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Hirabayashi Taiko Literary Award ひらばやしたいこぶんがくしょう

Edition 12 (1984)

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Winners

4 people
Ryoko Umehara うめはら りょうこ award

四国山 is a 小説 by 梅原稜子. A literary work whose title evokes the landscape of Shikoku, portraying the overlap of place, memory, and human life.

四国山 is an award-recognized work that shows the qualities of 梅原稜子's writing and thought.

fictionmemory of placeShikoku
Seiji Tsutsumi つじい たかし award

いつもと同じ春 is a 小説 by 辻井喬. A literary work by Takashi Tsujii that sets the idea of an unchanged spring against shifts in society and personal perception.

いつもと同じ春 is an award-recognized work that shows the qualities of 辻井喬's writing and thought.

fictionspringsociety and the individual
Takeo Okuno おくの たけお award

“間”の構造 is a 評論 by 奥野健男. A critical work that takes ma, or interval, as its subject and considers distance, silence, and blank space as keys to understanding expression.

“間”の構造 is an award-recognized work that shows the qualities of 奥野健男's writing and thought.

criticismmaJapanese literature
Yoshiakira Shinjo しんじょう よしあき award

A biographical critical study centered on the marriage of Andre Gide and Madeleine. It follows the tensions among faith, desire, and artistic creation, reading the contradictions of their relationship as part of Gide’s inner history.

Through Gide and Madeleine, the book reads the light and shadow of modern literature.

328 pages
GideMadeleinemarriagefaithFrench literature