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Mishima Yukio Award みしまゆきおしょう

Edition 19 (2006)

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Winners

5 people
Hideo Furukawa ふるかわ ひでお award

Set in Tokyo, this ensemble novel follows displaced young people, a killer, and stray cats as their lives intersect in a fast-moving style.

LOVE is a work with a distinctive character worthy of its award recognition.

329 pages
Tokyoyouth ensemblelossrenewal
Ishii Shinji いしい しんじ nominee

A mythic novel about Poe, a boy born in a town of muddy rivers and bridges, who learns the world through encounters with thieves and strange beings.

ポーの話 is a work with a distinctive character worthy of its award recognition.

435 pages
fablecoming of ageriverrebirth
Kenta Nishimura にしむら けんた nominee

A contemporary I-novel portraying a man living in poverty and distortion while sustaining himself through devotion to Seizo Fujisawa.

どうで死ぬ身の一踊り is a work with a distinctive character worthy of its award recognition.

200 pages
I-novelpovertyliterary obsessionoutcast life
Takako Miyazaki みやざき ようこ nominee

A short story collection that depicts the pain, sweat, and impulses of young people and girls in an urgent pop-inflected style.

少女@ロボット is a work with a distinctive character worthy of its award recognition.

256 pages
youthgirlsphysical sensationshort stories
Shiro Maeda まえだ しろう nominee

A novel set in Tokyo under alien occupation, depicting precarious everyday life and the dislocation of romance.

恋愛の解体と北区の滅亡 is a work with a distinctive character worthy of its award recognition.

191 pages
Tokyoromancealiensuneasy everyday life