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Noma Literary Prize
The Noma Literary Prize (''Noma Bungei Shō'') was established in 1941 by the Noma Service Association (''Noma Hōkō Kai'') in accordance with the last wishes of Seiji Noma (1878–1938), founder and first president of the Kodansha publishing company. It is awarded by the Noma Cultural Foundation, the largest single shareholder in Kodansha. The Noma Literary Prize has been awarded annually to an outstanding new work published in Japan between October and the following September. The Noma Prize includes a commemorative plaque and a cash award of 3 million yen. It is one in a series of Noma Prizes. Sponsorship Prize (1941–1946) Noma Literary Prize (1941–present) An archive of past prize winners is maintained by Kodansha. Noma Literary New Face Prize (1979–present) An archive of past prize winners is maintained by Kodansha is a Japanese privately held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kodansha publishes manga magazines which include ''Nakayosh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Literary Award
A literary award or literary prize is an award presented in recognition of a particularly lauded Literature, literary piece or body of work. It is normally presented to an author. Organizations Most literary awards come with a corresponding award ceremony. Many awards are structured with one organization (usually a non-profit organization) as the presenter and public face of the award, and another organization as the financial sponsor or backer, who pays the prize remuneration and the cost of the ceremony and public relations, typically a Sponsor (commercial), corporate sponsor who may sometimes attach their name to the award (such as the Orange Prize). Types of awards There are awards for various writing formats including poetry and novels. Many awards are also dedicated to a certain genre of fiction or non-fiction writing (such as science fiction or politics). There are also awards dedicated to works in individual languages, such as the Miguel de Cervantes Prize (Spanish language, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kōda Rohan
, pen name , was a Japanese author. His daughter, Aya Kōda, was also a noted author who often wrote about him. Kōda wrote "The Icon of Liberty", also known as "The Buddha of Art" or "The Elegant Buddha", in 1889. A house (Kagyu-an or "snail cottage") in which Kōda lived was rebuilt in 1972 by the Meiji Mura museum. Kōda was one of the first persons to be awarded the Order of Culture when it was established in 1937. Early life Rohan was born in the Kanda District of Tokyo. He went to Hibiya High School and Aoyama Gakuin, but he did not graduate from both schools. He was the son of Kōda Shigenobu (1839?--1914) and Kōda Yu (1842?-1919), whose father was Kōda Ritei, a samurai official serving under the local daimyō. Rohan's childhood name was Tetsushirō ("shirō" implying the fourth son) Shigeyuki. Notable short stories *"Dewdrops" (1889) *"Love Bodhisattva" (1889) *" Encounter with a Skull" (1890) *"A Sealed Letter" (1890) *"The Five-Storied Pagoda" (1891) (transl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kazuo Hirotsu
was a Japanese novelist, literary critic and translator active in the Shōwa period. Early life Hirotsu was born in the Ushigome neighborhood in Tokyo as the second son of the noted novelist Hirotsu Ryurō, whose pupils included Kafū Nagai.'' The A to Z of Modern Japanese Literature and Theater'', page 34-35 He had problems completing Azabu Middle School due to poor health and his complete incompetence in mathematics. At the time he was also working part-time delivering newspapers, and his inability to add often meant that his parents had to make up for the short-fall in his accounts. Literary career However, Hirotsu did show a talent for literature from an early age. His literary debut came with a short story submitted to a contest in a newspaper when he was 17 years old. The story won a prize of 10 Yen, which was a reasonable sum of money in 1908. While attending Waseda University Hirotsu started submitting articles to various literary journals. One of his classmates at W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kazuo Ozaki
is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a forward. He made 17 appearances for the Japan national team scoring three goals. Club career Ozaki was born in Tokyo on March 7, 1960. After graduating from high school, he joined Mitsubishi Motors in 1978. In 1978, the club won all three major title in Japan; Japan Soccer League, JSL Cup and Emperor's Cup. The club also won 1980 Emperor's Cup, 1981 JSL Cup and 1982 Japan Soccer League. He was also selected Japanese Footballer of the Year awards in 1982. In July 1983, Ozaki moved to Germany and joined Arminia Bielefeld. He was the second Japanese to play in the Bundesliga after Yasuhiko Okudera. In 1985, Arminia Bielefeld was relegated to 2. Bundesliga. From 1988, he played at FC St. Pauli (1988–89) and TuRU Düsseldorf (1989–90). In 1990, Ozaki returned to Japan and joined Mitsubishi Motors (later ''Urawa Reds''). He moved to Verdy Kawasaki in 1993. He retired in 1994. International career In August 1979, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Yasushi Inoue
was a Japanese writer of novels, short stories, poetry and essays, noted for his historical and autobiographical fiction. His most acclaimed works include '' The Bullfight'' (''Tōgyū'', 1949), ''The Roof Tile of Tempyō'' (''Tenpyō no iraka'', 1957) and ''Tun-huang'' (''Tonkō'', 1959). Biography Inoue was born into a family of physicians in Asahikawa, Hokkaido in 1907, and later raised in Yugashima, Izu, Shizuoka Prefecture. He was born in Hokkaido but is from Shizuoka Prefecture. In his essay "Hometown Izu", he wrote, "I was born in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, but in the yearbooks and directories, most of my birthplace is Shizuoka Prefecture. When I write it myself, I write it separately from Asahikawa as my place of birth and Shizuoka Prefecture as my birthplace...". In My History of Self-Formation, he wrote, "It seems safe to assume that Izu, where I spent my childhood, was my true hometown, and that everything that would form the basis of my person was created here." During h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Tomie Ōhara
Tomie Ōhara was a Japanese novelist. She is best known for her novel ''A Woman Called En''. Early life and education Ōhara was born in Kochi, Japan on September 28, 1912. Her father was the principal of an elementary school and had an extensive library that she was welcome to read in. Her mother died when she was 10 years old. She studied at Kochi Joshi Shihan Gakko from 1927 to 1930 but dropped out when she contracted tuberculosis. She did not leave the sanatorium until 1938. Career Ōhara's writing career began when she was recovering from tuberculosis in the sanatorium. She finished writing her first story in 1935. However, she only began gaining attention as a writer with her 1938 story , which was shortlisted for the Akutagawa Prize. She then became a member of the Bungei Shuto magazine in 1941, after moving to Tokyo. Her tuberculosis recurred in 1955 and lasted until 1957. She published a short story collection in 1957 titled , which won the Women's Literature Award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Shōtarō Yasuoka
was a Japanese writer. Biography Yasuoka was born in pre-war Japan in Kōchi, Kōchi, but as the son of a veterinary corpsman in the Imperial Army, he spent most of his youth moving from one military post to another. In 1944, he was conscripted and served briefly overseas. After the war, he became ill with spinal caries, and it was "while he was bedridden with this disease that he began his writing career." Yasuoka died in his home at age 92 in Tokyo, Japan. Awards As an influential Japanese writer, Yasuoka's work has won him various prizes and awards. Notably, he received the Akutagawa Prize for ''Inki na tanoshimi'' (''A Melancholy Pleasure'', 1953) and ''Warui nakama'' (''Bad Company'', 1953); ''Kaihen no kōkei'' (''A View by the Sea'', 1959) won him the Noma Literary Prize; and his ''Maku ga orite kara'' (''After the Curtain Fell'', 1967) won the Mainichi Cultural Prize. He also received the Yomiuri Literary Prize for ''Hate mo nai dōchūki'' (''The Never-ending Trave ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Hideo Kobayashi
was a Japanese author, who established literary criticism as an independent art form in Japan. Early life Kobayashi was born in the Kanda district of Tokyo, where his father was a noted engineer who introduced European diamond polishing technology to Japan, and who invented a ruby-based phonograph needle. Kobayashi studied French literature at Tokyo Imperial University, where his classmates included Hidemi Kon and Tatsuji Miyoshi. He met Chūya Nakahara in April 1925, with whom he quickly became close friends, but in November of the same year, began living together with Nakahara's former mistress, the actress Yasuko Hasegawa. Kobayashi graduated in March 1928, and soon after moved to Osaka for a few months before moving to Nara, where he stayed at the home of Naoya Shiga from May 1928. His relationship with Yasuko Hasegawa ended around this time. In September 1929, he submitted an article to a contest held by the literary journal '' Kaizō,'' and won second place. Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Chiyo Uno
was a Japanese author and kimono designer, known for her significant contributions to Japanese fashion, film, and literature. Early years Uno was born in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi. In 1915, she was fired from her job as a teacher's assistant for having an affair with a colleague. In 1919, she married her cousin, a banker named Fujimara Tadashi. Her initial literary success came in 1921 when she was awarded a prize for her short story , or ''Painted Face.'' After receiving the award, Uno left Tadashi and moved to Tokyo. During the 1920s, Uno was influenced by American and European cultures, reflecting the broader fascination with Western styles among Japanese youth of the time. In 1927, she became one of the first women in Japan to adopt the bobbed hairstyle popularized by flappers. Embracing a free-spirited lifestyle, Uno sought to embody the "modern girl" () distancing herself from traditional roles. She became involved in Tokyo's Bohemian circles, forming relationships with write ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Fumiko Enchi
Fumiko Ueda (上田 富美, ''Ueda Fumiko''; 2 October 1905 – 12 November 1986), known by her pen name , was a Japanese writer and playwright known for her explorations into the ideas of sexuality, gender, human identity (philosophy), identity, and spirituality. She is considered one of the most prominent women's writing (literary category), women writers of Shōwa period Japan. Early life Fumiko Ueda was born in Asakusa, Tokyo, the second daughter of University of Tokyo, Tokyo Imperial University Linguistics, linguist and professor and his wife Tsuruko. Her father served as president of Kokugakuin University, was a member of the House of Peers (Japan), House of Peers, and was later credited with establishing the foundations of modern Japanese linguistics. Her family also included her paternal grandmother Ine, elder brother Hisashi, elder sister Chiyo, as well as maids, houseboys, a wet nurse, and a rickshaw driver and his wife. Of poor health as a child, she was unable to att ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Shigeru Tonomura
was a Japanese author of I novels. Kanji of his real name was 外村 茂, but it was the same reading as the pen name. Tonomura was born into a conservative merchant's family in Shiga Prefecture and raised by devout parents who believed in Pure Land Buddhism. After graduation from the University of Tokyo with a degree in economics, he took over the family business as a wholesale cotton merchant. His house in Gokashōkondō-chō, Higashiōmi, is now a museum that reflects Ōmi Province merchant life. In 1933, Tonomura handed over control of the business to his brother and began to write seriously. He received the 1956 Noma Literary Prize for ''Ikada'' (筏) and the 1960 Yomiuri Prize The is a literary award in Japan. The prize was founded in 1949 by the Yomiuri Shimbun Company to help form a "strong cultural nation". The winner is awarded two million Japanese yen and an inkstone. Award categories For the first two years, ... for ''Miotsukushi'' (澪標). Tonomura was go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
