Akutagawa Prize あくたがわりゅうのすけしょう
Edition 22 (1949, held 2 times in year)
Pure literatureNew talent awardShort story / Medium-length story
Winners
1 peopleBullfighting is a novel by Yasushi Inoue. Set amid the upheaval after World War II, it follows a newspaper reporter pursuing a bullfighting event, and received the 22nd Akutagawa Prize.
A novel about a newspaper reporter working to stage a bullfighting event.
240 pages
postwar societyjournalismambition and solitude