Noma Literary Prize
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The Noma Literary Prize (Noma Bungei Shō) was established in 1941 by the Noma Service Association (Noma Hōkō Kai) in accordance with the last wishes of Noma Seiji (1878-1938), founder and first president of the Kōdansha publishing company. The Noma Literary Prize has been awarded annually to an outstanding new work published in Japan between October and the following September. The Noma Prize includes a commemorative plaque and a cash award of 3 million yen. It is one in a series of Noma Prize
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Noma Prize
The Noma Prizes were established by Shoichi Noma, or in his honor. More than one award is conventionally identified as the Noma Prize.Noma was the former head of Kodansha, the Japanese publishing and bookselling company...
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Noma Literary Prize
- 1 1941 — Seika Mayama
- 2 1942 — No Award
- 3 1943 — Kōda RohanKoda Rohanwho used the pen name was a Japanese author in the Meiji period. His daughter, Aya Kōda, was also a noted author who often wrote about him.Kōda wrote "The Icon of Liberty", also known as "The Buddha of Art" or "The Elegant Buddha", in 1889. A house in which Kōda lived was rebuilt in 1972 by the...
- 4 1944 — No Award
- 5 1946 — Mimei Ogawa
- 6 1953 — Fumio NiwaFumio Niwawas a Japanese novelist with a long list of works, the most famous in the West being his novel The Buddha Tree .-Career:...
for Hebi to hato - 7 1954 — Yasunari KawabataYasunari Kawabatawas a Japanese short story writer and novelist whose spare, lyrical, subtly-shaded prose works won him the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1968, the first Japanese author to receive the award...
for Yama no oto (The Sound of the Mountain) - 8 1955 — No Award
- 9 1956 — Shigeru TonomuraShigeru Tonomurawas a Japanese author of I novels. Kanji of his real name was 外村 茂, but it was same reading as the pen name.Tonomura was born into a conservative merchant's family in Shiga Prefecture and raised by devout parents who believed in Pure Land Buddhism. After graduation from the University of Tokyo with...
for Ikada - 10 1957 — Fumiko Enchi for Onnnazaka (The Waiting Years), and Chiyo UnoChiyo UnoChiyo Uno was a female Japanese author who wrote several notable works and had a significant influence on Japanese culture. She was born in a section of Iwakuni known as Kawanishi, "west of the river." Following an initial literary success and winning of a short story prize, Uno left her first...
for Ohan - 11 1958 — Hideo KobayashiHideo Kobayashiwas a Japanese author, who established literary criticism as an independent art form in Japan.-Early life:Kobayashi was born in the Kanda district of Tokyo. He studied French literature at Tokyo Imperial University and graduated in 1927...
for Kindai kaiga - 12 1959 — Saisei Murou for Kagerou no nikki ibun
- 13 1960 — Shotaro YasuokaShōtarō Yasuokais a Japanese writer.-Biography:Yasuoka was born in pre-war Japan in Kōchi, Kōchi, but as the son of a veterinary corpsman in the Imperial Army, he spent most of his youth moving from one military post to another. In 1944, he was conscripted and served briefly overseas...
for Umibe no kokei, Tomie Ohara (for En to iu onna (A Woman called En). - 14 1961 — Yasushi InoueYasushi InoueYasushi Inoue was a Japanese writer whose range of genres included poetry, essays, short fiction, and novels...
for Yodo dono no nikki - 15 1962 — Kazuo Ozaki for Maboroshi no ki
- 16 1963 — Hirotsu KazuoHirotsu Kazuowas a novelist and literary critic active in the Shōwa period Japan.-Early life:Hirotsu was born in Tokyo as the second son of the novelist Hirotsu Ryurō. He had problems completing middle school due to his complete incompetence in mathematics...
for Nengetsu no ashioto - 17 1964 — Gishu Nakayama for Shoan, and Jun TakamiJun Takamiwas the pen-name of a Japanese novelist and poet active in Shōwa period Japan. His real name was Takama Yoshio.-Early life:Jun Takami was born in Fukui city, Fukui Prefecture, as the illegitimate son of the prefecture's governor...
for Shi no fuchi yori - 18 1965 — Tatsuo Nagai for Ikko sono hoka
- 19 1966 — Nagai TatsuoNagai Tatsuowas a writer of short stories and haiku poetry active in the Shōwa period Japan, known for his portrayals of city life. Nagai was also known as a haiku poet under the pen-name of "Tomonkyo".-Early life:...
for Kuroi Gohan (Black Rice). - 20 1967 — Mitsuo NakamuraMitsuo Nakamurawas the pen-name of a writer of biographies and stage-plays, and a literary critic active in Shōwa period Japan. His real name was Koba Ichiro.-Early life:Nakamura Mitsuo was born in Tokyo, in the plebian district of Shitaya, ....
for Nise no shozo, and Seiichi Funabashi for Sukina onnna no munakazari - 21 1968 — Tetsutaro Kawakami for Yoshida Shoin
- 22 1969 — Shigeharu NakanoShigeharu Nakanowas a Japanese author and Communist Party politician.Nakano was born in Maruoka, now part of Sakai, Fukui. In 1914 he enrolled in middle school in Fukui, Fukui, and attended high school in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa and Kanazawa, Ishikawa. In 1924 he entered the German literature department of the...
for Kootsuheitei - 23 1970 — Ken'ichi Yoshida for Yoroppa no seikimatsu, and Jun EtoJun Etowas a Japanese literary critic, active in the Shōwa and early Heisei period Japan.- Early life :Etō was born in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo; his father was a banker, and his grandfather was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy. His mother died when he was four years old, and always sickly...
for Soseki to sono jidai - 24 1971 — Junzo ShonoJunzo Shonowas a Japanese novelist. A native of Osaka, he began writing novels after World War II. He won the 1954 Akutagawa Prize for his book Purusaido Shokei...
for Eawase (Picture Cards). - 25 1972 — Ineko SataIneko Satawas a Japanese communist and feminist author of proletarian literature.-Biography:Born in poverty in Nagasaki to young parents , the family moved to Tokyo when Sata was a child. Her first job was in a caramel factory, before working in restaurants where she befriended writers, including Ryūnosuke...
for Juei (The Shade of Trees). - 26 1973 — Kenzaburō ŌeKenzaburo Oeis a Japanese author and a major figure in contemporary Japanese literature. His works, strongly influenced by French and American literature and literary theory, deal with political, social and philosophical issues including nuclear weapons, social non-conformism and existentialism.Ōe was awarded...
for - 27 1974 — Shōhei Ōoka for Nakahara Chuya
- 28 1975 — Ken Hirano for Samazama na seishun, and Kazuo Ozaki for Anoh hi kono hi
- 29 1976 — Taijun Takeda for Memai no suru sanpo, and Tetsuo Miura for Kenju to jyugo no tanpen
- 30 1977 — Kenzo Nakajima for Kaiso no bungaku
- 31 1978 — Junnosuke Yoshiyuki for Yugure made
- 32 1979 — Shizuo Fujieda for Kanashii dake
- 33 1980 — Shusaku EndoShusaku EndoShūsaku Endō was a 20th-century Japanese author who wrote from the unusual perspective of being both Japanese and Catholic...
for Samurai - 34 1981 — Kenkichi Yamamoto for Inochi to katachi
- 35 1982 — Nobuo Kojima for Wakareru riyu
- 36 1983 — Fumio NiwaFumio Niwawas a Japanese novelist with a long list of works, the most famous in the West being his novel The Buddha Tree .-Career:...
for Rennyo - 37 1984 — No Award
- 38 1985 — Toshio Shimao for Gyoraitei gakusei, and Saiichi Maruya for Chushingura towa nanika
- 39 1986 — Miyoji Ueda for SHIMAKI Akahiko, Minako Oba for Naku tori no (Birds, Crying).
- 40 1987 — Atsushi Mori for Ware yuku mono no gotoku
- 41 1988 — Shotaro YasuokaShōtarō Yasuokais a Japanese writer.-Biography:Yasuoka was born in pre-war Japan in Kōchi, Kōchi, but as the son of a veterinary corpsman in the Imperial Army, he spent most of his youth moving from one military post to another. In 1944, he was conscripted and served briefly overseas...
for Boku no showashi (3 vols.) - 42 1989 — Yasushi InoueYasushi InoueYasushi Inoue was a Japanese writer whose range of genres included poetry, essays, short fiction, and novels...
for Koshi - 43 1990 — Gin'ichi Sakaki for Watashi no Chehov
- 44 1991 — Taeko Kono for Miira tori ryookitan (The Strange Tale of a "Mummy Hunter").
- 45 1992 — Hiroshi SakagamiHiroshi Sakagamiis a noted Japanese author. As of 2009, he is also president of the Japan Writers' Association and director of Keio University Press.Sakagami was born in Tokyo. After moving several times during his school years , he entered Keio University where he studied formal logic...
for Denen fukei - 46 1993 — Keizo Hino for Taifu no me
- 47 1994 — Hiroyuki AgawaHiroyuki Agawais a Japanese author born on December 24, 1920, in Hiroshima, Japan. He is known for his fiction centered on World War II, as well as his biographies and essays.- Literary career :...
for Shiga Naoya, and Kaisei Ri for Hyakunen no tabibito tachi - 48 1995 — No Award
- 49 1996 — Shun Akiyama for Nobunaga
- 50 1997 — Hideo TakuboHideo Takubowas a noted Japanese author. He studied French literature at Keio University, and won the 1969 Akutagawa Prize for Fukaikawa , 1985 Yomiuri Prize for Kaizu, and 1997 Noma Literary Prize for Kodamashu.- References :...
for Kodamashu, and Taeko Tomioka for Hiberuniato kiko - 51 1998 — Yuko Tsushima for Hinoyama
- 52 1999 — Kiyooka Takuyuki for Maronie no hana ga itta
- 53 2000 — Kyoko HayashiKyoko Hayashiis a Japanese author.Hayashi was born in Nagasaki and spent the years from 1931-1945 with her family in Shanghai. She returned to Nagasaki in March 1945 and enrolled in Nagasaki Girls' High School, where she was mobilized in the Mitsubishi Munitions Factory. She was working at the factory when the...
for Nagai zikan wo kaketa ningen no keiken - 54 2001 — Jakucho SetouchiJakucho Setouchi, formerly , is a Buddhist nun, writer and activist.- Biography :Setouchi was born in Tokushima. She attended Tokyo Woman's Christian University and graduated with a degree in Japanese Literature...
for Basho - 55 2002 — Yuichi Takai for
- 56 2003 — Hiroko TakenishiHiroko Takenishiis a Japanese fiction writer and literary critic. Takenishi is best known for her semi-autobiographical short story The Rite , which tells of her experience surviving the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima....
for Zoto no Uta - 57 2004 — Takashi Tsujii for Chichi no Shozo
- 58 2005 — Ryū MurakamiRyu Murakamiis a Japanese novelist and filmmaker. He is colloquially referred to as the "Maradona of Japanese literature".-Biography:Born as Ryūnosuke Murakami in Sasebo, Nagasaki on February 19, 1952...
for Hanto wo Deyo - 59 2006 — Senji Kuroi for
- 60 2007 — Kazumi SaekiKazumi Saekiis a Japanese novelist from Sendai in Miyagi prefecture. Kazumi is his pen name, adopted because of his fondness for Van Gogh's paintings of wheat fields....
for Norge - 61 2008 — Kō Machida for Yadoya Meguri
Noma Literary New Face Prize
- 07 1985 — Mizuko Masuda for Jiyū Jikan (Free Hours).
- 23 2001 — Sonoe Dougaki for Veracruz, Hiroko Shimizu for Shohosen
- 24 2002 — Mitsuharu Sagawa for Chijinda Ai, Su Wakai for Kaiba no Joso
- 25 2003 — Rio Shimamoto for Little By Little, Tomoyuki HoshinoTomoyuki Hoshinois a Japanese writer. He was born in Los Angeles in 1965 and his family returned to Japan before he was three years old. He attended Waseda University and worked for a while as a journalist after graduating in 1988. He spent the better part of the years 1990-5 living in Mexico. He returned to...
for Fantasista - 26 2004 — Ko Nakamura for Guru-Guru Mawaru Suberidai, Fuminori Nakamura for Shako
- 27 2005 — Jungo Aoki for , Toshiko Hirata for Futarinori
- 28 2006 — Masaya Nakahara for Na mo Naki Koji tachi no Haka
- 29 2007 — Maki Kashimada for , Kenta Nishimura for Ankyo no Yado
- 30 2008 — Kikuko Tsumura for Music Bless You!!
Noma Children's Literature Prize
- 39 2001 — Mitsuru Hanagata for Giri-Giri Triangle
- 41 2003 — Hiroshi ItoHiroshi Itois a seiyū born in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan on March 15, 1933. He is employed by the talent management firm 81 Produce.-TV:* Alice SOS * Armored Police Metal Jack * Babar the Elephant...
for Osaru no Mori - 42 2004 — Nahoko UehashiNahoko Uehashiis a Japanese writer, most famous for the series, which sold over 1.5 million copies in Japan. One of her novels, Guardian of the Sacred Spirit has been adapted into an anime television series, a manga, and a radio drama. The same book was published in English from Arthur A...
for Koteki no Kanata - 46 2008 — Naoko Kudo for Nohara no Uta 5
Noma Children's Literature New Face Prize
This prize was last awarded in 1998.- 09 1971 — Rie Yoshiyuki for Mahōtsukai no kushan neko (Sneezing Cat, a Magician).
- 33 1995 — Eto Mori for Uchu no Minashigo
- 34 1996 — Nahoko UehashiNahoko Uehashiis a Japanese writer, most famous for the series, which sold over 1.5 million copies in Japan. One of her novels, Guardian of the Sacred Spirit has been adapted into an anime television series, a manga, and a radio drama. The same book was published in English from Arthur A...
for Seirei no Moribito