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Japan Fantasy Novel Grand Award にほんファンタジーノベルたいしょう

Edition 5 (1993)

Fantasy novel

Winners

4 people
Tetsuya Sato さとう てつや grand prize

Winner of the 5th Japan Fantasy Novel Award. It is a fantasy novel with an ancient, almost mythical worldview and a dialogue-driven style.

An unusual fantasy filled with wordplay, centered on the rise and fall of the fictional kingdom of Irahai.

317 pages
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Takenori Nanjo なんじょう たけのり excellence award

酒仙 is recorded as a prize work, but no standalone book publication could be confirmed.

Details about 酒仙 remain in award records.

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Fuyumi Ono おの ふゆみ nominee

A mystery centered on 東亰異聞, in which events and secrets gradually come to light.

Quiet dissonance gradually shapes the outline of the case.

342 pages
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Riku Onda おんだ りく nominee

In a town where a candy-based charm becomes fashionable, rumors begin to eat into reality. A coming-of-age fantasy that captures adolescent anxiety and the claustrophobia of a closed world.

Rumor wears the face of a game before entering reality.

341 pages
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