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Akutagawa Prize あくたがわりゅうのすけしょう

Edition 172 (2024, held 2 times in year)

Pure literatureNew talent awardShort story / Medium-length story

Winners

2 people
Hose Ando あんどう ほせ award

DTOPIA is a novel by Jose Ando. Set in a Polynesian dating reality show, it follows men from different countries competing for one woman and the viewers consuming the program. It received the 172nd Akutagawa Prize.

Through reality-show contestants and viewers, the novel examines the violence of consuming other people's stories.

160 pages
dating reality televisiongender and racethe consumption of stories
Yui Suzuki すずき ゆい award

Goethe Said Everything begins when Tōichi Hiroba, a renowned Goethe scholar, encounters a quotation he does not recognize at a family dinner. His search for the source of the words printed on a tea-bag tag leads him through his scholarly memories and into questions about the meaning of research and creation.

A scholar's pursuit of an unfamiliar Goethe quotation opens into questions of learning and creation.

192 pages
Goethequotation and source textsscholarshipcreationmemory