Gunzo Newcomer Literary Award ぐんぞうしんじんぶんがくしょう
Edition 28 (1985)
Pure literature
Winners
2 peopleA Bungei newcomer prize-winning novel that follows a young Zainichi Korean man in South Korea, tracing the shifts in his behavior and state of mind. Its quiet gaze leaves behind a lasting sense of uncertainty about identity.
A young man visits his ancestral homeland and reconsiders the outline of himself between two countries.
166 pages
ZainichiidentityKoreayoung adulthoodmovement
Yoshimeki Haruhiko's Bungei newcomer prize-winning work quietly brings a boy's memories and family into focus against the landscape of the American South. It was later included in Louisiana Kudachi.
The scenery of the South and a boy's memories slowly overlap.
274 pages
familycross-cultural lifethe American Southboyhoodmemory