Ōe Kenzaburō Prize

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The Kenzaburō Ōe Prize (大江健三郎賞) was a Japanese literary award sponsored by Kodansha (講談社) and established in 2006 to commemorate both the 100th anniversary of Kodansha's establishment and 50th anniversary of the writing life of Kenzaburō Ōe (大江健三郎).[1] The award was for Japanese literary novels published in the previous year, with the winning work selected solely by Ōe. The winner received no cash award, but several winning works were translated into other languages, such as English, French and German, for publication. Kenzaburō Ōe had an open conversation with each winner. The final prize was awarded in 2014, and the collected selection commentary and dialogues were reprinted in a single volume published by Kodansha in 2018.[2]

Kenzaburō Ōe
Kenzaburō Ōe, whom the award is named after

List of winners

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Year Author Japanese title English title Ref
2007 長嶋有
Yū Nagashima
夕子ちゃんの近道
Yūko-chan no Chikamichi
Yūko's Shortcut [3]
2008 岡田利規
Toshiki Okada
わたしたちに許された特別な時間の終わり
Watashitachi ni Yurusareta Tokubetsu na Jikan no Owari
The End of the Special Time Allowed to Us [4]
2009 安藤礼二
Reiji Ando
光の曼荼羅 日本文学論
Hikari no Mandara, Nihon Bungaku Ron
Mandala of Light: on Japanese Literature
2010 中村文則
Fuminori Nakamura

Suri
The Thief (tr. Satako Izumo and Stephen Coates) [5]
2011 星野智幸
Tomoyuki Hoshino
俺俺
Ore Ore
ME (tr. Charles De Wolf) [6]
2012 綿矢りさ
Risa Wataya
かわいそうだね?
Kawaisou da ne?
Isn't It a Pity? [7]
2013 本谷有希子
Yukiko Motoya
嵐のピクニック
Arashi no pikunikku
Picnic in the Storm [8]
2014 岩城けい
Kei Iwaki
さようなら、オレンジ
Sayounara, orenji
Goodbye, My Orange [9]

References

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  1. ^ "大江健三郎賞" [Ōe Kenzaburō Prize] (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on May 17, 2007. Retrieved September 16, 2018.
  2. ^ "『大江健三郎賞8年の軌跡 「文学の言葉」を恢復させる』刊行". Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). June 19, 2018. Retrieved September 16, 2018.
  3. ^ "「律儀にオチをつけた」第1回大江賞の長嶋有さん". Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). May 27, 2007.
  4. ^ 小山内, 伸 (April 8, 2008). "語りの視点「演劇を応用」大江賞受賞の岡田利規さん". Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved September 17, 2018.
  5. ^ "『第4回大江健三郎賞』は中村文則の小説『掏摸』に決定" [4th Kenzaburō Ōe Prize winner decided as Fuminori Nakamura's novel Suri]. Cinra.net (in Japanese). April 7, 2010. Retrieved September 16, 2018.
  6. ^ "『第5回大江健三郎賞』は星野智幸『俺俺』" [5th Kenzaburō Ōe prize winner is Tomoyuki Hoshino for Ore Ore]. Cinra.net (in Japanese). April 7, 2011. Retrieved September 16, 2018.
  7. ^ 小山内, 伸 (April 17, 2012). "綿矢りさの大江健三郎賞受賞にブラボー!" [Bravo to Kenzaburō Ōe Prize winner Risa Wataya!]. WebRonza (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved September 16, 2018.
  8. ^ 伊藤, 淳子 (August 24, 2013). "話題の本の著者に直撃!本谷有希子". Shūkan Gendai (in Japanese). Retrieved September 16, 2018.
  9. ^ "大江健三郎賞、岩城さんが最後の受賞". The Nikkei (in Japanese). April 7, 2014. Retrieved September 16, 2018.