Japanese Literary Awards

← Back to Nihon Essayist Club Award

Nihon Essayist Club Award にほんエッセイスト・クラブしょう

Edition 13 (1965)

Essay

Winners

3 people
Tazu Sasaki ささき たづ award

Roberta, Saa Arukimashou is Sasaki Tazu's account of losing her sight and living with her guide dog Roberta. Rather than reducing hardship to sentiment, it quietly conveys support, independence, and the will to move forward.

A work about finding the strength to walk again through fear, blindness, and the companionship of a guide dog.

266 pages
guide dogblindnessindependencechildren's literaturecompanionship
阪田貞之 さかた さだゆき award

Ressha Dia no Hanashi is a Chuko Shinsho volume in which Sakata Sadayuki explains railway timetables and their logic for general readers. It explores line capacity, train operation, and the design thinking behind timetables as familiar railway problems.

An introductory book that explains the technology and design thinking behind railway timetables.

179 pages
railwaystimetablesschedulingtransport engineeringChuko Shinsho
Shigeru Akiyoshi あきよし しげる award

Bijo to Nezumi to Kamigami no Shima is Akiyoshi Shigeru's nonfiction work set on an island. It layers local mythic atmosphere, everyday life, and an outsider's gaze to portray the island's society and culture.

A nonfiction work that brings together island myth, daily life, and the shock of cultural encounter.

islandfolk culturetravel writingmythnonfiction