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Mainichi Publishing Culture Award まいにちしゅっぱんぶんかしょう

Edition 63 (2009)

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Winners

5 people

A long novel in which Aomame and Tengo, living separate lives, draw closer in a subtly altered world. Religious communities, violence, and the power of storytelling expand the border between reality and the otherworldly.

A long novel in which Aomame and Tengo, living separate lives, draw closer in a subtly altered world.

554 pages
並行世界孤独な恋宗教と暴力物語の力
Jun Tanaka award

政治の美学:権力と表象 is a work of criticism and research by 田中純. It centers on 思想と知の探究 and layers in 言葉と社会, showing the distinct qualities of an award-winning work.

政治の美学:権力と表象 is an important criticism and research work in the award history of 田中純.

620 pages
思想と知の探究言葉と社会criticism and research
藤井直敬 award

つながる脳 is a work of criticism and research by 藤井直敬. It centers on 思想と知の探究 and layers in 言葉と社会, showing the distinct qualities of an award-winning work.

つながる脳 is an important criticism and research work in the award history of 藤井直敬.

288 pages
思想と知の探究言葉と社会criticism and research
潁原退蔵 award

江戸時代語辞典 is a work of criticism and research by 潁原退蔵. It centers on 思想と知の探究 and layers in 言葉と社会, showing the distinct qualities of an award-winning work.

江戸時代語辞典 is an important criticism and research work in the award history of 潁原退蔵.

1344 pages
思想と知の探究言葉と社会criticism and research
Toyoko Yamasaki special award

運命の人 is a work of fiction by 山崎豊子. It centers on 人間関係 and layers in 地方文学, showing the distinct qualities of an award-winning work.

運命の人 is an important fiction work in the award history of 山崎豊子.

人間関係地方文学fiction