Yasunari Kawabata Literary Prize

Yasunari Kawabata Literary Prize ( 川端康成文学賞 Kawabata Yasunari bungaku sho:) is a Japanese literary award established by the Shintoshya Publishing House in memory of the classic of modern Japanese literature, Yasunari Kawabata , who is considered an unsurpassed master of small form. In this sense, Kawabata’s “ Tales the Size of a Palm ” are considered to be a model in deciding on the choice of a winner. The prize has been awarded annually since 1974 (with a break in 1999 ). Cash awards to laureates are funded by the Yasunari Kawabata Foundation, using funds from the Nobel Prize for Writers.

Content

1 Laureates
- 1.1 1974 - 1980
- 1.2 1981 - 1990
- 1.3 1991 - 2000
- 1.4 2001 - 2009
- 1.5 2010—2014
2 Jury
3 See also
4 References

Laureates

1974 - 1980

1974 : Akatsuki Kambayashi - The Bronze Neck (ブロンズの首)
1975 : Tatsuo Nagai - Autumn (秋)
1976 : Ineko Sata - “11 o’clock” (from the collection “Standing in Time”) (時に佇つ（十一）)
1977 : Tsutomu Mizuki - Theradomari (寺泊) and Taeko Tomioka - Tatigire (立切れ)
1978 : Yoshie Wada - The Snow Queen (雪女)
1979 : Takeshi Kaiko - “The Ball Disintegrated” (玉、砕ける)
1980 : Fujio Noguchi - The Calm (なぎの葉考)

1981 - 1990

1981 : Hiroko Takenisi - The Barracks (兵隊宿)
1982 : Takehiroo Irokawa - “One Hundred” (百)
1983 : Toshio Shimao - “In the Bay” (湾内の入江で) and Yuko Tsushima - “City of Silence” (黙市)
1984 : Kenzaburo Oe - “ Bitten by a Hippopotamus ” (河馬に嚙まれる) and Kyoko Hayashi - “There is no home for a woman in three worlds” (三界の家)
1985 : Takako Takahashi - “Love for the Doll” (恋う) and Hideo Takubo - “Crossfire” (辻火)
1986 : Kunio Ogawa - Senior Citizen (()
1987 : Yoshikiti Furui - “Nakayama Hill” (中山坂) and Hiroo Sakata - “East along the Tokaido Road” (海道東征)
1988 : Miyoji Ueda - “Wedding Greetings” (祝婚) and Saiichi Maruya - “Shadow of the Tree” (樹影譚)
1989 : Minako Oba - “A Curving Thread in the Sea” (海にゆらぐ糸) and Yasutaka Tsutsui - “Descent to the Yppa Valley” (ヨッパ谷への降下)
1990 : Tetsuo Miura - “Sweet Potato” (じねんじょ)

1991 - 2000

1991 : Sotaro Yasuoka - “Father’s Grave” (伯父の墓地)
1992 : Tomoko Yoshida - The Offering (お供え)
1993 : Osamu Tsukasa - “The Dog. About the Shadow (Part One) ”(犬（影について・その一)
1994 : Komao Furuyama - “Memories of the Cicadas” (セミの追憶)
1995 : Tetsuo Miura - “Butterfly Moths” (みのむし)
1996 : Minako Both - The Red Full Moon (赤い満月)
1997 : Hiroshi Sakagami - “The Kitchen” (台所) and Makoto Oda - “Following the Trail of My Korean Father-In-Law” (「アボジ」を踏む)
1998 : Kiyoko Murata - “Shiomaneki” (望潮). A Russian translation by G. Dutkina was published in the journal Foreign Literature, No. 2/2001.
2000 : Keiko Iwasaka - “Rain after the rain?” (雨のち雨？)

2001 - 2009

2001 : Xiong Madoruma - “Charging the Soul” (魂込め) and Tekitsu Kurumatani - “Musashi-maru” (武蔵丸)
2002 : Taeko Kono - “Joint Property” (半所有者) and Ko Matida - “Dancing Buddha” (権現の踊り子)
2003 : Toshiyuki Horie - “Stansu Dotto” (スタンス・ドット)
2004 : Akiko Itoyama - “The Man from the Dead End ” (袋小路の男)
2005 : Noboru Tsujihara - “Dry Leaves in a Blue Flame” (枯葉の中の青い炎)
2006 : Mitsuyo Kakuta - “Rock Mom” (ロック母)
2007 : Masayo Koike - Tatado (タタド)
2008 : Inaba Mayuki - “Kodium” (海松) and Shinya Tanaka - “Larva” (蛹)
2009 : Nanae Aoyama - The Shard (かけら)

2010—2014

2010 : Nobuco Takagi - Tomosui (トモスイ)
2011 : Setsuko Tsumura - Alien (異郷)
2012 : Kaori Ekuni - “The Dog and the Harmonica ” (犬とハモニカ)
2013 : Kikuko Tsumura - “Waterman and the Turtle” (給水塔と亀)
2014 : Akito Inui - “The Double Suicide of the Chinese Trionics” (すっぽん心中)

Jury

1974 - 1975 : Tatsuo Nagai , Seiichi Funahashi , Mitsuo Nakamura , Kenkichi Yamamoto , Junosuke Yoshiyuki
1976 - 1984 : Tatsuo Nagai , Yasushi Inoue , Mitsuo Nakamura , Kenkichi Yamamoto , Junnosuke Yoshiyuki
1985 : Yasushi Inoue , Mitsuo Nakamura , Kenkichi Yamamoto , Junnosuke Yoshiyuki
1986 : Yasushi Inoue , Kenkichi Yamamoto , Junnosuke Yoshiyuki , Toshio Shimao
1987 : Yasushi Inoue , Kenkichi Yamamoto , Junnosuke Yoshiyuki , Kenzaburo Oe
1987 : Yasushi Inoue , Kenkichi Yamamoto , Junnosuke Yoshiyuki , Kenzaburo Oe , Tsutomu Mizuki
1988 : Yasushi Inoue , Junnosuke Yoshiyuki , Kenzaburo Oe , Tsutomu Mizuki , Hiroko Takenishi
1989 : Yasushi Inoue , Junnosuke Yoshiyuki , Kenzaburo Oe , Tsutomu Mizuki , Hiroko Takenisi
1990 : Yasushi Inoue , Junnosuke Yoshiyuki , Kenzaburo Oe , Hiroko Takenisi
1991 : Junnosuke Yoshiyuki , Kenzaburo Oe , Tsutomu Mizuki , Hiroko Takenisi
1992 - 1993 : Junnosuke Yoshiyuki , Kenzaburo Oe , Hiroko Takenisi , Tetsuo Miura
1994 - 1995 : Kenzaburo Oe , Hiroko Takenishi , Tsutomu Mizuki , Tetsuo Miura
1996 : Kenzaburo Oe , Hiroko Takenishi , Tsutomu Mizuki , Tetsuo Miura , Xiong Akiyama
1997 - 1998 : Hiroko Takenisi , Tsutomu Mizuki , Tetsuo Miura , Xiong Akiyama , Hideo Takubo ,
1999 - 2000 : Xiong Akiyama , Hideo Takubo , Hisashi Inoue , Kunio Ogawa , Yuko Tsushima
2001 - 2008 : Xiong Akiyama , Hisashi Inoue , Kunio Ogawa , Yuko Tsushima , Kiyoko Murata
2009 : Xiong Akiyama , Hisashi Inoue , Noboru Tsujihara , Yuko Tsushima , Kiyoko Murata