Naoki Prize
Japanese literary award
Award
The Naoki Prize , officially Naoki Sanjugo Prize (直木三十五賞 , Naoki Sanjūgo Shō ) , is a Japanese literary award presented biannually. It was created in 1935 by Kikuchi Kan , then editor of the Bungeishunjū magazine, and named in memory of novelist Naoki Sanjugo .[ 1] Sponsored by the Society for the Promotion of Japanese Literature , the award recognizes "the best work of popular literature in any format by a new, rising, or (reasonably young) established author."[ 2] The winner receives a watch and one million yen .[ 3]
Kikuchi founded the Naoki Prize with the Akutagawa Prize , which targets a new or rising author of literary fiction. The two prizes are viewed as "two sides of the same coin" and inseparable from one another. Because of the prestige associated with the Naoki Prize and the considerable attention the winner receives from the media, it, along with the Akutagawa Prize , is one of Japan's most sought after literary awards of recognition.[ 3] [ 4]
Winners
Bungeishunjū maintains the official archive of past Naoki Prize winners.[ 5]
1st–100th
1935
1
Matsutarō Kawaguchi
Tsuruhachi Tsurujirō (鶴八鶴次郎 ) ,Fūryū Fukagawa Uta (風流深川唄 , lit. Song of the Refined Fuka River ) ,Meiji Ichidai Onna (明治一代女 , lit. Meiji Era Woman )
2
Uko Washio
Yoshinochō Taiheiki (吉野朝太平記 , lit. Chronicles of the Yoshino Era of Peace ) , etc.
1936
3
Chōgorō Kaionji
Tenshō Onna Gassen (天正女合戦 , lit. Tenshō Women's Battle ) ,Budō Denraiki (武道傳來記 , lit. Martial Arts Chronicles )
4
Takatarō Kigi
Jinsei no Ahō (人生の阿呆 , lit. A Fool's Life )
1937
5
No prize awarded
6
Masuji Ibuse
John Manjirō Hyōryūki (ジョン萬次郎漂流記 , lit. The Drifting Chronicles of John Manjirō ) , etc.
1938
7
Sotoo Tachibana
Narin-denka e no Kaisō (ナリン殿下への回想 , lit. Recollections of His Highness Narin )
8
Tadao Ooike
Kabuto (兜首 , lit. Helmet ) ,Akitaguchi no Kyōdai (秋田口の兄弟 , lit. The Akitaguchi Siblings )
1939
9
No prize awarded
10
No prize awarded
1940
11
Chiyo Tsutsumi Sensuke Kawachi
Koyubi (小指 , lit. Pinky Finger ) , etc.Gunji Yuubin (軍事郵便 , lit. Military Postal Service )
12
Genzō Murakami
Kazusa Fudoki (上総風土記 ) , etc.
1941
13
Sōjū Kimura
Unnan Shubihei (雲南守備兵 , lit. Guards of the Southern Clouds )
14
No prize awarded
1942
15
No prize awarded
16
Norio Taoka Takio Kanzaki
Gōjō Ichigo (強情いちご , lit. Stubborn Ichigo ) , etc.Kanyō (寛容 , lit. Generosity ) , etc.
1943
17
No prize awarded
(Shūgorō Yamamoto 's Nihon Fudōki (日本婦道記 , lit. Chronicles of a Japanese Woman's Duties ) was chosen, but he declined the prize.)
18
Sōichi Mori
Yamahata (山畠 ) ,Ga to Sasabune (蛾と笹舟 , lit. The Moth and the Toy Boat )
1944
19
Seizō Okada
Nyū Giniya Sangakusen (ニューギニヤ山岳戦 , lit. New Guinea Mountain War )
20
No prize awarded
1949
21
Tsuneo Tomita
Omote (面 , lit. Face ) ,Irezumi (刺青 , lit. Tattoo )
22
Katsurō Yamada
Umi no Haien (海の廃園 , lit. Abandoned Garden of the Sea )
1950
23
Hidemi Kon Itoko Koyama
Tennō no Bōshi (天皇の帽子 , lit. The Emperor's Hat ) Shikkō Yūyo (執行猶予 , lit. Stay of Execution )
24
Kazuo Dan
Chōgonka (長恨歌 , lit. Chōgon Song ) Shinsetsu Ishikawa Goemon (真説石川五右衛門 , lit. True Theory Ishikawa Goemon )
1951
25
Keita Genji
Eigoya-san (英語屋さん , lit. Mr. English Shop ) ,Taifū-san (颱風さん , lit. Mr. Typhoon ) ,Gokurōsan (御苦労さん , lit. I Appreciate Your Hard Work )
26
Juran Hisao Renzaburō Shibata
Suzuki Mondo (鈴木主水 ) Iesu no Ei (イエスの裔 , lit. Descendant of Jesus )
1952
27
Shinji Fujiwara
Tsumina Onna (罪な女 , lit. Sinful Woman ) , etc.
28
Nobuyuki Tateno
Hanran (叛乱 , lit. Insurrection )
1953
29
No prize awarded
30
No prize awarded
1954
31
Yorichika Arima
Shūshin Miketsushū (終身未決囚 , lit. Unconvicted Prisoner For Life )
32
Haruo Umezaki Yukio Togawa
Boroya no Shunjū (ボロ家の春秋 , lit. Spring and Autumn of the Scrap Merchant ) Takayasu Inu Monogatari (高安犬物語 , lit. Takayasu Dog Story )
1955
33
No prize awarded
34
Jirō Nitta Eikan Kyū
Gōrikiden (強力伝 , lit. The Life of A Mountain Carrier ) Honkon (香港 , lit. Hong Kong )
1956
35
Norio Nanjō Kanichi Kon
Tōdaiki (燈台鬼 , lit. Lighthouse Demon ) Kabe no Hana (壁の花 , lit. Wallflower )
36
Tōkō Kon Miharu Hozumi
Ogin-sama (お吟さま ) Kachigarasu (勝烏 , lit. Victory Crows )
1957
37
Masanori Esaki
Ruson no Tanima (ルソンの谷間 , lit. Valley of the Luzon )
38
No prize awarded
1958
39
Toyoko Yamasaki Eiji Shinba
Hana Noren (花のれん , lit. Flower Shop Sign ) Akai Yuki (赤い雪 , lit. Red Snow )
40
Saburō Shiroyama Kyō Takigawa
Sōkaiya Kinjō (総会屋錦城 , lit. Extortionist Kinjō ) Ochiru (落ちる , lit. Fall Down )
1959
41
Kieko Watanabe Yumie Hiraiwa
Mabechigawa (馬淵川 ) Taganeshi (鏨師 , lit. Master Engraver )
42
Ryōtarō Shiba Yasuji Toita
Fukurō no Shiro (梟の城 , Owls' Castle ) Danjūrō Seppuku Jiken (團十郎切腹事件 , lit. The Danjūrō Seppuku Incident )
1960
43
Shōtarō Ikenami
Sakuran (錯乱 , lit. Confusion )
44
Daikichi Terauchi Jūgo Kuroiwa
Hagure Nenbutsu (はぐれ念仏 , lit. Stray Prayer ) Haitoku no Mesu (背徳のメス , lit. Invitation to Corruption )
1961
45
Tsutomu Minakami
The Temple of the Wild Geese (雁の寺 , Gan no tera )
46
Keiichi Itō
Hotaru no Kawa (螢の河 , lit. River of Fireflies )
1962
47
Hisahide Sugimori
Tensai to Kyōjin no Aida (天才と狂人の間 , lit. Between a Genius and a Madman )
48
Hitomi Yamaguchi Sonoko Sugimoto
Eburiman-shi no Yūgana Seikatsu (江分利満氏の優雅な生活 , lit. The Elegant Lives of the Everyman Family ) Koshū no Kishi (孤愁の岸 , lit. Lonely Contemplation on the Shore )
1963
49
Tokuji Satō
Onna no Ikusa (女のいくさ , lit. The Women's War )
50
Tsuruo Andō Yoshie Wada
Kōdan Honmokutei (巷談本牧亭 , lit. Talking about Honmokutei ) Chiri no Naka (塵の中 , lit. In the Dust )
1964
51
No prize awarded
52
Michiko Nagai Atsuko Anzai
Enkan (炎環 , lit. Ring of Fire ) Chanshaoshu no Hanashi (張少子の話 , lit. The Story of Zhang Shaozi )
1965
53
Shigeo Fujii
Niji (虹 , lit. Rainbow )
54
Yūkichi Shinbashi Jihei Chiba
Yaochō (八百長 , lit. Rigged Game ) Toriko Shū-ki (虜愁記 , lit. Sad Tale of a Prisoner )
1966
55
Masaaki Tachihara
Shiroi Keshi (白い罌粟 , lit. White Poppy )
56
Hiroyuki Itsuki
Aozameta Uma wo Miyo (蒼ざめた馬を見よ , lit. See the Pale Horse )
1967
57
Jirō Ikushima
Oitsumeru (追いつめる , lit. Cornered )
58
Akiyuki Nosaka [ 6] Tooru Miyoshi
American Hijiki (アメリカひじき , Amerika Hijiki ) , A Grave of Fireflies (火垂るの墓 , Hotaru no Haka ) Hijiri Shōjo (聖少女 , lit. Holy Girl )
1968
59
No prize awarded
60
Shunshin Chin Mitsugu Saotome
Seigyoku Shishi Kōro (青玉獅子香炉 , lit. Sapphire Shishi Incense Burner ) Kyōjin no Ori (僑人の檻 )
1969
61
Aiko Satō
Tatakai Sunde Hi ga Kurete (戦いすんで日が暮れて , lit. The Day of Battle's End Draws to a Close )
62
No prize awarded
1970
63
Junichi Watanabe [ 7] Yūki Shōji
Hikari to Kage (光と影 , lit. Light and Shadow ) Gunki Hatameku Shita ni (軍旗はためく下に , lit. Beneath the Fluttering Battle Flag )
64
Jō Toyoda
Nagaragawa (長良川 , lit. Nagara River )
1971
65
No prize awarded
66
No prize awarded
1972
67
Hisashi Inoue Kenjō Tsunabuchi
Tegusari Shinjū (手鎖心中 , lit. Shackled Double Suicide ) Zan (斬 , lit. Beheading )
68
No prize awarded
1973
69
Shuhei Fujisawa [ 8] Hideo Osabe
Ansatsu no Nenrin (暗殺の年輪 , lit. Annals of Assassination ) Tsugaru Yosare Bushi (津軽世去れ節 ) , Tsugaru Jonkara Bushi (津軽じょんから節 )
70
No prize awarded
1974
71
Giichi Fujimoto
Oni no Uta (鬼の詩 , lit. Song of Demons )
72
Ryō Hanmura Magoroku Ide
Ame Yadori (雨やどり , lit. Shelter From the Rain ) Atorasu Densetsu (アトラス伝説 , lit. The Legend of Atlas )
1975
73
No prize awarded
74
Ryuzo Saki
Fukushū suru wa Ware ni ari (復讐するは我にあり , lit. Vengeance is Mine )
1976
75
No prize awarded
76
Kyōzō Miyoshi
Kosodate Gokko (子育てごっこ , lit. Playing at Raising Children )
1977
77
No prize awarded
78
No prize awarded
1978
79
Yō Tsumoto Takehiro Irokawa
Jinjū no Umi (深重の海 , lit. Jinjū's Sea ) Rikon (離婚 , lit. Divorce )
80
Tomiko Miyao Natsuo Ariake
Ichigen no Koto (一絃の琴 , lit. One-Stringed Harp ) Dai Naniwa Morobito Ourai (大浪花諸人往来 , lit. The Comings and Goings of the Many People of Great Naniwa )
1979
81
Takashi Atōda [ 9] Komimasa Tanaka
Napoleon Crazy (ナポレオン狂 , Naporeon Kyō ) Rōkyoku-shi Asahimaru no Hanashi (浪曲師朝日丸の話 , lit. The Tales of Master Storyteller Asahimaru ) , Mimi no Koto (ミミのこと , lit. Matters of the Ear )
82
No prize awarded
1980
83
Kuniko Mukōda Kageki Shimoda
Hana no Namae (花の名前 , lit. Name of the Flower ) , Kawauso (かわうそ , lit. Otter ) , Inugoya (犬小屋 , lit. Dog House ) Kiiroi Kiba (黄色い牙 , lit. Yellow Fang )
84
Masanori Nakamura
Genshu no Muhon (元首の謀叛 , lit. Sovereign's Rebellion )
1981
85
Yukio Aoshima
Ningen Banji Saiō ga Hinoeuma (人間万事塞翁が丙午 , lit. Everything Happens Unpredictably in the Year of the Horse )
86
Kôhei Tsuka Akira Mitsuoka
Kamata Kōshinkyoku (蒲田行進曲 , lit. Kamata March ) Kirai (機雷 , lit. Sea Mine )
1982
87
Yūsuke Fukada Tomomi Muramatsu
En'netsu Shōnin (炎熱商人 , lit. Unbearable Heat Merchant ) Jidai-ya no Nyōbō (時代屋の女房 , lit. Wife of the Shop Era )
88
No prize awarded
1983
89
Kōshi Kurumizawa
Kuropan Furyo-ki (黒パン俘虜記 , lit. Chronicle of the Brown Bread Prisoners )
90
Takurō Kanki Osamu Takahashi
Shiseikatsu (私生活 , lit. Private Life ) Hiden (秘伝 , lit. Mystery )
1984
91
Mikihiko Renjō Toshizō Nanba
Koibumi (恋文 , lit. Love Letter ) Tennojimura (てんのじ村 , lit. Tennoji Village )
92
No prize awarded
1985
93
Yōko Yamaguchi
Enka no Mushi (演歌の虫 , lit. Enka Insects ) ,Rōbai (老梅 , lit. Old Plum )
94
Seigo Morita Mariko Hayashi
Uogashi Monogatari (魚河岸ものがたり , lit. Fish Market Story ) Saishuu-bin ni Maniaeba (最終便に間に合えば , lit. If I'm in Time for the Last Trip ) , Kyoto Made (京都まで , lit. Until Kyōto )
1986[ 10]
95
Hiroko Minagawa
Koi Kurenai (恋紅 , lit. Crimson Love )
96
Gō Ōsaka Shinpei Tokiwa
The Red Star of Cadiz (カディスの赤い星 , Kadisu no Akai Hoshi ) Tooi Amerika (遠いアメリカ , lit. Far Off America )
1987[ 10]
97
Amy Yamada Ichirō Shiraishi
Sōru Myūjikku Rabāzu Onrī (ソウル・ミュージック・ラバーズ・オンリー , lit. Soul Music Lovers Only ) Kairōden (海狼伝 , lit. Legend of the Sea Wolf )
98
Makio Abe
Sorezore no Tsuigakushō (それぞれの終楽章 , lit. The End of Each Musical Movement )
1988
99
Tamio Kageyama Masaaki Nishiki
Tōi Umi kara Kita Coo (遠い海から来たCOO , lit. From a Distant Ocean Came Coo ) Kooreru Hitomi (凍れる瞳 , lit. An Eye Freezing Over ) , Hashima no Onna (端島の女 , lit. The Hashima Woman )
100
Akiko Sugimoto Shizuko Tōdō
Tōkyō Shin Ōhashi Uchūzu (東京新大橋雨中図 , lit. Tokyo New Big Bridge Path Plan ) Urete Yuku Natsu (熟れてゆく夏 , lit. Ripening Summer )
101st to present
1989
101
Nejime Shōichi Akira Sasakura
Kōenji Junjō Shōtengai (高円寺純情商店街 , lit. Kōenji Purehearted Shopping District ) Tooi Kuni kara no Satsujinsha (遠い国からの殺人者 , lit. Murderer from a Distant Land )
102
Seiji Hashikawa Ryō Hara
Kodenshō (小伝抄 , lit. Precise Biographical Sketch ) Watashi ga Koroshita Shōjo (私が殺した少女 , lit. The Girl I Killed )
1990
103
Tsumao Awasaka
Kage Kikyō (蔭桔梗 , lit. Shadow Bellflower )
104
Kaoru Furukawa
Hyōhakusha no Aria (漂泊者のアリア , lit. A Vagabond's Aria )
1991
105
Masamitsu Miyagitani Sunao Ashihara
Kaki Shunjyū (夏姫春秋 , lit. Summer Princess Spring and Autumn ) Seishun Dendekedekedeke (青春デンデケデケデケ , lit. Youth Dendekedekedeke )
106
Yoshio Takahashi Katsuhiko Takahashi
Ōkami Bugyō (狼奉行 , lit. Wolf Magistrate ) Akai Kioku (緋い記憶 , lit. Red Memory )
1992
107
Shizuka Ijūin
Uke Tsuki (受け月 , lit. Receiving Month )
108
Tatsurō Dekune
Tsukudashima Futari Shobō (佃島ふたり書房 , lit. Tsukuda Island Two Bookstores )
1993
109
Kaoru Takamura Aiko Kitahara
Mākusu no Yama (マークスの山 , lit. Marks' Mountain ) The Budding Tree (恋忘れ草 , Koi Wasuregusa )
110
Arimasa Osawa Masayoshi Satō
Shinjuku Zame – Mugen Ningyō (新宿鮫 無間人形 , lit. Shinjuku Sharks: Infinite Puppets ) Ebisu-ya Kihei Tebikae (恵比寿屋喜兵衛手控え , lit. Ebisu Shop Kihei Memorandum )
1994
111
Akihiko Nakamura Yasuhisa Ebisawa
Futatsu no Sanga (二つの山河 , lit. Two Mountains and Rivers ) Kikyō (帰郷 , lit. Homecoming )
112
No prize awarded
1995
113
Shun Akasegawa
Hakkyū Zan'ei (白球残映 )
114
Mariko Koike Iori Fujiwara
Koi (恋 , lit. Love ) Terorisuto no Parasoru (テロリストのパラソル , lit. The Terrorist's Parasol )
1996[ 11]
115
Asa Nonami
The Hunter (凍える牙 , Kogoeru Kiba )
116
Masako Bandō
Yamahaha (山妣 , lit. Mountain Mother )
1997
117
Setsuko Shinoda Jirō Asada
Onnatachi no Jihaado (女たちのジハード , lit. The Women's Jihad ) The Stationmaster (鉄道員 , Poppoya )
118
No prize awarded
1998
119
Chōkitsu Kurumatani
The Paradise Bird Tattoo (赤目四十八瀧心中未遂 , Akame Shijūya-taki Shinjū Misui )
120
Miyuki Miyabe
Riyū (理由 , lit. The Reason )
1999
121
Kenichi Satō Natsuo Kirino
Ōhi no Rikon (王妃の離婚 , lit. The Queen's Divorce ) Yawaraka na Hoho (柔らかな頬 , lit. Soft Cheeks )
122
Rei Nakanishi
Nagasaki Burabura Bushi (長崎ぶらぶら節 , lit. Ballad of a Nagasaki Stroll )
2000
123
Yoichi Funado Kazuki Kaneshiro
May in the Valley of the Rainbow (虹の谷の五月 , Niji no Tani no Gogatsu ) Go
124
Kiyoshi Shigematsu Fumio Yamamoto
Bitamin F (ビタミンF , lit. Vitamin F ) Puranaria (プラナリア , lit. Planaria )
2001
125
Yoshinaga Fujita [ 12]
Ai no Ryōbun (愛の領分 , lit. Territory of Love )
126
Ichiriki Yamamoto Kei Yuikawa
Akanezora (あかね空 , lit. A Deep-Red Sky ) Katagoshi no Koibito (肩ごしの恋人 , lit. Over-the-Shoulder Lover )
2002
127
Yuzaburō Otokawa
Ikiru (生きる , lit. To Live )
128
No prize awarded
2003
129
Ira Ishida Yuka Murayama
4-Teen (4TEEN フォーティーン ) Hoshiboshi no Fune (星々の舟 , lit. Ship of Stars )
130
Kaori Ekuni Natsuhiko Kyogoku
Gokyu suru Junbi wa Dekiteita (号泣する準備はできていた , lit. Preparations for Crying Have Been Made ) Nochino Kōsetsu Hyaku Monogatari (後巷説百物語 , lit. Further Gossip Hundred Tales )
2004
131
Hideo Okuda Tatsuya Kumagai
Kūchū Buranko (空中ブランコ , lit. Trapeze ) Kaikō no Mori (邂逅の森 , lit. Forest of the Chance Meeting )
132
Mitsuyo Kakuta
Taigan no Kanojo (対岸の彼女 , lit. The Woman on the Opposite Shore )
2005
133
Minato Shukawa
Hana Manma (花まんま , lit. As a Flower )
134
Keigo Higashino
The Devotion of Suspect X (容疑者Xの献身 , Yōgisha X no Kenshin )
2006
135
Shion Miura Eto Mori
Mahoro Ekimae Tada Benri-ken (まほろ駅前多田便利軒 , lit. The Convenience Shop Just Before Mahoro Station ) Kaze ni Maiagaru Binīru Shīto (風に舞いあがるビニールシート , lit. A Vinyl Sheet Dancing in the Wind )
136
No prize awarded
2007
137
Kesako Matsui
Yoshiwara Tebikigusa (吉原手引草 , lit. Yoshiwara Handbook )
138[ 13]
Kazuki Sakuraba
Watashi no Otoko (私の男 , lit. My Man )
2008
139
Areno Inoue
Kiriha e (切羽へ , lit. To the Face )
140
Arata Tendo Ken'ichi Yamamoto
Itamu Hito (悼む人 , lit. Mourned Person ) Rikyū ni Tazune yo (利休にたずねよ , lit. Go Ask Rikyū )
2009
141
Kaoru Kitamura
Sagi to Yuki (鷺と雪 , lit. Herons and Snow )
142
Jō Sasaki Kazufumi Shiraishi
Haikyo ni Kō (廃墟に乞う , lit. An Invitation to the Ruins ) Hokanaranu Hito e (ほかならぬ人へ , lit. To None Other Than )
2010
143
Kyōko Nakajima
Chiisai O'uchi (小さいおうち , lit. A Small House )
144
Nobori Kiuchi Shūsuke Michio
Hyōsa no Utau (漂砂のうたう , lit. The Singing of the Sands ) Tsuki to Kani (月と蟹 , lit. The Moon and Crabs )
2011
145[ 14]
Jun Ikeido
Shitamachi Roketto (下町ロケット , lit. Shitamachi Rocket )
146[ 15]
Rin Hamuro
Higurashi no Ki (蜩ノ記 , lit. Cicada Chronicles )
2012
147
Mizuki Tsujimura
Kagi no nai Yume wo Miru (鍵のない夢を見る , lit. I Saw a Dream Without a Key )
148[ 16]
Asai Ryo Abe Ryutaro
Nanimono (何者 , lit. Who Is This? ) Tohaku (等伯 )
2013
149[ 17]
Shino Sakuragi
Hotel Royal (ホテルローヤル )
150[ 18]
Makate Asai Kaoruko Himeno
Renka (恋歌 , lit. Love Song ) Shōwa no inu (昭和の犬 , lit. Dog of Showa )
2014
151[ 19]
Hiroyuki Kurokawa
Hamon (破門 , lit. Expulsion )
152[ 20]
Kanako Nishi
Saraba! (サラバ! , lit. Farewell!)
2015
153
Akira Higashiyama
Ryu (流 , lit. Flow )
154
Bunpei Aoyama
Tsuma wo Metorava (つまをめとらば , lit. If You Marry a Wife )
2016
155
Hiroshi Ogiwara
Umi no Mieru Rihatsuten (海の見える理髪店 , lit. The Barber Shop with an Ocean View )
156[ 21]
Riku Onda
Honeybees and Distant Thunder (蜜蜂と遠雷 , Mitsubachi to Enrai )
2017
157[ 22]
Shogo Sato
Tsuki no Michikake (月の満ち欠け , lit. The Waxing and Waning of the Moon )
158[ 23]
Yoshinobu Kadoi
Gingatetsudo no Chichi (銀河鉄道の父 , lit. Father of the Galaxy Railroad )
2018
159[ 24]
Rio Shimamoto
Fāsuto Rabu (ファーストラヴ , lit. First Love )
160[ 25]
Junjō Shindō
Takarajima (宝島 , lit. Hero's Island )
2019
161[ 26]
Masumi Oshima
Uzu Imoseyama Onna Teikin Tamamusubi (渦 妹背山婦女庭訓魂結び , lit. Whirlpool, Husband and Wife Mountains: A Mirror of Virtuous Women, Requiem )
162[ 27]
Soichi Kawagoe
Netsu Gen (熱源 , lit. Heat Source )
2020
163[ 28]
Hase Seishū
The Boy and the Dog (少年と犬 , Shonen to Inu )
164[ 29]
Naka Saijo
Kokoro(ura) sabishi kawa (心(うら)淋し川 , lit. Lonely River )
2021
165[ 30]
Toko Sawada Norikazu Sato
Hoshi ochite, nao (星落ちて、なお , lit. The Stars Have Fallen ) Tezcatlipoca (テスカトリポカ )
166[ 31]
Shogo Imamura Honobu Yonezawa
Saiō no Tate (塞王の楯 , lit. Shield of the Fortress King ) The Samurai and the Prisoner (黒牢城 , Kokurōjō )
2022
167[ 32]
Misumi Kubo
Yoru ni Hoshi wo Hanatsu (夜に星を放つ , lit. The Night of Shooting Stars )
168[ 33]
Satoshi Ogawa Akane Chihaya
Chizu to Kobushi (地図と拳 , lit. Map and Fist ) Shirogane no Ha (しろがねの葉 , lit. Silver Leaf )
2023
169[ 34]
Ryōsuke Kakine Sayako Nagai
Gokuraku Seii-taishōgun (極楽征夷大将軍 , lit. General of the Paradise ) Kobiki-chō no Adauchi (木挽町のあだ討ち , lit. Revenge in Kobikicho )
170[ 35]
Akiko Kawasaki Manabu Makime
Tomogui (ともぐい ) Hachigatsu no Gosho-ground (八月の御所グラウンド , lit. The Imperial Palace Grounds in August )
2024
171[ 36]
Michi Ichiho
Tsumidemic (ツミデミック )
Winners available in English translation
1961 (45th) - Tsutomu Mizukami , The Temple of the Wild Geese (In The Temple of the Wild Geese and Bamboo Dolls of Echizen , trans. Dennis C. Washburn, Dalkey Archive Press , 2008)
1967 (57th) - Akiyuki Nosaka , American Hijiki (In The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories , trans. Jay Rubin , Penguin Books , 2017) / A Grave of Fireflies (In Japan Quarterly , vol. 25, no. 4, trans. James R. Abrams, 1978)
1973 (69th) - Hideo Osabe , Tsugaru Jonkarabushi and Tsugaru Yosarebushi (In Voices from the Snow , trans. James N. Westerhoven, Hirosaki University Press, 2009)
1979 (81st) - Takashi Atōda , "Napoleon Crazy", "The Visitor", and "The Transparent Fish" (In Napoleon Crazy and other stories , trans. Stanleigh H. Jones, Kodansha International, 1986) / "Of Golf and Its Beginnings" and "A Treatise on Count St. German" (In The Square Persimmon and other stories , trans. Millicent M. Horton, Tuttle Publishing , 1991)
1986 (96th) - Go Osaka , The Red Star of Cadiz (trans. Usha Jayaraman, Kurodahan Press, 2008)
1993 (109th) - Aiko Kitahara , The Budding Tree (trans. Ian MacDonald, Dalkey Archive Press , 2008)
1996 (115th) - Asa Nonami , The Hunter (trans. Juliet Winters Carpenter , Kodansha International, 2006)
1997 (117th) - Jirō Asada , The Stationmaster (trans. Terry Gallagher, Viz Media , 2009)
1998 (119th) - Chōkitsu Kurumatani , The Paradise Bird Tattoo (trans. Kenneth J. Bryson, Counterpoint , 2010)
2000 (123rd)
2005 (134th) - Keigo Higashino , The Devotion of Suspect X (trans. Alexander O. Smith , Minotaur Books , 2011)
2016 (156th) - Riku Onda , Honeybees and Distant Thunder (trans. Philip Gabriel , Pegasus Books, 2023)
2020 (163rd) - Hase Seishū , The Boy and the Dog (trans. Alison Watts, Viking Press , 2022)
2021 (166th) - Honobu Yonezawa , The Samurai and the Prisoner (trans. Giuseppe di Martino, Yen Press , 2023)
Current members of the selection committee
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(As of 2014)
See also
References
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^ – Kyoto SU
^ a b Museion site – winners to 2005
^ Kodansha
^ Announced July 18th 2001 Japan Weekly Monitor, Kyodo News International, Tokyo, Japan July 23rd 2001
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^ "Writer Ikeido wins Naoki Prize" . The Japan Times . July 16, 2011. Retrieved August 30, 2018 .
^ "Tanaka, Enjo win Akutagawa award; Hamuro gets Naoki" . The Japan Times . January 19, 2012. Retrieved August 30, 2018 .
^ "Top literature awards split by oldest, youngest novelists" . The Japan Times . January 18, 2013. Retrieved January 18, 2013 .
^ "Fujino wins Akutagawa award; Sakuragi gets Naoki prize" . The Japan Times . July 17, 2013. Retrieved July 19, 2013 .
^ "Literature prizes elevate women" . The Japan Times . January 25, 2014. Retrieved July 18, 2014 .
^ "Akutagawa, Naoki literary awards go to Shibasaki, Kurokawa" . The Japan Times . July 17, 2014. Retrieved July 18, 2014 .
^ "Ono wins Akutagawa literary award; Nishi wins Naoki Prize" . The Japan Times . January 16, 2015.
^ "Sumito Yamashita claims 156th Akutagawa Prize" . The Japan Times . January 20, 2017.
^ "First-time writer Shinsuke Numata wins prestigious Akutagawa Prize" . The Japan Times . July 19, 2017.
^ "Chisako Wakatake and Yuka Ishii win Akutagawa literary award; Yoshinobu Kadoi bags Naoki Prize" . The Japan Times . January 17, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2018 .
^ "Hiroki Takahashi wins Akutagawa literary award, while Rio Shimamoto bags Naoki Prize" . The Japan Times . July 18, 2018. Retrieved July 20, 2018 .
^ "古市氏は受賞逃す、芥川賞に上田岳弘氏と町屋良平氏" . Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). January 16, 2019. Retrieved January 16, 2019 .
^ "Two women named for Japan's Akutagawa, Naoki literary awards" . Kyodo News . July 17, 2019. Retrieved July 17, 2019 – via The Japan Times .
^ "Novelists Makoto Furukawa and Soichi Kawagoe to receive Japan's Akutagawa and Naoki literary prizes" . Kyodo News . January 16, 2020. Retrieved January 16, 2020 – via The Japan Times .
^ "Novelists Takayama and Tono win Akutagawa awards; Hase wins Naoki Prize" . The Japan Times . 16 July 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020 .
^ "第164回直木賞 西條奈加さん『心淋し川』の受賞が決まる" . bunshun.jp (in Japanese). 20 January 2021. Retrieved August 25, 2021 .
^ "第165回芥川賞と直木賞 それぞれ2作品が決まる" . NHK (in Japanese). 14 July 2021. Retrieved August 25, 2021 .
^ "第166回「直木賞」"時代もの"W受賞 『氷菓』原作者・米澤穂信氏『黒牢城』 今村翔吾氏『塞王の楯』" . Oricon (in Japanese). 19 January 2022. Retrieved January 20, 2022 .
^ "第167回「芥川賞・直木賞」決定 芥川賞は高瀬隼子氏『おいしいごはんが食べられますように』、直木賞は窪美澄氏『夜に星を放つ』" . Oricon . Retrieved July 26, 2022 .
^ "第168回芥川賞・直木賞に4氏決まる" . Sankei Shimbun . 19 January 2023. Retrieved January 20, 2023 .
^ "芥川賞に市川沙央さん 直木賞は垣根涼介さん、永井紗耶子さん" . Jiji.com . 19 July 2023. Retrieved July 19, 2023 .
^ "直木賞に河崎秋子さんと万城目学さん、芥川賞に九段理江さん" . Asahi Shimbun . 17 January 2024. Retrieved January 18, 2024 .
^ "直木賞、一穂ミチさんの「ツミデミック」が受賞" . Mainichi Shimbun . Retrieved July 17, 2024 .
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