Tanizaki Prize

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Tanizaki Prize
Awarded for Literary award
Country Japan
Presented by Chuokoron-Shinsha
First awarded 1965

The Tanizaki Prize (谷崎潤一郎賞 Tanizaki Jun'ichirō Shō), named in honor of the Japanese novelist Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, is one of Japan's most sought-after literary awards. It was established in 1965 by the publishing company Chūō Kōronsha Inc. to commemorate its 80th anniversary as a publisher. It is awarded annually to a full-length representative work of fiction or drama of the highest literary merit by a professional writer. The winner receives a commemorative plaque and a cash prize of 1 million yen.

Winners

  • 1965 Kojima Nobuo for Embracing Family (Hōyō kazoku, 抱擁家族)[1]
  • 1966 Endo Shusaku for Silence (Chinmoku, 沈黙)
  • 1967 Kenzaburō Ōe for The Silent Cry (Manen gannen no futtoboru, 万延元年のフットボール)
  • 1967 Abe Kobo for Friends (Tomodachi, 友達)
  • 1968 (no prize awarded)
  • 1969 Enchi Fumiko for Shu wo ubau mono; Kizu aru tsubasa; Niji to shura (朱を奪うもの/傷ある翼/虹と修羅)
  • 1970 Yutaka Haniya for Black Horse In The Midst Of Darkness (Yami no naka no kuroi uma, 闇のなかの黒い馬)
  • 1970 Yoshiyuki Junnosuke for The Dark Room (Anshitsu, 暗室)
  • 1971 Noma Hiroshi for Seinen no wa (青年の環)
  • 1972 Maruya Saiichi for A Singular Rebellion (Tatta hitori no hanran, たった一人の反乱)
  • 1973 Kaga Otohiko for Kaerazaru natsu (帰らざる夏)
  • 1974 Usui Yoshimi for Azumino (安曇野)
  • 1975 Minakami Tsutomu for Ikkyū (一休)
  • 1976 Fujieda Shizuo for Denshin ugaku (田紳有楽)
  • 1977 Shimao Toshio for Hi no utsuroi (日の移ろい)
  • 1978 Nakamura Shinichiro for Summer (Natsu, 夏)
  • 1979 Tanaka Komimasa for Poroporo (ポロポロ)
  • 1980 Kono Taeko for Ichinen no banka (一年の牧歌)
  • 1981 Fukazawa Shichiro for Michinoku no ningyotachi (みちのくの人形たち)
  • 1981 Goto Akio for Yoshinodayu (吉野大夫)
  • 1982 Oba Minako for Katachi mo naku (寂兮寥兮)
  • 1983 Furui Yoshikichi for Morning Glory (Asagao, 槿)
  • 1984 Kuroi Senji for Life in the Cul-de-Sac (Gunsei, 群棲)
  • 1984 Takai Yuichi for This Country's Sky (Kono kuni no sora, この国の空)
  • 1985 Haruki Murakami for Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (Sekai no owari to Hādoboirudo Wandārando, 世界の終わりとハードボイルド・ワンダーランド)
  • 1986 Hino Keizo for Sakyu ga ugoku yō ni (砂丘が動くように)
  • 1987 Tsutsui Yasutaka for Yumenokizaka bunkiten (夢の木坂分岐点)
  • 1988 (no prize awarded)
  • 1989 (no prize awarded)
  • 1990 Hayashi Kyoko for Yasurakani ima wa nemuri tamae (やすらかに今はねむり給え)
  • 1991 Inoue Hisashi for Shanghai Moon (Shanhai Mūn, シャンハイムーン)
  • 1992 Setouchi Jakucho for Hana ni toe (花に問え)
  • 1993 Ikezawa Natsuki for The Fall of Macias Guili (Mashiasu giri no shikkyaku, マシアス・ギリの失脚)
  • 1994 Tsujii Takashi for Rainbow Cove (Niji no misaki, 虹の岬)
  • 1995 Tsuji Kunio for Saigyō kaden (西行花伝)
  • 1996 (no prize awarded)
  • 1997 Hosaka Kazushi for Kisetsu no kioku (季節の記憶)
  • 1997 Miki Taku for Roji (路地)
  • 1998 Tsushima Yuko for Mountain of Fire: Account of a Wild Monkey (Hi no yama - yamazaruki, 火の山―山猿記)
  • 1999 Takagi Nobuko for Translucent Tree (Tokō no ki, (透光の樹)
  • 2000 Tsujihara Noboru for Yudotei Maruki (遊動亭円木)
  • 2000 Murakami Ryu for A Symbiotic Parasite (Kyoseichu, 共生虫)
  • 2001 Hiromi Kawakami for The Teacher’s Briefcase (Sensei no kaban, センセイの鞄)
  • 2002 (no prize awarded)
  • 2003 Tawada Yoko for Suspect On The Night Train (Yōgisha no yakōressha, 容疑者の夜行列車)
  • 2004 Horie Toshiyuki for Yukinuma and Its Environs (Yukinuma to sono shūhen, 雪沼とその周辺)
  • 2005 Machida Ko for Confession (Kokuhaku, 告白)
  • 2005 Yamada Eimi for Wonderful Flavor (Fūmizekka, 風味絶佳)
  • 2006 Yoko Ogawa for Meena's March (Mīna no Kōshin, ミーナの行進)
  • 2007 Seirai Yuichi for Bakushin (爆心)
  • 2008 Natsuo Kirino for Tokyo-jima (東京島)
  • 2009 (no prize awarded)
  • 2010 Kazushige Abe for Pistols (ピストルズ)
  • 2011 Miyuki Inaba for To the Peninsula (半島へ)
  • 2012 Genichiro Takahashi for Goodbye, Christopher Robin (さよならクリストファー・ロビン)
  • 2013 Mieko Kawakami for "Ai no Yume to ka" (愛の夢とか)

See also

  • List of Japanese literary awards

References

  1. "谷崎潤一郎賞" (in Japanese). Chuokoron-Shinsha. Retrieved 2011-09-21. 
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