Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature
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Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature is the prize for literature in Japan
. It was established and started in 1973 to commemorate the 100th year since the birth of Kyōka Izumi
. Kanazawa city
, where Izumi was born, organizes this prize.
etc.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. It was established and started in 1973 to commemorate the 100th year since the birth of Kyōka Izumi
Kyoka Izumi
is the pen name of a Japanese author of novels, short stories, and kabuki plays who was active from the late Meiji to the early Shōwa periods. He is best known for a characteristic brand of Romanticism preferring tales of the supernatural heavily influenced by works of the earlier Edo period in...
. Kanazawa city
Kanazawa, Ishikawa
is the capital city of Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.-Geography, climate, and population:Kanazawa sits on the Sea of Japan, bordered by the Japan Alps, Hakusan National Park and Noto Peninsula National Park. The city sits between the Sai and Asano rivers. Its total area is 467.77 km².Kanazawa's...
, where Izumi was born, organizes this prize.
First to 10th
- 1st (1973) : Ryō HanmuraRyo HanmuraRyō Hanmura was a Japanese science fiction, fantasy, and horror author. His name is alternatively transliterated as Ryo Hammura. He won the Naoki Prize for his 1975 novel Amayadori...
Musubi no Yama Hiroku ' onMouseout='HidePop("44513")' href="/topics/Toshio_Moriuchi">Toshio MoriuchiToshio Moriuchiis a noted Japanese author. He was born in Osaka, graduated from Waseda University, and won the 1990 Yomiuri Prize for Hyōga ga kuru made ni.-References:...
Tobu Kage - 2nd (1974) : Hideo Nakai (JA) Akumu no Karuta
- 3rd (1975) : Mori MariMori Mariwas a Japanese author and daughter of famed novelist Mori Ōgai. Born in Hongō, Tokyo, she began a movement of writing about male homosexual passion in 1961 with A Lovers' Forest, , and later I Don't Go on Sundays and The Bed of Dead Leaves...
| Amai Mitsu no Heya - 4th (1976) : Takako TakahashiTakako Takahashiis a noted Japanese author.-Biography:Takahashi was born in Kyoto, as the only child of well-to-do parents, with the maiden name of Takako Okamoto. In 1954 she received her undergraduate degree from Kyoto University in French, with a senior thesis on Charles Baudelaire. Six months later she married...
Yuuwakusha - 5th (1977) : Takehiro IrokawaTakehiro Irokawawas a noted Japanese writer who published both serious literature and light fiction under a variety of pseudonyms including Asada Tetsuya and Budai Irokawa ....
| Ayashii Raikyakubo , Yūko Tsushima Kusa no Fushido - 6th (1978) : Juzou Kara (JA) Hitode, Kappa
- 7th (1979) : Taku MayumuraTaku MayumuraTaku Mayumura is a Japanese science fiction writer who won the Seiun Award for Novel twice. In 2004 his Shiseikan , written in 1974, was translated into English....
Shoumetsu no Kourin , Mieko Kanai Platon-teki Ren'ai - 8th (1980) : Kunio Shimizu (JA) Waga Tamashii wa Kagayaku Mizu Nari , Makiko Mori (JA) Yuki Onna
- 9th (1981) : Tatsuhiko ShibusawaTatsuhiko Shibusawawas the pen name of Shibusawa Tatsuo, a novelist, art critic, and translator of French literature active during the Shōwa period of Japan. Shibusawa wrote many short stories and novels based on French literature and Japanese classics...
Karakusa Monogatari , Yasutaka TsutsuiYasutaka Tsutsuiis a Japanese novelist, science fiction author, and actor. Along with Shinichi Hoshi and Sakyo Komatsu, he is one of the most famous science fiction writers in Japan. His Yumenokizaka bunkiten won the Tanizaki Prize in 1987. He has also won the 1981 Izumi Kyoka award, the 1989 Kawabata Yasunari...
Kyojin-tachi - 10th (1982) : Keizo Hino Houyou
11th to 20th
- 11th (1983) : Kazuko Saegusa (JA) Onidomo no Yoru wa Fukai , Haku Kohiyama (JA) Hikaru Onna
- 12th (1984) : Akae BakuAkae BakuAkae Baku is a Japanese novelist.-Selection of Works:*Orufe no mizukagami: Akae Baku essei sho *Aruman no dorei *Gijokoku no mori no nagame...
Kaikyou , Yakumo ga Koroshita - 13th (1985) : Shunzou Miyawaki (JA) Satsui no Fuukei
- 14th (1986) : Mizuko Masuda (JA) Single Seru
- 15th (1987): Yumiko KurahashiYumiko Kurahashiwas a Japanese writer. Her married name was , but she wrote under her birth name.Her work was experimental and antirealist, questioning prevailing societal norms regarding sexual relations, violence, and social order...
Amanon koku ôkanki , Hideo Asaine (--JA--) Shûji no hôrô - 16th (1988) : Tsumao Awasaka (JA) Oriduru , Banana YoshimotoBanana Yoshimotois the pen name of Mahoko Yoshimoto , a Japanese contemporary writer. She writes her name in hiragana.-Biography:Yoshimoto, daughter of Takaaki Yoshimoto, was born in Tokyo on July 24, 1964...
(JA) Muunraito Shadou (Moonlight Shadow) - 17th (1989) : Taka Isawa (JA) Nowaki Sakaba , Aiko Kitahara (JA) Fukagawa Mio-doori Kido Bangoya
- 18th (1990) : Joukichi Hikage (JA) Doro Kisha
- 19th (1991) : Enjeru Ui or Angel Ui (JA) Odorou, Maya
- 20th (1992) : Megumu Sagisawa (JA) Kakeru Shounen , Masahiko ShimadaMasahiko Shimadais a Japanese writer. He began his career as a novelist by describing himself as sayoku . In his works, he often refers to the Emperor and to the Japanese Royal Family. Recently, he began to write poems.-Biography:...
(JA) Higan Sensei
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