Japanese Literary Awards

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daigaku dokushojin taishō

Edition 2 (2009)

Literature

Winners

6 people
Maijo Otarō まいじょう おうたろう grand prize

A novel in which the story of a writer who has lost his beloved intertwines with the act of writing itself. With excessive verbal speed, it confronts loss, love, and the limits of fiction.

The repeated words of love may not reach the dead, but they keep the story moving.

194 pages
lovelosswriting
Koroku Inumura いぬむら ころく 2nd place

とある飛空士への追憶 is a ライトノベル by 犬村小六. As an award-recognized work, it concentrates the author's concerns and explores its subject through a distinctive style.

とある飛空士への追憶 condenses the author's central concerns behind its brief title.

344 pages
memorylanguagerelationships
Tsunehiro Uno うの つねひろ 3rd place

ゼロ年代の想像力 is a 批評 by 宇野常寛. As an award-recognized work, it concentrates the author's concerns and explores its subject through a distinctive style.

ゼロ年代の想像力 condenses the author's central concerns behind its brief title.

352 pages
memorylanguagerelationships
Tanaka Romio たなか ろみお 4th place

AURA 〜魔竜院光牙最後の闘い〜 is a 青春小説 by 田中ロミオ. As an award-recognized work, it concentrates the author's concerns and explores its subject through a distinctive style.

AURA 〜魔竜院光牙最後の闘い〜 condenses the author's central concerns behind its brief title.

360 pages
memorylanguagerelationships
Keigo Higashino ひがしの けいご 5th place

A mystery in which a genius mathematician’s perfect crime to protect his neighbor confronts a physicist’s reasoning. Logical elegance and unrewarded love meet sharply at the ending.

At the center of the unsolved puzzle lies an act of profound devotion.

360 pages
mysterydevotionmathematics
Minato Kanae みなと かなえ 6th place

告白 is a ミステリー小説 by 湊かなえ. As an award-recognized work, it concentrates the author's concerns and explores its subject through a distinctive style.

告白 condenses the author's central concerns behind its brief title.

268 pages
memorylanguagerelationships