Noma Literary Prize
| Noma Literary Prize | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Literary award |
| Country | Japan |
| Presented by | Noma Cultural Foundation |
| First awarded | 1941 |
| Website | https://www.kodansha.co.jp/award/noma_b.html  |
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 Seiji Noma (1878–1938), founder and first president of the Kodansha publishing company. It is awarded by the Noma Cultural Foundation, the largest single shareholder in Kodansha. 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.[1] It is one in a series of Noma Prizes.[2]
Sponsorship Prize (1941–1946)
[edit]| Year | Author | Work |
|---|---|---|
| 1941 | Sasamoto Tora | Aizu Shikon (会津士魂) |
| 1942 | Yamaoka Sōhachi Muneta Hiroshi Yamate Kiichirō Hamada Hirosuke |
Kaitei Senki (海底戦記), Senkan dōjōki (潜艦同乗記) Taijishō (台児荘) Kazan to Chōei (崋山と長英) — |
| 1943 | Ōbayashi Kiyoshi | Shōnai Shizoku (庄内士族) |
| 1944 | Dan Kazuo | Tenmei (天明) |
| 1946 | Hōjō Makoto | Kangiku (寒菊) and Ichinen (一年) |
Noma Literary Prize (1941–present)
[edit]An archive of past prize winners is maintained by Kodansha.[3]
| Year | Author | Work |
|---|---|---|
| 1941 | Mayama Seika | |
| 1942 | no award | |
| 1943 | Kōda Rohan | |
| 1944 | no award | |
| 1946 | Mimei Ogawa | |
| 1953 | Fumio Niwa | Hebi to hato (蛇と鳩) |
| 1954 | Yasunari Kawabata | Yama no oto (山の音) |
| 1955 | no award | |
| 1956 | Shigeru Tonomura | Ikada (筏) |
| 1957 | Fumiko Enchi | Onnazaka (女坂) |
| Chiyo Uno | 'Ohan (おはん) | |
| 1958 | Hideo Kobayashi | Kindai kaiga (近代絵画) |
| 1959 | Saisei Murō | Kagerou no nikki ibun (かげろふの日記遺文) |
| 1960 | Shōtarō Yasuoka | Umibe no kōkei (海辺の光景) |
| Tomie Ōhara | En to iu onna (婉という女)[4] | |
| 1961 | Yasushi Inoue | Yodo dono no nikki (淀どの日記) |
| 1962 | Kazuo Ozaki | Maboroshi no ki (まぼろしの記) |
| 1963 | Kazuo Hirotsu | Nengetsu no ashioto (年月のあしおと) |
| 1964 | Gishū Nakayama | Shoan (咲庵) |
| Jun Takami | Shi no fuchi yori (死の淵より) | |
| 1965 | Tatsuo Nagai | Ikko sono hoka (一個) |
| 1966 | Ibuse Masuji | Kuroi Ame (黒い雨) Black Rain |
| 1967 | Mitsuo Nakamura | Nise no gūzō (贋の偶像) |
| Seiichi Funabashi | Sukina onna no munakazari (好きな女の胸飾り) | |
| 1968 | Tetsutarō Kawakami | Yoshida Shōin (吉田松陰) |
| 1969 | Shigeharu Nakano | Kōotsuheitei (甲乙丙丁) |
| 1970 | Ken'ichi Yoshida | Yōroppa no seikimatsu (ヨオロッパの世紀末) |
| Jun Etō | Sōseki to sono jidai (漱石とその時代) | |
| 1971 | Junzō Shōno | Eawase (絵合せ)[5] |
| 1972 | Ineko Sata | Juei (樹影)[6] |
| 1973 | Kenzaburō Ōe | Kōzui wa waga tamashii ni oyobi (洪水はわが魂に及び) |
| 1974 | Shōhei Ōoka | Nakahara Chūya (中原中也) |
| 1975 | Ken Hirano | Samazama na seishun (さまざまな青春) |
| Kazuo Ozaki | Ano hi kono hi (あの日この日) | |
| 1976 | Taijun Takeda | Memai no suru sanpo (目まいのする散歩) |
| Tetsuo Miura | Kenjū to jūgo no tampen (拳銃と十五の短篇) | |
| 1977 | Kenzō Nakajima | Kaisō no bungaku (回想の文学) |
| 1978 | Junnosuke Yoshiyuki | Yūgure made (夕暮まで) |
| 1979 | Shizuo Fujieda | Kanashii dake (悲しいだけ) |
| 1980 | Shūsaku Endō | The Samurai (侍) |
| 1981 | Kenkichi Yamamoto | Inochi to katachi (いのちとかたち) |
| 1982 | Nobuo Kojima | Wakareru riyū (別れる理由) |
| 1983 | Fumio Niwa | Ren'nyo (蓮如) |
| 1984 | no award | |
| 1985 | Shimao Toshio | Gyoraitei gakusei (魚雷艇学生) |
| Maruya Saiichi | Chūshingura towa nanika (忠臣蔵とは何か) | |
| 1986 | Ueda Miyoji | Shimaki Akahiko (島木赤彦) |
| Minako Oba | Naku tori no (啼く鳥の)[7] | |
| 1987 | Atsushi Mori | Ware yuku mono no gotoku (われ逝くもののごとく) |
| 1988 | Yasuoka Shōtarō | Boku no shōwashi (僕の昭和史) |
| 1989 | Inoue Yasushi | Kōshi (孔子) |
| 1990 | Kiichi Sasaki | Watashi no Chēhofu (私のチェーホフ) |
| 1991 | Taeko Kōno | Miira tori ryookitan (みいら採り猟奇譚)[8] |
| 1992 | Hiroshi Sakagami | Denen fukei (田園風景) |
| 1993 | Keizō Hino | Taifu no me (台風の眼) |
| 1994 | Hiroyuki Agawa | Shiga Naoya (志賀直哉) |
| Lee Hoesung | Hyakunen no tabibito tachi (百年の旅人たち) | |
| 1995 | no award | |
| 1996 | Shun Akiyama | Nobunaga (信長) |
| 1997 | Hideo Takubo | Kodamashu (木霊集) |
| Tomioka Taeko | Hiberuni ato kiko (ひべるにあ島紀行) | |
| 1998 | Yūko Tsushima | Hinoyama, yamazaruki (火の山―山猿記) |
| 1999 | Takayuki Kiyooka | Maronie no hana ga itta (マロニエの花が言った) |
| 2000 | Kyōko Hayashi | Nagai jikan o kaketa ningen no keiken (長い時間をかけた人間の経験) |
| 2001 | Jakucho Setouchi | Basho (場所) |
| 2002 | Yuichi Takai | Toki no ushio (時の潮) |
| 2003 | Hiroko Takenishi | Zōtō no Uta (贈答のうた) |
| 2004 | Takashi Tsujii | Chichi no Shōzō (父の肖像) |
| 2005 | Ryū Murakami | Hanto wo deyo (半島を出よ) |
| 2006 | Senji Kuroi | Ichijitsu yume no satsu (一日 夢の柵) |
| 2007 | Kazumi Saeki | Norge (ノルゲ Norge) |
| 2008 | Kō Machida | Yadoya Meguri (宿屋めぐり) |
| 2009 | Hikaru Okuizumi | Jingi gunkan Kashihara satsujinjiken (神器 軍艦『橿原』殺人事件) |
| 2010 | Kiyoko Murata | Furusato no waga ie'' (故郷のわが家) |
| 2011 | Yōko Tawada | Yuki no renshūsei (雪の練習生) |
| 2012 | Amy Yamada | Jentoruman (ジェントルマン, Gentleman) |
| 2013 | Hosaka Kazushi | Mimei no toso (未明の闘争) |
| 2014 | Yoriko Shono | Mitōbyōki: kōgenbyō "kongōsei ketsugō soshikibyō" no (未闘病記――膠原病、「混合性結合組織病」の) |
| 2015 | Mayumi Nagano | Meido ari (冥途あり) |
| 2016 | Toshiyuki Horie | Sono sugata no keshikata (その姿の消し方) |
| 2017 | Kaoru Takamura | Tsuchi no ki (土の記) |
| 2018 | Osamu Hashimoto | Kusanagi no tsurugi (草薙の剣) |
| 2019 | Hisaki Matsuura | Ningai (人外) |
| 2020 | Yōko Ogawa | Kobako (小箱) |
| 2021 | Hideo Levy | Tenro (天路) |
| 2022 | Rieko Matsuura | Hikari Bunshū (ヒカリ文集) |
| 2023 | Hiromi Kawakami | Koi wa hakanai, arui wa, pūru no soko no sutēki (恋ははかない、あるいは、プールの底のステーキ) |
| 2024 | Fuminori Nakamura | Retsu (列) |
Noma Literary New Face Prize (1979–present)
[edit]An archive of past prize winners is maintained by Kodansha.[9]
| Year | Author | Work |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Tsushima Yūko | Hikari no ryōbun (光の領分) |
| 1980 | Tatematsu Wahei | Enrai (遠雷) |
| 1981 | Murakami Ryū | Coinlocker Babys (コインロッカー・ベイビーズ, Koinrokkā beibīzu) |
| Miyauchi Katsusuke | Kin’iro no zō (金色の象) | |
| 1982 | Murakami Haruki | Hitsuji o meguru bōken (羊をめぐる冒険) tr. A Wild Sheep Chase |
| 1983 | Otsuji Katsuhiko | Yukino (雪野) |
| 1984 | Aono Sō | Onna kara no koe (女からの声) |
| Shimada Masahiko | Muyū ōkoku no tame no ongaku (夢遊王国のための音楽) | |
| 1985 | Nakazawa Kei | Suiheisen ue nite (水平線上にて) |
| Masuda Mizuko | Suiheisen ue nite (水平線上にて) Jiyū jikan (自由時間)[10] | |
| 1986 | Iwasaka Keiko | Novalis no inyō (ノヴァーリスの引用) |
| Hikari Agata | Shizuka ni watasu kogane no yubiwa (しずかにわたすこがねのゆびわ) | |
| 1987 | Arai Man | Vexation (ヴェクサシオン, Vekusashion) |
| 1988 | Yoshimeki Hiruhiko | Louisiana kuiuchi (ルイジアナ杭打ち, Ruijiana) |
| 1989 | Ii Naoyuki | Sashite jūyōde nai ichinichi (さして重要でない一日) |
| 1990 | Saeki Kazumi | Short Circuit (ショート・サーキット, Shōto sākitto) |
| 1991 | Shōno Yoriko | Nanimo shite nai (なにもしてない) |
| 1992 | Lībi Hideo (Ian Hideo Levy) | Seijōki no kikoenai heya (星条旗の聞こえない部屋) |
| 1993 | Okuizumi Hikaru | Novalis no inyō (ノヴァーリスの引用) |
| Hosaka Kazushi | Kusa no ue no chōshoku (草の上の朝食) | |
| 1994 | Takeno Masato | Watashi no jijoden zempen (私の自叙伝前篇) |
| 1995 | Satō Yōjirō | Geshi matsuri (夏至祭) |
| Mizumura Minae | Shishōsetsu (私小説) | |
| 1996 | Kakuta Mitsuyo | Madoromu yoru no UFO (まどろむ夜のＵＦＯ) |
| Yū Miri | Full House (フルハウス, Furuhausu) | |
| 1997 | Machida Kō | Kussun daikoku (くっすん大黒) |
| 1998 | Fujino Chiya | Oshaberi kaidan (おしゃべり怪談) |
| 1999 | Abe Kazushige | Mujō no sekai (無情の世界) |
| Itō Hiromi | La Niña (ラニーニャ, Ranīnya) | |
| 2000 | Akasaka Mari | Muse (ミューズ, myūzu) |
| Okazaki Yoshihisa | Rakutenya (楽天屋) | |
| 2001 | Shimizu Hiroko | Chijiminda ai (縮んだ愛) |
| Dōgaki Sonoe | Veracruz (ベラクルス, Berakurusu) | |
| 2002 | Sagawa Mitusharu | Chijiminda ai (縮んだ愛) |
| Wakai Sū | Umiuma no josō (海馬の助走) | |
| 2003 | Shimamoto Rio | Little by little (リトル・バイ・リトル, Ritoru bai ritoru) |
| Hoshino Tomoyuki | Fantasista (ファンタジスタ, Fantajisuta) | |
| 2004 | Nakamura Kō | Guruguru mawaru suberidai (ぐるぐるまわるすべり台) |
| Nakamura Fuminori | Shakō (遮光) | |
| 2005 | Aoki Jungo | Pikarudi no sando (ピカルディーの三度 |
| Hirata Toshiko | Futarinori (二人乗り) | |
| 2006 | Nakahara Masaya | Namo naki kojitachi no haka (名もなき孤児たちの墓) |
| 2007 | Kashimada Maki | Pikarudi no sando (ピカルディーの三度) |
| Nishimura Kenta | Ankyo no yado (暗渠の宿) | |
| 2008 | Tsumura Kikuko | Music bless you!! (ミュージック・ブレス・ユー!!, myūjikku buresu yū) |
| 2009 | Murata Sayaka | Gin’iro no uta (ギンイロノウタ) |
| 2010 | Enjō Tō | Uyūshitan (烏有此譚) |
| Shibasaki Tomoka | Netemo sametemo (寝ても覚めても) | |
| 2011 | Yukiko Motoya | Nurui doku (ぬるい毒) |
| 2012 | Hiwa Satoko | Rahō yonsennenki (螺法四千年記) |
| Yamashita Sumito | Midori no saru (緑のさる) | |
| 2013 | Itō Seikō | Sōzō rajio (想像ラジオ) |
| 2014 | Matsunami Tarō | L I F E |
| 2015 | Takiguchi Yūshō | Ai to jinsei (愛と人生) |
| Furukawa Hideo | Onnatachi sanbyakunin no uragiri no sho (女たち三百人の裏切りの書) | |
| 2016 | Inui Akito | Noroi otoko: Haiyū Kameoka Takuji (のろい男 俳優・亀岡拓次) |
| 2017 | Imamura Natsuko | Hoshi no ko (星のこ) |
| Takahashi Hiroki | Sande pipuru (日曜日の人々(サンデー・ピープル), Sunday People) | |
| 2018 | Kaoru Kaneko | Futago wa roba ni mataga tte (双子は驢馬に跨がって) |
| Yusuke Noriyo | Honmono no dokusho-ka (本物の読書家) | |
| 2019 | Li Kotomi | Itsutsu kazoereba mikazuki ga (五つ数えれば三日月が) |
| 2020 | Yondoku I | Anata ga watashi o takeyari de tsuki korosu mae ni (あなたが私を竹槍で突き殺す前に) |
| 2021 | Seiko Idokawa | Koko wa totemo hayai kawa (ここはとても速い川) |
| 2022 | Ryohei Machiya | Hon'no kodomo (ほんのこども) |
| 2023 | Akira Asahina | Anata no moeru hidarite de (あなたの燃える左手で) |
| Rie Kudan | Shi o kaku uma (文學界) | |
| 2024 | Kohei Toyonaga | Tsukinu hashi iya, banu hashi i (月ぬ走いや、馬ぬ走い) |
Noma Children's Literature Prize (1963–present)
[edit]| Year | Author | Work |
|---|---|---|
| 1963 | Ishimori Nobuo | Ban no miyage hanashi (バンのみやげ話) |
| 1964 | Matsutani Miyoko and Shōno Eiji | chisai momo-chan (ちいさいモモちゃん) and Hoshi no bokujō (星の牧場) |
| 1965 | Inui Tomiko | Umineko no sora (うみねこの空) |
| 1966 | Fukuda Kiyoto | Aki no medama (秋の目玉) |
| 1967 | Satō Satoru and Kagawa Shigeru | Obāsan no hikōki (おばあさんのひこうき) and Setoro no umi (セトロの海) |
| 1968 | Mado Michio | Tempura piriri (てんぷらぴりぴり) |
| 1969 | Imanishi Sukeyuki Miyawaki Toshio[11] |
Uraue no tabinintachi ?? (浦上の旅人たち) Yama no ongoku monogatari (山のおんごく物語) |
| 1970 | Iwasaki Kyōko | Koi no iru mura (鯉のいる村) |
| 1971 | Tsuchiya Yukio | Tōkyōkko monogatari (東京っ子物語) |
| 1972 | Kitabatake Yao | Oni o kau goro (鬼を飼うゴロ) |
| 1973 | Andō Mikio Yoda Junichi |
Denden mushi no keiba (でんでんむしの競馬) and Yayuki yamayuki?? (野ゆき山ゆき) |
| 1974 | Tsubota Jōji | Nezumi no ibiki (ねずみのいびき) |
| 1975 | Koide Shōgo[12] | Jinta no oto (ジンタの音) |
| 1976 | Nonagase Masao | Chisana boku no ie (小さなぼくの家) |
| 1977 | Imae Yoshitomo Shōgenji Haruko[13] |
Oniki (兄貴) Yuki bokko monogatari (雪ぼっこ物語) |
| 1978 | Kawamura Takashi | Yama e iku ken (山へいく牛) |
| 1979 | Kanzawa Toshiko and Hiroyama Eizō | Inai inai baaya (いないいないばあや) |
| 1980 | Nagasaki Gen'nosuke and Akasaka Miyoshi Sakata Hiroo |
Wasureta shima e (忘れられた島へ) and Dorachii chan no boken (ドラジイちゃんの冒険) |
| 1981 | Maekawa Yasuo and Ōda Daihachi | Wakai sōna jidōusha no hanashi (かわいそうな自動車の話) |
| 1982 | Awa Naoko and Ajito Keiko | Tooi nobara no mura (遠い野ばらの村) |
| 1983 | Saitō Atsuo and Masayuki | Gamba to Kawauso no bōken (ガンバとカワウソの冒険) |
| 1984 | Miki Taku and Sugiura Hanmo Takezaki Yūhi[14] and Kobayashi Yoshi[15] |
Pota pota (ぽたぽた) and Nigedashita heitai (にげだした兵隊) |
| 1985 | Kadono Eiko and Hayashi Akiko | Majo no takkyūbin (魔女の宅急便) Kiki's Delivery Service |
| 1986 | Sueyoshi Akiko and Satoshi Nakachie? | Mama no kiiroi kozō (ママの黄色い子象) |
| 1987 | Horiuchi Sumiko Miwa Hiroko[16] and Furiyaka Yoko |
Rubī iro no tabi (ルビー色の旅) Bokura no natsu wa yamagoya de (ぼくらの夏は山小屋で) |
| 1988 | Tanikawa Shuntarō | Hadaka Tanikawa Shuntarō shishū (はだか 谷川俊太郎詩集) |
| 1989 | Miwa Hiroko and Kuroi Ken? Aman Kimiko and Nishimaki Kayako |
Papa-san no niwa (パパさんの庭) Okko-chan to tantan usagi (おっこちゃんとタンタンうさぎ) |
| 1990 | Ōishi Makoto and Ishizaki Sumiko Muranaka Rie |
Nemurenaiko (眠れない子) and Onei-chan (おねいちゃん) |
| 1991 | Imamura Ashiko and Itō Masamichi Mori Tadaaki and Fujikawa Hideyuki |
Kagari-chan (かがりちゃん) and Horn-misaki made (ホーン岬まで, Hōn-misaki made) |
| 1992 | Matsutani Miyoko and Ise Hideko Yamashita Haruo and Uno Akira |
Akane-chan no namida no umi (アカネちゃんのなみだの海) and Kamome no ie (カモメの家) |
| 1993 | Yamanaka Hisashi and Hotta Akio | Tonderojii chan (とんでろじいちゃん) |
| 1994 | Gotō Ryūji and Tanaka Makiko | Yashin aratamezu - Hitakami kokuden (野心あらためず・日高見国伝) |
| 1995 | Okada Jun | Kosoado no mori no monogatari (こそあどの森の物語 1・2・3) |
| 1996 | Moriyama Miyako and Odagiri Akira | Maneya no oiraryo nekodōchū (まねやのオイラ旅ねこ道中) |
| 1997 | Asano Atsuko and Satō Makiko | Batterī (バッテリー) |
| 1998 | Mori Eto | Tsuki no fune (つきのふね) |
| 1999 | Tatsumiya Shō and Azuma Itsuko | Tsukikami no suberu mori (月神の統べる森で) |
| 2000 | Masumasa Moto and Maekawa Kazuo | Zukkoke no bakku to za fyucha (ズッコケ三人組のバック・トゥ・ザ・フューチャー) |
| 2001 | Hanagata Mitsuru | Girigiri toraianguru (ぎりぎりトライアングル) |
| 2002 | Soya Kiyoshi | Garasu no uma (ガラスのうま) |
| 2003 | Itō Hiroshi | Osaru no mori (おさるのもり) |
| 2004 | Uehashi Nahoko | Kitsune fue no kanata (狐笛のかなた) |
| 2005 | Yoshibashi Michio | Namakura (なまくら) |
| 2006 | Yatsuka Sumiko | Watashi no sukina hito(わたしの, 好きな人) |
| 2007 | Yazuki Michiko | Shizukana Hibi (しずかな日々) |
| 2008 | Kudō Naoko | Noharauta V (のはらうたＶ) |
| 2009 | Nakagawa Chihirō | Karin-chan to jūgonin no ohina-sama (かりんちゃんと十五人のおひなさま) |
| 2010 | Ichikawa Nobuko | Kinō no yoru, otōsan ga osoku kaeta, sono wake wa ... (きのうの夜、おとうさんがおそく帰った、そのわけは……) |
Noma Children's Literature New Face Prize
[edit]This prize was last awarded in 1998.
- 09 1971 — Rie Yoshiyuki for Mahōtsukai no kushan neko (Sneezing Cat, a Magician).[17]
- 33 1995 — Eto Mori for Uchu no Minashigo
- 34 1996 — Nahoko Uehashi for Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
See also
[edit]
- Noma Prize
- Noma Literacy Prize
- Noma Award for Publishing in Africa
- Noma Concours for Picture Book Illustrations
Notes
[edit]- ^ Japanese literature website: Literary awards
- ^ Fukue, Nastuko, "Literary awards run spectrum", Japan Times, 14 February 2012, p. 3.
- ^ "Noma Literary Prize Past Winning Work" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved December 12, 2024.
- ^ Schierbeck, Sachiko Shibata et al. (1994). Japanese Women Novelists in the 20th Century: 104 Biographies, 1900-1993, p. 101.
- ^ Shōno bio.
- ^ Schierbeck, p. 57.
- ^ Schierbeck, p. 219.
- ^ Schierbeck, p. 175.
- ^ 野間文芸新人賞 過去受賞作 [Noma Literary New Face Prize Past Winning Works] (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved December 12, 2024.
- ^ Schierbeck, p. 261.
- ^ "宮脇紀雄". デジタル版 日本人名大辞典+Plus (in Japanese). kotobank.jp/Kodansha. 2009-01-20. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
- ^ "小出正吾". デジタル版 日本人名大辞典+Plus (in Japanese). kotobank.jp/Kodansha. 2009-01-20. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
- ^ "生源寺美子". デジタル版 日本人名大辞典+Plus (in Japanese). kotobank.jp/Kodansha. 2009-01-20. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
- ^ 竹崎 有斐 (in Japanese). Präfekturbibliothek Kumamoto. Archived from the original on 2009-12-16. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
- ^ 小林 与志 (in Japanese). Parlamentsbibliothek Japan. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
- ^ "三輪裕子". デジタル版 日本人名大辞典+Plus (in Japanese). kotobank.jp/Kodansha. 2009-01-20. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
- ^ Schierbeck, p. 247.
References
[edit]- Schierbeck, Sachiko Shibata, Marlene R. Edelstein (1994). Japanese Women Novelists in the 20th Century: 104 Biographies, 1900-1993, Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press. ISBN 978-87-7289-268-9; OCLC 32348453
External links
[edit]- J'Lit | Awards : Noma Prize for Literature | Books from Japan (Noma Literary Prize)
- J'Lit | Awards : Noma Prize for New Writers | Books from Japan (Noma Literary New Face Prize)