _ni. Hana kutashi")
*124 2000LYuichi Seirai for "Holy Water" (" _ni. Seisui")
*124 2000LToshiyuki Horie for "The Bear And The Paving Stone" (" _ni. Kuma no shikiishi")
*125 2001ESokyu Genyu for "Flowers In Limbo " (" _ni. Chūin no hana")
*126 2001LYu Nagashima for "More Speed Mama" (" _ni. Mōsupîdo de haha wa")
*127 2002EShuichi Yoshida for "Park Life" (" _ni. Paaku raifu")
*128 2002LTamaki Daido for "Salty Drives" (しょっぱいドライブ " _ni. Shoppai doraibu")
*129 2003EManichi Yoshimura for "The Hairworm" (ハリガネムシ " _ni. Hariganemushi")
*130 2003LRisa Wataya for "A Back I Want To Kick" (蹴りたい背中 " _ni. Keritai senaka")
*130 2003LHitomi Kanehara for "Snakes and Earrings " (蛇にピアス " _ni. Hebi ni piasu")
*131 2004ENorio Mobu for "Introduction to Nursing Care" (介護入門 " _ni. Kaigo nyūmon")
*132 2004LKazushige Abe for "Grand Finale" (グランド・フィナーレ " _ni. Gurando fināre")
*133 2005EFuminori Nakamura for "A Child in the Ground" (土の中の子供 " _ni. Tsuchi no naka no kodomo")
*134 2005LAkiko Itoyama for "Waiting Offshore" (沖で待つ " _ni. Oki de matsu")
*135 2006ETakami Itō for "Throwing Stuff Away on a Road in August" (八月の路上に捨てる " _ni. Hachigatsu no rojō ni suteru")
*136 2006LNanae Aoyama for "Hitori Biyori" (ひとり日和)
*137 2007ETetsushi Suwa for "Asatte no Hito" (アサッテの人)
*138 2007LMieko Kawakami for "Chichi to Ran" (乳と卵)
*139 2008E Yang Yi (author) for "Toki ga Nijimu Asa" (時が滲む朝)Current members of the selection committee
*Natsuki Ikezawa
*Shintaro Ishihara
*Hiromi Kawakami
*Senji Kuroi
*Ryu Murakami
*Teru Miyamoto
*Yoko Ogawa
*Nobuko Takagi
*Amy Yamada pecial occurrences
Occasionally, when
consensus cannot be reached between judges over disputes about the winning story or the quality of work for that half year, no prize is awarded. The judges usually include contemporary writers, literary critics, and former winners of the prize. From 1945 through 1948, no prizes were awarded due to postwar instability.On
January 15 ,2004 , the awarding of the 130th Akutagawa Prize made significant news when two women became the award’s youngest winners. The prize went to bothWataya Risa , 19, andKanehara Hitomi , 20. Previously, the youngest Akutagawa winners were all males over 23 years old, among them the current Tokyo GovernorShintaro Ishihara and novelistKenzaburo Oe who later went on to win theNobel Prize for Literature in 1994.ee also
* List of Japanese literary awards
Notes
References
*cite encyclopedia
title = Akutagawa Prize
encyclopedia = Encyclopædia Britannica
publisher = Encyclopædia Britannica Online
date = 2008
url = http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9003038
accessdate = 2008-02-11
*cite web
url = http://www.bunshun.co.jp/award/akutagawa/list1.htm
title = Akutagawa Winner's List
accessdate = 2008-02-11
format =HTML
work = Bungeishunjū Ltd
language = JapaneseExternal links
*ja [http://www.bunshun.co.jp/award/akutagawa/list1.htm List of awards by date] at
Bungeishunjū 's website
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