Izumi Kyoka Literary Award いずみきょうかぶんがくしょう
Edition 31 (2003)
Literary awardNovelPlay
Winners
2 peopleA novel about a woman scholar pursuing the mystery of a lost chapter of The Tale of Genji, blending romance, classical literature, and stylistic play.
A novel about a woman scholar pursuing the mystery of a lost chapter of The Tale of Genji, blending romance, classical literature, and stylistic play.
434 pages
award-winning workcontemporary literature
A long novel that uses the lives and deaths of women from an elite school to examine beauty, class, sexuality, and resentment.
A long novel that uses the lives and deaths of women from an elite school to examine beauty, class, sexuality, and resentment.
536 pages
award-winning workcontemporary literature