Japanese Literary Awards

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daigaku dokushojin taishō

Edition 3 (2010)

Literature

Winners

5 people
Tomihiko Morimi もりみ とみひこ grand prize

A youthful romance following a black-haired maiden walking through Kyoto nights and the senior student pursuing her, as bars, used-book fairs, and a campus festival unfold fantastically. Encounters with eccentric people turn love and coincidence into a vivid celebration.

A youthful romance following a black-haired maiden walking through Kyoto nights and the senior student pursuing her, as bars, used-book fairs, and a campus festival unfold fantastically.

336 pages
Kyotoyouthful romancefantastic nightchains of coincidence
Arikawa Hiro ありかわ ひろ 2nd place

A story in which a woman takes in a young man who has collapsed outdoors and moves toward love through a life of gathering and cooking wild plants. Nearby nature, meals, and a shared life with secrets create a gentle romantic rhythm.

A story in which a woman takes in a young man who has collapsed outdoors and moves toward love through a life of gathering and cooking wild plants.

359 pages
野草料理同居生活恋愛日常の自然
Haruki Murakami むらかみ はるき 3rd place

A long novel in which Aomame and Tengo, living separate lives, draw closer in a subtly altered world. Religious communities, violence, and the power of storytelling expand the border between reality and the otherworldly.

A long novel in which Aomame and Tengo, living separate lives, draw closer in a subtly altered world.

554 pages
並行世界孤独な恋宗教と暴力物語の力
Kotaro Isaka いさか こうたろう 4th place

A novel that uses a fable-like voice to portray the birth and solitude of a genius baseball player. Expectations, worship, and unease around overwhelming talent illuminate one person's strangeness beyond the frame of sports fiction.

A novel that uses a fable-like voice to portray the birth and solitude of a genius baseball player.

221 pages
野球天才寓話solitude
Honobu Yonezawa よねざわ ほのぶ 5th place

A young adult mystery in which a boy visits a world where he was never born and faces the meaning of his family and his own existence. By comparing two realities, it quietly probes loss and self-understanding.

A young adult mystery in which a boy visits a world where he was never born and faces the meaning of his family and his own existence.

312 pages
別の世界家族自己認識青春ミステリ