Tanizaki Prize

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The Tanizaki Prize (谷崎潤一郎賞 Tanizaki Jun'ichirō Shō), named in honor of the Japanese novelist Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, 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.

[edit] Winners

1965 Kojima Nobuo for Hōyō kazoku, (抱擁家族)
1966 Endo Shusaku for Silence (Chinmoku, 沈黙)
1967 Oe Kenzaburo for The Silent Cry (Manen gannen no futtoboru, 万延元年のフットボール)
1967 Abe Kobo for Friends (Tomodachi, 友達)
1968 no prize awarded
1969 Enchi Fumiko for Shu wo ubau mono; Kizu aru tsubasa; Niji to shura (朱を奪うもの/傷ある翼/虹と修羅)
1970 Yutaka Haniya for Black Horse In The Midst Of Darkness (Yami no naka no kuroi uma, 闇のなかの黒い馬)
1970 Yoshiyuki Junnosuke for The Dark Room (Anshitsu, 暗室)
1971 Noma Hiroshi for Seinen no wa (青年の環)
1972 Maruya Saiichi for A Singular Rebellion (Tatta hitori no hanran, たった一人の反乱)
1973 Kaga Otohiko for Kaerazaru natsu (帰らざる夏)
1974 Usui Yoshimi for Azumino (安曇野)
1975 Minakami Tsutomu for Ikkyū (一休)
1976 Fujieda Shizuo for Denshin ugaku (田紳有楽)
1977 Shimao Toshio for Hi no utsuroi (日の移ろい)
1978 Nakamura Shinichiro for Summer (Natsu, 夏)
1979 Tanaka Komimasa for Poroporo (ポロポロ)
1980 Kono Taeko for Ichinen no banka (一年の牧歌)
1981 Fukazawa Shichiro for Michinoku no ningyotachi (みちのくの人形たち)
1981 Goto Akio for Yoshinodayu (吉野大夫)
1982 Oba Minako for Katachi mo naku (寂兮寥兮)
1983 Furui Yoshikichi for Morning Glory (Asagao, 槿)
1984 Kuroi Senji for Life in the Cul-de-Sac (Gunsei, 群棲)
1984 Takai Yuichi for This Country's Sky (Kono kuni no sora, この国の空)
1985 Murakami Haruki for Hardboiled Wonderland and The End Of The World (Sekai no owari to haado boirudo wandaa rando, 世界の終わりとハードボイルド・ワンダーランド)
1986 Hino Keizo for Sakyu ga ugoku yo ni (砂丘が動くように)
1987 Tsutsui Yasutaka for Yumenokizaka bunkiten (夢の木坂分岐点)
1988 no prize awarded
1989 no prize awarded
1990 Hayashi Kyoko for Yasurakani ima wa nemuri tamae (やすらかに今はねむり給え)
1991 Inoue Hisashi for Shanghai Moon (Shanhai Mūn, シャンハイムーン)
1992 Setouchi Jakucho for Hana ni toe (花に問え)
1993 Ikezawa Natsuki for The Fall of Macias Guili (Mashiasu giri no shikkyaku, マシアス・ギリの失脚)
1994 Tsujii Takashi for Rainbow Cove (Niji no misaki, 虹の岬)
1995 Tsuji Kunio for Saigyo kaden (西行花伝)
1996 no prize awarded
1997 Hosaka Kazushi for Kisetsu no kioku (季節の記憶)
1997 Miki Taku for Roji (路地)
1998 Tsushima Yuko for Mountain of Fire: Account of a Wild Monkey (Hi no yama - yamazaruki, 火の山―山猿記)
1999 Takagi Nobuko for Tokō no ki (透光の樹)
2000 Tsujihara Noboru for Yudotei Maruki (遊動亭円木)
2000 Murakami Ryu for A Symbiotic Parasite (Kyoseichu, 共生虫)
2001 Hiromi Kawakami for The Teacher’s Briefcase (Sensei no kaban, センセイの鞄)
2002 no prize awarded
2003 Tawada Yoko for Suspect On The Night Train (Yōgisha no yakōressha, 容疑者の夜行列車)
2004 Horie Toshiyuki for Yukinuma and Its Environs (Yukinuma to sono shūhen, 雪沼とその周辺)
2005 Machida Ko for Confession (Kokuhaku, 告白)
2005 Yamada Eimi for Wonderful Flavor (Fūmizekka, 風味絶佳)
2006 Ogawa Yōko for Meena's March (Mīna no Koushin, ミーナの行進)
2007 Seirai Yuichi for Bakushin (爆心)