Bungei (magazine)

Bungei (Japanese文艺) is a published since 1930 Journal of Literature and Fiction. The magazine first appeared in 1930 in Kaizōsha publisher. 1944 took over the Kawade Shobo publishing the magazine. With the renaming of the publisher Kawade Shobo Shinsha in 1957, the magazine was initially set. Five years later, in 1962, the Bungei was reprinted and published monthly until 1980. Since 1980 she has published quarterly.

The publisher has awarded since the 1962 edition every year in November the Bungei Prize (文艺 赏, Bungeishō ). Current editor in chief since 2011 Ikezawa Natsuki.

The Bungei heard next Gunzo (群像) Shincho (新潮) Bungakukai (文学界) and Subaru (すばる) to the 5 major literary magazines in Japan.

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  • Kawade Shobo Shinsha publishing website (Japanese)
  • Literature (Japanese)
  • Literary magazine (Japan)
  • First publication in 1930
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