Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature (泉鏡花文学賞, Izumi Kyōka Bungaku Shō) is a prize for literature in Japan named for Kyōka Izumi. It was established and started in 1973 to commemorate the 100th year since the birth of Kyōka Izumi.[1] Kanazawa city, where Izumi was born, organizes this prize. Usually the award goes to one recipient, though there have been exceptions.
List of Prize-winning works
The City of Kanazawa, Japan maintains a list of current and past winning works.[1]
First to 10th
11th to 20th
| Times (Year) |
Winner |
Winning Work
|
| 11th (1983) |
Kazuko Saegusa (JA) |
Onidomo no Yoru wa Fukai (鬼どもの夜は深い)
|
| Haku Kohiyama (JA) |
Hikaru Onna (光る女)
|
| 12th (1984) |
Akae Baku |
Kaikyō (海峡)
|
| Yakumo ga Koroshita (八雲が殺した)
|
| 13th (1985) |
Shunzō Miyawaki (JA) |
Satsui no Fūkei (殺意の風景)
|
| 14th (1986) |
Mizuko Masuda |
Single Seru (シングル・セル, Shinguru Seru)
|
| 15th (1987) |
Yumiko Kurahashi |
Amanon koku ōkanki (アマノン国往還記)
|
| Hideo Asaine (JA) |
Shūji no Hōrō (シュージの放浪)
|
| 16th (1988) |
Tsumao Awasaka (JA) |
Oriduru (折鶴)
|
| Banana Yoshimoto |
Mūnraito Shadō (Moonlight Shadow, ムーンライト・シャドウ)
|
| 17th (1989) |
Taka Isawa (JA) |
Nowaki Sakaba (野分酒場)
|
| Aiko Kitahara[2] (JA) |
Fukagawa Mio-dōri Kidobangoya (深川澪通り木戸番小屋)
|
| 18th (1990) |
Jōkichi Hikage (JA) |
Doro Kisha (泥汽車)
|
| 19th (1991) |
Enjeru Ui or Angel Ui (JA) |
Odorō, Maya (踊ろう・マヤ)
|
| 20th (1992) |
Megumu Sagisawa |
Kakeru Shōnen (駆ける少年)
|
| Masahiko Shimada |
Higan Sensei (彼岸先生)
|
21st to 30th
| Times (Year) |
Winner |
Winning Work
|
| 21st (1993) |
Michiko Yamamoto |
Mofuku no Ko (喪服の子)
|
| 22nd (1994) |
(no winning works)
|
| 23rd (1995) |
Akira Tsuji (JA) |
Yume no Hōi (夢の方位)
|
| 24th (1996) |
Miri Yū |
Full House (フルハウス Furu hausu)
|
| Eimi Yamada |
Animal logic (アニマル・ ロジック, Animaru rojikku)
|
| 25th (1997) |
Tomomi Muramatsu |
Kamakura no Obasan (鎌倉のおばさん)
|
| Natsuhiko Kyōgoku |
Warau Iemon (嗤う伊右衛門)
|
| 26th (1998) |
Seiko Tanabe |
Dōton-bori no ame ni wakarete irai nari - Senryū sakka Kishimoto Suifu to sono jidai
(道頓堀の雨に別れて以来なり──川柳作家・岸本水府とその時代)
|
| 27th (1999) |
Tomoko Yoshida |
Hako no Otto (箱の夫)
|
| Suehiro Tanemura |
Tanemura Suehiro no Neo rabirintosu "Gensō no Erosu" and other work(s)
(種村季弘のネオ・ラビリントス「幻想のエロス」
Tanemura Suehiro no Neo-Labyrinthos "Gensō no Eros") and other work(s)
|
| 28th (2000) |
Yōko Tawada |
Hinagiku no Ocha no Baai (ヒナギクのお茶の場合)
|
| 29th (2001) |
Teruhiko Kuze (JA) |
Shōshōkan Nichiroku (蕭々館日録)
|
| Shōno Yoriko |
Yūkai Morimusume? Ibun (幽界森娘異聞)
|
| 30th (2002) |
Akiyuki Nosaka |
"Bundan" oyobi sore ni itaru bungyō (「文壇」およびそれに至る文業)
|
31st to 40th
| Times (Year) |
Winner |
Winning Work
|
| 31st (2003) |
Saiichi Maruya |
Kagayaku Hi no Miya (輝く日の宮)
|
| Natsuo Kirino |
Grotesque (グロテスク, Gurotesuku)
|
| 32nd (2004) |
Yōko Ogawa |
Burafuman no Maisō (ブラフマンの埋葬)
|
| 33rd (2005) |
Michiko Ryō (JA) |
Rakuen no Tori - Karukatta Gensōkyoku (楽園の鳥–カルカッタ幻想曲–)
|
| 34th (2006) |
Kōzaburō Arashiyama |
Akutō Bashō (悪党芭蕉)
|
| 35th (2007) |
Wahei Tatematsu |
Dōgen Zenji (道元禅師)
|
| Fujio Ōtaka (N/A) |
Kyōka Koiuta (鏡花恋唄) - (Remark: special award)
|
| 36th (2008) |
Keishi Nagi (JA) |
Kusa Suberi (草すべり) and other short stories
|
| Tadanori Yokoo |
Buruu Rando (Blue land ??) (ぶるうらんど)
|
| 37th (2009) |
Akane Chihaya |
Iogami (魚神)
|
| 38th (2010) |
Masahiro Shinoda |
Kawaramono no susume, shie to shura no kioku (河原者ノススメ―死穢と修羅の記憶)
|
| 39th (2011) |
Jakuchō Setouchi |
Fūkei (風景)
|
| Baku Yumemakura |
Ōedo Chōkakuden (大江戸釣客伝)
|
| 40th (2012) |
Mitsuyo Kakuta |
Kanata no Ko (かなたの子)
|
41st to 50th
| Times (Year) |
Winner |
Winning Work
|
| 41st (2013) |
Ken’ichirō Isozaki (JA) |
Ōko Raikon (往古来今)
|
| 42nd (2014) |
Kyōko Nakajima |
Tsuma ga Shiitake datta Koro (妻が椎茸だったころ)
|
| Masayo Koike (JA) |
Tamamono (たまもの)
|
| 43rd (2015) |
Mayumi Nagano (JA) |
Meido ari (冥途あり)
|
| Katsuyuki Shinohara (JA) |
Koppū (骨風)
|
| 44th (2016) |
Hiromi Kawakami |
Ōkina tori ni sarawarenai yō (大きな鳥にさらわれないよう)
|
| 45th (2017) |
Rieko Matsuura |
Saiai no kodomo (最愛の子ども)
|
| 46th (2018) |
Yūko Yamao (JA) |
Tobu Kujaku (飛ぶ孔雀)
|
| 47th (2019) |
Shin'ya Tanaka (JA) |
Hiyoko Taiyō (ひよこ太陽)
|
| 48th (2020) |
Nobuko Takagi |
Shōsetsu Ise Monogatari Narihira (小説伊勢物語業平)
|
| 49th (2021) |
Kiyoko Murata |
Ane no Shima (姉の島)
|
| 50th (2022) |
Fumiko Ōhama (JA) |
Hidamari no Hate (陽だまりの果て)
|
51st to 60th
| Times (Year) |
Winner |
Winning Work
|
| 51st (2023) |
Kaoru Kitamura |
Mizu, Hon no Shōsetsu (水 本の小説)
|
| Aki Asahina (JA) |
Anata no Moeru Hidarite de (あなたの燃える左手で)
|
| 52nd (2024) |
- - |
- -
|
See also
References
- ^ a b "泉鏡花文学賞" [Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature] (in Japanese). City of Kanazawa. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
- ^ There are at least two persons who have the same name.