Japanese Literary Awards

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Kodansha Essay Award こうだんしゃエッセイしょう

Edition 2 (1986)

EssayLiterary award

Winners

2 people
Junnosuke Yoshiyuki よしゆき じゅんのすけ award

An autobiographical account in which Junnosuke Yoshiyuki describes being diagnosed with cataracts and regaining sight through intraocular lens surgery. It records bodily change, anxiety about medical treatment, and the recovery of vision in concrete detail.

A writer losing his sight reconsiders the meaning of seeing through surgery and recovery.

196 pages
medical experiencevisionagingthe body
Tamio Kageyama かげやま たみお award

Tamio Kageyama's essay collection One Fine Mess: The World Is Slapstick. Against the background of television, entertainment, and urban life, it portrays social confusion with nimble prose and a slapstick sensibility.

An essay collection that captures the noise of society with the tempo of comedy and critique.

239 pages
essaystelevision culturecity lifehumor