Tanizaki Prize
The Tanizaki Prize (谷崎潤一郎賞 Tanizaki Jun'ichirō Shō), named in honor of the Japanese novelist Tanizaki Junichiro, is one of Japan's most sought after literary awards. It was established in 1965 by the publishing company Chūō Kōronsha Inc. to commemorate its 80th anniversary as a publisher. It is awarded annually to a full-length representative work of fiction or drama of the highest literary merit by a professional writer. The winner receives a commemorative plaque and a cash prize of 1 million yen.
Winners of the Tanizaki Prize:
- 01 1965 Kojima Nobuo for Hoyo kazoku
- 02 1966 Endo Shusaku for Silence (Chinmoku)
- 03 1967 Oe Kenzaburo for The Silent Cry (Man'en gan'nen no futtobōru)
- 03 1967 Abe Kobo for Friends (Tomodachi)
- 04 1968 no prize awarded
- 05 1969 Enchi Fumiko for Shu wo ubau mono; Kizu aru tsubasa; Niji to shura
- 06 1970 Yutaka Haniya for Black Horse In The Midst Of Darkness (Yami no naka no kuroi uma)
- 06 1970 Yoshiyuki Junnosuke for The Dark Room (Anshitsu)
- 07 1971 Noma Hiroshi for Seinen no wa
- 08 1972 Maruya Saiichi for A Singular Rebellion (Tatta hitori no hanran)
- 09 1973 Kaga Otohiko for Kaerazaru natsu
- 10 1974 Usui Yoshimi for Azumino
- 11 1975 Minakami Tsutomu for Ikkyū
- 12 1976 Fujieda Shizuo for Denshin ugaku
- 13 1977 Shimao Toshio for Hi no utsuroi
- 14 1978 Nakamura Shinichiro for Summer (Natsu)
- 15 1979 Tanaka Komimasa for Poroporo
- 16 1980 Kono Taeko for Ichinen no banka
- 17 1981 Fukazawa Shichiro for Michinoku no ningyotachi
- 17 1981 Goto Akio for Yoshinodayu
- 18 1982 Oba Minako for Katachi mo naku
- 19 1983 Furui Yoshikichi for Morning Glory (Asagao)
- 20 1984 Kuroi Senji for Life in the Cul-de-Sac (Gunsei)
- 20 1984 Takai Yuichi for This Country's Sky (Kono kuni no sora)
- 21 1985 Murakami Haruki for Hardboiled Wonderland and The End Of The World (Sekai no owari to haado boirudo wandaa rando)
- 22 1986 Hino Keizo for Sakyu ga ugoku yo ni
- 23 1987 Tsutsui Yasutaka for Yumenokizaka bunkiten
- 24 1988 no prize awarded
- 25 1989 no prize awarded
- 26 1990 Hayashi Kyoko for Yasurakani ima wa nemuri tamae
- 27 1991 Inoue Hisashi for Shanghai Moon (Shanhai Mūn)
- 28 1992 Setouchi Jakucho for Hana ni toe
- 29 1993 Ikezawa Natsuki for Mashiasu giri no shikkyaku
- 30 1994 Tsujii Takashi for Rainbow Cove (Niji no misaki)
- 31 1995 Tsuji Kunio for Saigyo kaden
- 32 1996 no prize awarded
- 33 1997 Hosaka Kazushi for Kioku no kisetsu
- 33 1997 Miki Taku for Roji
- 34 1998 Tsushima Yuko for Mountain of Fire: Account of a Wild Monkey (Hi no yama - yamazaruki)
- 35 1999 Takagi Nobuko for Tokō no ki
- 36 2000 Tsujihara Noboru for Yudotei Maruki
- 36 2000 Murakami Ryu for A Symbiotic Parasite (Kyoseichu)
- 37 2001 Kawakami Hiromi for The Teacher’s Briefcase (Sensei no kaban)
- 38 2002 no prize awarded
- 39 2003 Tawada Yoko for Suspect On The Night Train (Yōgisha no yakōressha)
- 40 2004 Horie Toshiyuki for Yukinuma and Its Environs (Yukinuma to sono shūhen)
- 41 2005 Machida Ko for Confession (Kokuhaku)
- 41 2005 Yamada Eimi for Wonderful Flavor (Fuumizekka)
See also: List of Japanese literary awards