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The Kenzaburō Ōe Prize (大江健三郎賞) is a Japanese
The Kenzaburō Ōe Prize (
) is a Japanese literary award sponsored by
Kodansha (
) and established in 2006 in memory of two anniversaries: the 100th
anniversary of Kodansha's establishment and the 50th anniversary of the writing life of
Kenzaburō Ōe (
). The award is for Japanese literary novels published in the last
year. The wining work is selected by Kenzaburō Ōe who is the only judge. The winner
receives no cash award, but the winning novel will be translated into other languages such as
English, French and German for publication. Kenzaburō Ōe has an open conversation with the
winner.
Since one of the aims of this award is the promotion of Japanese novels of the younger
generation which are the representations of words of the Japanese intellectuals, this prize is
awarded to the best novel which contains the best 'literary words' with possibilities and results
judged by Ōe.
Year Author
Japanese title
2007 Yū
Nagashima
Yūko-chan no Chikamichi
English title
Yūko's Shortcut
The End of the
Watashitachi ni Yurusareta Tokubetsu na Jikan no Special Time Allowed
to Us
Owari
2008 Toshiki
Okada
Hikari no Mandara, Nihon Bungaku Ron
Mandala of Light: on
Japanese Literature
2010 Fuminori
Nakamura
Suri
The Thief (tr. Satako
Izumo and Stephen
Coates)
2011 Tomoyuki
Hoshino
Ore Ore
2009
2012
2012
Reiji Ando
Risa Wataya Kawaisou da ne?
Risa Wataya
It's Me, It's Me
Isn't It a Pity?
Kawaisou da ne? Isn't It a Pity?
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