Bungei Prize
# Bungei Prize

The Bungei Prize (文藝賞, Bungeishō) is a Japanese literary award given by publishing company Kawade Shobō Shinsha. It was first awarded in 1962. The award is intended to recognize new writers, and several famous Japanese writers have won the award, but many Bungei Prize winners have not achieved any further literary recognition.

## Notable winners

Kawade Shobō Shinsha maintains a complete official list of winning works.

| Number (Eligible Year) | Winner | Winning Work | Author later won |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1st (1962) | Kazumi Takahashi | Hinoutsuwa (悲の器) | |
| 1st (1962) | Meisei Goto | Honorable mention for Kankei (関係) | Tanizaki Prize |
| 2nd (1963) | Kazuko Saegusa | Honorable mention for Sōsō no asa (葬送の朝) | Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature |
| 16th (1979) | Katsusuke Miyauchi | Nanpū (南風) | Yomiuri Prize, Itō Sei Literary Prize |
| 17th (1980) | Yasuo Tanaka | Somehow, Crystal (なんとなく、クリスタル, Nantonaku, kurisutaru) | |
| 20th (1983) | Masayo Yamamoto | Ōi tantanroku (応為坦坦錄) | Mishima Yukio Prize |
| 22nd (1985) | Amy Yamada | Bedtime Eyes (ベッドタイムアイズ) | Naoki Prize, Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature, Yomiuri Prize, Tanizaki Prize |
| 24th (1987) | Jūgi Hisama | Honorable mention for Money Game (マネーゲーム) | Mishima Yukio Prize |
| 25th (1988) | Mayumi Nagano | Shōnen Arisu (少年アリス) | Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature, Noma Literary Prize |
| 26th (1989) | Sunao Ashihara | YES・YES・YES | Naoki Prize |
| 32nd (1995) | Takami Itō | Joshuseki nite, guruguru dansu o odotte (助手席にて、グルグル・ダンスを踊って) | Akutagawa Prize |
| 34th (1997) | Seigō Suzuki | Radio Days (ラジオデイズ) | Mishima Yukio Prize |
| 34th (1997) | Tomoyuki Hoshino | Saigo no toiki (最後の吐息) | Mishima Yukio Prize, Noma Literary New Face Prize |
| 35th (1998) | Maki Kashimada | Nihiki (二匹) | Mishima Yukio Prize, Noma Literary New Face Prize, Akutagawa Prize |
| 37th (2000) | Akira Kuroda | Made in Japan (メイドインジャパン) | |
| 38th (2001) | Risa Wataya | Install (インストール) | Akutagawa Prize |
| 40th (2003) | Keisuke Hada | 黒冷水 (黒冷水, Kokureisui) | Akutagawa Prize |
| 41st (2004) | Nao-Cola Yamazaki | Hito no sekkusu o warauna (人のセックスを笑うな) | Shimase Award for Love Stories |
| 42nd (2005) | Nanae Aoyama | Mado no akari (窓の灯) | Akutagawa Prize |
| 54th (2017) | Chisako Wakatake | Ora ora de hitori igumo (おらおらでひとりいぐも) | Akutagawa Prize |
| 56th (2019) | Haruka Tono | Kairyō (改良) | Akutagawa Prize |
