Naoki Prize
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The Naoki Prize was created in 1935 in memory of Japanese novelist Naoki Sanjugo. Kikuchi Kan, then editor of the Bungeishunjū magazine, began it in order to recognize the best popular literature written by any young author. The winner receives a watch and one million yen. It is sponsored by the Society for the Promotion of Japanese Literature. It is given twice a year.
[edit] Winners
1960 | Ryotaro Shiba | Fukuro no Shiro(The Castle of an Owl (novel)) |
1961 | Minakami Tsutomu | Gan no tera (Temple of the Geese) |
1963 | Yoshie Wada | Chiri no Naka |
1968[1] | Akiyuki Nosaka | Hotaru no Haka (A Grave of Fireflies) |
1972 | Hisashi Inoue | Tegusari Shinju |
1973[2] | Shuhei Fujisawa | Ansatsu no Nenrin (Annals of Assassination) |
1975 | Ryuzo Saki | fukushū suru wa ware ni ari (Vengeance Is Mine) |
1976 | Ryo Hanmura | Amayadori |
1979[3] | Atoda Takashi | Napporeon kyo (Napoleon Crazy (novel)) |
1980 | Kageki Shimoda | Kiiroi Kiba |
1981[4] | Mukoda Kuniko | |
1986[5] | Go Ousaka | Cadiz no akai hoshi |
1987[5] | Amy Yamada | Sōru Myūjikku Rabāzu Onrī (Soul Music Lovers Only) |
1988 | Kageyama Tamio | Toi Umi Kara Kita Coo (The Baby Dinosaur Coo From the Far-Off Sea) |
1989[6] | Nejime Shōichi | Kōenji junjō shōtengai |
1994 | Arimasa Oosawa | Shinjuku zame - Mugen ningyo |
1996[7] | Asa Nonami | The Hunter |
1997 | Jiro Asada | Mibu Gishiden (When the Last Sword Is Drawn)[8] |
1998[9] | Kurumatani Chōkitsu | Akame shijūya-taki shinjū misui (Attempted Suicide at the Forty-eight Falls of Akame) |
1999[9][6] | Miyabe Miyuki | Riyū (The Reason) |
Natsuo Kirino | Soft Cheeks | |
2000[9] | Nakanishi Rei (full name Nakanishi Reizō) | Nagasaki burabura-bushi (Strolling Through Nagasaki: A Ballad) |
2001[9] | Shigematsu Kiyoshi | Bitamin F (Vitamin F) |
Yamamoto Fumio | Puranaria (Planaria) | |
2002[9] | Yamamoto Ichiriki | Akanezora (A Deep-Red Sky) |
Yuikawa Kei | Katagoshi no koibito (Over-the-Shoulder Lover) | |
2003[9] | No award | |
2004[9] | Kaori Ekuni | Gokyu suru Jumbi wa Dekiteita |
2005[9] | Kakuta Mitsuyo | Taigan no kanojo |
2006[9] | Keigo Higashino | Yōgisha X no kenshin (The Devotion of Suspect X) |
2007[10] | Kazuki Sakuraba | Watashi no Otoko (My Man) |