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Edition 33 (1985)

Essay

Winners

3 people
Chieko Seki せき ちえこ award

Hiroshima Daini Kenjo Ninen Nishigumi is documentary literature by Chieko Seki. It traces the classmates who died in the atomic bombing and reconstructs each life and death.

A memorial record that traces the names and lives of lost classmates decades later.

227 pages
Hiroshimaatomic bombingdocumentary literature
Kitakoji Ken きたこうじ けん award

Komonjo no Omoshirosa is an essayistic guide by Ken Kitakoji. It conveys the pleasure of reading old documents and the human lives behind historical materials in accessible prose.

Behind old handwriting, the book reads the texture of lives and history.

269 pages
old documentshistoryessays
Shunji Shimizu しみず しゅんじ award

Eiga Jimaku Goju Nen is Shunji Shimizu's memoir and record of film subtitling. It follows the practice of subtitle translation alongside changes in film culture.

A half-century account of how subtitles connected films and audiences.

360 pages
film subtitlestranslationfilm history