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Rekishi Gunzo Grand Award れきしぐんぞうたいしょう

Edition 19 (2013)

Simulation novelsWar chronicle novelsHistorical novelsPeriod novels

Winners

5 people
勢田春介 せだ はるすけ excellence award

紀文の料理人 by 勢田春介 was recognized by the 歴史群像大賞. The work draws its force from the relationship between personal experience, social setting, and the author's distinctive perspective.

紀文の料理人 places human experience and the atmosphere of its time at the center of the work.

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Ryo Minowa みのわ りょう honorable mention

うつろ屋軍師 by 簑輪諒 was recognized by the 歴史群像大賞. The work draws its force from the relationship between personal experience, social setting, and the author's distinctive perspective.

うつろ屋軍師 places human experience and the atmosphere of its time at the center of the work.

338 pages
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大谷春介 おおたに はるすけ honorable mention

真田剣忍帳 by 大谷春介 was recognized by the 歴史群像大賞. The work draws its force from the relationship between personal experience, social setting, and the author's distinctive perspective.

真田剣忍帳 places human experience and the atmosphere of its time at the center of the work.

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小佐一成 こさ かずなり encouragement award

Strategic Raiding Fleet, Sortie! is an alternate naval war novel that places a fictional decisive-fleet strategy within the prewar Japanese navy. Centered on the sortie of the Third Air Raiding Fleet, it follows strategic tension and battle around Midway.

A new plan for a decisive fleet battle begins to move the Pacific battlefield.

229 pages
alternate war historyPacific WarBattle of Midwaynaval strategyRekishi Gunzo Shinsho
金子カズミ かねこ かずみ encouragement award

Sentinels of the Deep is an alternate military novel built around the new strategic submarine Kaiou. Through its missions and crew, it portrays near-future military technology and international tension beneath the sea.

A new submarine hidden in the deep threatens to break the balance of war.

212 pages
alternate war historysubmarinenaval warfaremilitary technologyRekishi Gunzo Shinsho