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Bungakukai

ぶんがくかい

Bungakukai

Pen Names: Bungakukai Newcomer AwardNewcomer award hosted by Bungakukai

Profile

Gender
Unknown
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Literary magazine
Active Years
1933-

Awards

Bungakukai Newcomer Award
1955
Organization: Bungeishunju
Result: 主催

Awards & Nominations

Legacy

A literary magazine leading the field of Japanese pure literature, one of the five major literary magazines. It has introduced many new writers and is known as a publication for Akutagawa Prize candidate works.

Trivia

  • A historic literary magazine founded in 1933 by Bunkakōronsha.
  • Has hosted the Bungakukai Newcomer Award since 1955.
  • In 1938, a work by Jun Ishikawa published was banned during wartime censorship.
  • Started electronic publication with the September 2023 issue.