Japanese Literary Awards

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Novel Grand Award のべるたいしょう

Edition 22 (1993, held 2 times in year)

Novel

Winners

3 people
Izumi Kayano grand prize

A quiet novel built around scenes of rain. It follows loneliness, emotional change, and the possibility of beginning again through a subdued narrative voice.

雨のなかへ is an award-winning work that concentrates 茅野泉’s style and central concerns.

rainlonelinessrenewal
花宗冬馬 honorable mention

A novel whose title invokes an old expression for a matchmaker. It frames love and human encounters through the cool imagery of moonlight.

月下氷人 is an award-winning work that concentrates 花宗冬馬’s style and central concerns.

lovefatehuman bonds
緑川七央 readers grand prize

A reflective novel centered on boundaries. It depicts people moving between self and other, the ordinary and the extraordinary, conviction and doubt.

境界のテーゼ is an award-winning work that concentrates 緑川七央’s style and central concerns.

boundariesself and otherreflection