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Akutagawa Prize あくたがわりゅうのすけしょう

Edition 1 (1935)

Pure literatureNew talent awardShort story / Medium-length story

Winners

1 people
Tatsuzō Ishikawa いしかわ たつぞう award

Sōbō is a work by Tatsuzō Ishikawa and the winner of the first Akutagawa Prize. Set against the reality of Japanese migration to Brazil, it depicts the anxieties and hardships of people leaving their homeland.

From the perspective of people crossing the sea as migrants, the work portrays lives placed at the margins of society.

migration to Brazilsociety and the individualmodern Japanese literaturepovertymigration