Yomiuri Prize

The Yomiuri Prize for Literature (Japanese読 売 文学 赏, Yomiuri bungaku - shō ) is a Japanese literary prize, which is awarded by the Yomiuri Newspaper since 1949. The price was intended to assist after the defeat in the Second World War a new boom of Japanese literature. It is awarded annually in the following six categories:

The award recognizes works that have appeared within one year prior to the ceremony. The winners will be determined by a selection committee and get next to a rubbing stone as a symbolic award a prize of two million yen ( € 14,000, as of April 7, 2014 ).

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Fiction

Drama / screenplays

Reviews / Biographies

Poetry / Haiku

Research / translations

Essays / travelogues

Selection Committee

Members of the selection committee of the Yomiuri Literature Award are:

  • Ikezawa Natsuki
  • Inoue Hisashi
  • Kanno Akimasa
  • Kawamoto Saburō
  • Jiro Kawamura
  • Numano Mitsuyoshi
  • Hirohiko Okano
  • Makoto Ooka
  • Tomioka Taeko
  • Tsushima Yuko
  • Masakazu Yamazaki
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