The Murasaki Shikibu Prize (Japanese: 紫式部文学賞, romanized: Murasaki Shikibu bungaku shō) is a Japanese literary award awarded annually to an outstanding piece of literature in Japanese by a female author. It was established in 1991 by the city of Uji in Kyoto Prefecture in honor of Murasaki Shikibu's deep connection to the city of Uji. It awards a cash prize of 2 million yen, as well as a bronze statuette.[1]
Winners
edit| Year | Author | Title | Japanese title | Publisher | Date of publication |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Akiko Ishimaru | Princess Shikishi | 式子内親王伝――面影びとは法然 | The Asahi Shimbun Company | December 1989 |
| 1992 | Kaori Ekuni | Twinkle Twinkle[2] | きらきらひかる | Shinchosha | May 1991 |
| 1993 | Michiko Ishimure | Sixteenth Night's Bridge[3] | 十六夜橋 | Komichi Shobo Publishing | May 1992 |
| 1994 | Keiko Iwasaka | From a Nearby Town to the Yodo River | 淀川にちかい町から | Kodansha | October 1993 |
| 1995 | Banana Yoshimoto | Amrita | アムリタ | Fukutake Publishing Co., Ltd. | January 1994 |
| 1996 | Sumie Tanaka | Dealing with Husbands | 夫の始末 | Kodansha | October 1995 |
| 1997 | Kiyoko Murata | Crab Woman[4] | 蟹女 | Bungeishunjū | June 1996 |
| 1998 | Fumi Saito | Fumi Saito, Collected Poems 1928-1993 | 齋藤史全歌集 1928-1993 | Daiwa Shobo | May 1997 |
| 1999 | Hiromi Kawakami | God's Bear[5] | 神様 | Chuokoron-Shinsha, Inc. | September 1998 |
| 2000 | Kazuko Saegusa | The City of Kazuko | 薬子の京 | Kodansha | January 1999 |
| 2001 | Taeko Tomioka | Chōkū Shaku's Notebooks | 釋迢空ノート | Iwanami Shoten Publishers | October 2000 |
| 2002 | Yuko Kawano | Walk: Yuko Kawano's Collected Poems | 歩く 河野裕子歌集 | Seijisha | October 2001 |
| 2003 | Minako Oba | The Diary of Urayasu Songs[6] | 浦安うた日記 | Sakuhinsha | December 2002 |
| 2004 | Machi Tawara | To Love the Tale of Genji | 愛する源氏物語 | Bungeishunjū | July 2003 |
| 2005 | Yūko Tsushima | The Nara Report[7] | ナラ・レポート | Bungeishunjū | September 2004 |
| 2006 | Kaho Nashiki | Out of the Swampy Woods[8] | 沼地のある森を抜けて | Shinchosha | August 2005 |
| 2007 | Akiko Baba | The World of Setsuwa | 歌説話の世界 | Kodansha | April 2006 |
| 2008 | Hiromi Itō | The Thorn Puller: New Tales of
the Sugamo Jizō[9] |
とげ抜き 新巣鴨地蔵縁起 | Kodansha | June 2007 |
| 2009 | Natsuo Kirino | The Goddess Chronicle[2] | 女神記 | Kadokawa Shoten | November 2008 |
| 2010 | Mieko Kawakami | Heaven | ヘヴン | Kodansha | September 2009 |
| 2011 | Yoko Tawada | The Nun and Cupid's Bow[10] | 尼僧とキューピッドの弓 | Kodansha | July 2010 |
| 2012 | Kunie Iwahashi | A Critical Biography of Yaeko Nogami:
Escape the Maze to the Forest |
評伝 野上彌生子――迷路を抜けて森へ | Shinchosha | September 2011 |
| 2013 | Mari Akasaka | Tokyo Prison | 東京プリズン | Kawade Shobō Shinsha | July 2012 |
| 2014 | Mayumi Mori | Bluestocking Adventures:
The Making of Collected Women's Magazines |
『青鞜』の冒険
女が集まって雑誌をつくるということ |
Heibonsha | June 2013 |
| 2015 | Aiko Satō | Curfew | 晩鐘 | Bungeishunjū | December 2014 |
| 2016 | Toshiko Hirada | Freedom's Joke | 戯れ言の自由 | Shichosha | October 2015 |
| 2017 | Kikuko Tsumura | Brazil, the Wandering Ghost | 浮遊霊ブラジル | Bungeishunjū | October 2016 |
| 2018 | Shion Mizuhara | Epistole | えぴすとれー | Hon'ami Shoten | November 2017 |
| 2019 | Kayoko Yamazaki | Bread and Wild Strawberries:
Memories of Foods in Serbia under Fire[11] |
パンと野いちご 戦火のセルビア、食物の記憶 | Bungeishunjū | May 2018 |
| 2020 | Kyoko Nakajima | Dreams of the Imperial Library | 夢見る帝国図書館 | Bungeishunjū | May 2019 |
| 2021 | Natsuko Kuroda | Suite: Forgotten Future Business [12] | 組曲 わすれこうじ | Shinchosha | May 2020 |
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- ^ Thornbury, Barbara E.; Schulz, Evelyn (2017-10-17). Tokyo: Memory, Imagination, and the City. Lexington Books. ISBN 978-1-4985-2368-4.
- ^ "Writing across Languages and Cultures: An Afternoon with writer Yoko Tawada - UQ Events, The University of Queensland". www.uq.edu.au. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
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