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Naoki Prize

The Naoki Prize, officially Naoki Sanjugo Prize (直木三十五賞, Naoki Sanjūgo Shō), is a Japanese literary award presented biannually. It was created in 1935 by Kikuchi Kan, then editor of the Bungeishunjū magazine, and named in memory of novelist Naoki Sanjugo.[1] Sponsored by the Society for the Promotion of Japanese Literature, the award recognizes "the best work of popular literature in any format by a new, rising, or (reasonably young) established author."[2] The winner receives a watch and one million yen.[3]

Kikuchi founded the Naoki Prize with the Akutagawa Prize, which targets a new or rising author of literary fiction. The two prizes are viewed as "two sides of the same coin" and inseparable from one another. Because of the prestige associated with the Naoki Prize and the considerable attention the winner receives from the media, it, along with the Akutagawa Prize, is one of Japan's most sought after literary awards of recognition.[3][4]

Winners

Bungeishunjū maintains the official archive of past Naoki Prize winners.[5]

1st–100th

101st to present

Winners available in English translation

Current members of the selection committee

(As of 2014)

See also

References

  1. ^ Mack, Edward (2004). "Accounting for Taste: The Creation of the Akutagawa and Naoki Prizes for Literature". Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies. 64 (2): 291–340. doi:10.2307/25066744. JSTOR 25066744.
  2. ^ "Literary Awards, N-Z". JLit. Archived from the original on November 21, 2008. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
  3. ^ a b Fukue, Natsuko (February 14, 2012). "Literary awards run spectrum". The Japan Times. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
  4. ^ "Akutagawa Prize". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
  5. ^ "直木賞受賞者一覧" [Naoki Prize Winners List] (in Japanese). Bungeishunjū. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
  6. ^ "AnimeCornerStore.com: Grave of the Fireflies". Retrieved 2012-07-26.
  7. ^ "Jun'ichi Watanabe". Japanese Literature Publishing Project website. Japanese Literature Publishing and Promotion Center. Archived from the original on 2008-01-10. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
  8. ^ Embassy of Japan in the UK
  9. ^ – Kyoto SU
  10. ^ a b Museion site – winners to 2005
  11. ^ Kodansha
  12. ^ Announced July 18th 2001 Japan Weekly Monitor, Kyodo News International, Tokyo, Japan July 23rd 2001
  13. ^ "芥川賞に川上未映子さん、直木賞は桜庭一樹さん". Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). January 16, 2008. Archived from the original on January 19, 2008. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
  14. ^ "Writer Ikeido wins Naoki Prize". The Japan Times. July 16, 2011. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
  15. ^ "Tanaka, Enjo win Akutagawa award; Hamuro gets Naoki". The Japan Times. January 19, 2012. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
  16. ^ "Top literature awards split by oldest, youngest novelists". The Japan Times. January 18, 2013. Retrieved January 18, 2013.
  17. ^ "Fujino wins Akutagawa award; Sakuragi gets Naoki prize". The Japan Times. July 17, 2013. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
  18. ^ "Literature prizes elevate women". The Japan Times. January 25, 2014. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
  19. ^ "Akutagawa, Naoki literary awards go to Shibasaki, Kurokawa". The Japan Times. July 17, 2014. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
  20. ^ "Ono wins Akutagawa literary award; Nishi wins Naoki Prize". The Japan Times. January 16, 2015.
  21. ^ "Sumito Yamashita claims 156th Akutagawa Prize". The Japan Times. January 20, 2017.
  22. ^ "First-time writer Shinsuke Numata wins prestigious Akutagawa Prize". The Japan Times. July 19, 2017.
  23. ^ "Chisako Wakatake and Yuka Ishii win Akutagawa literary award; Yoshinobu Kadoi bags Naoki Prize". The Japan Times. January 17, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
  24. ^ "Hiroki Takahashi wins Akutagawa literary award, while Rio Shimamoto bags Naoki Prize". The Japan Times. July 18, 2018. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
  25. ^ "古市氏は受賞逃す、芥川賞に上田岳弘氏と町屋良平氏". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). January 16, 2019. Retrieved January 16, 2019.
  26. ^ "Two women named for Japan's Akutagawa, Naoki literary awards". Kyodo News. July 17, 2019. Retrieved July 17, 2019 – via The Japan Times.
  27. ^ "Novelists Makoto Furukawa and Soichi Kawagoe to receive Japan's Akutagawa and Naoki literary prizes". Kyodo News. January 16, 2020. Retrieved January 16, 2020 – via The Japan Times.
  28. ^ "Novelists Takayama and Tono win Akutagawa awards; Hase wins Naoki Prize". The Japan Times. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  29. ^ "第164回直木賞 西條奈加さん『心淋し川』の受賞が決まる". bunshun.jp (in Japanese). 20 January 2021. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  30. ^ "第165回芥川賞と直木賞 それぞれ2作品が決まる". NHK (in Japanese). 14 July 2021. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  31. ^ "第166回「直木賞」"時代もの"W受賞 『氷菓』原作者・米澤穂信氏『黒牢城』 今村翔吾氏『塞王の楯』". Oricon (in Japanese). 19 January 2022. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
  32. ^ "第167回「芥川賞・直木賞」決定 芥川賞は高瀬隼子氏『おいしいごはんが食べられますように』、直木賞は窪美澄氏『夜に星を放つ』". Oricon. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
  33. ^ "第168回芥川賞・直木賞に4氏決まる". Sankei Shimbun. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
  34. ^ "芥川賞に市川沙央さん 直木賞は垣根涼介さん、永井紗耶子さん". Jiji.com. Retrieved July 19, 2023.
  35. ^ "直木賞に河崎秋子さんと万城目学さん、芥川賞に九段理江さん". Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved January 18, 2024.

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