Yamamoto_Shūgorō_Prize

Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize

Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize

Award

The Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize (山本周五郎賞) is a Japanese literary award established in 1988 in memory of author Shūgorō Yamamoto.[1] It was created and continues to be sponsored by the Shinchosha Publishing company, which published Yamamoto's Complete Works.[2] The prize is awarded annually to a new work of fiction considered to exemplify the art of storytelling, by a five-person panel consisting of fellow authors. Winners receive ¥1 million.[3]

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Unlike the Mishima Yukio Prize, which was established at the same time and focuses on literary fiction, the Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize is more broad, encompassing a wide range of genre fiction that includes historical and period fiction, mysteries, fantasy, erotica, and more. Candidate works and prize winners for both prizes are typically announced in May each year and covered in national print media.[4]

Notable winners have included Banana Yoshimoto, whose winning novel Goodbye Tsugumi was later published in English, erotic and romance novelist Misumi Kubo, and crime fiction and thriller author Kanae Minato. Several prize winners have gone on to win the Naoki Prize, including Riku Onda, Miyuki Miyabe, Kaori Ekuni, and Honobu Yonezawa.[5]

List of winners

An official list of winning and nominated works is maintained by Shinchosha, the prize sponsor.[6]

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Nominees available in English translation

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Kikuchi, Daisuke (May 16, 2016). "Crime and thriller writer Kanae Minato named winner of Yamamoto Shugoro Prize". The Japan Times. Retrieved October 24, 2018.
  2. [2]
    "Yamamoto Shugoro Prize". Books From Japan. Retrieved October 24, 2018.
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    Kikuchi, Daisuke (May 16, 2016). "Literary Awards Run Spectrum". The Japan Times. Retrieved October 24, 2018.
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    Examples of announcements in national media:
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    "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 NEWS. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
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    "山本周五郎賞 過去の受賞作品" [Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize Previous Winning Works] (in Japanese). Shinchosha. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  7. [7]
    "第33回三島由紀夫賞に宇佐見りんさん「かか」、山本周五郎賞に早見和真さん「ザ・ロイヤルファミリー」". book.asahi.com (in Japanese). 17 September 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
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