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Yomiuri Literary Award よみうりぶんがくしょう

Edition 21 (1969)

NovelPlay/ScreenplayEssay/TravelogueCriticism/BiographyPoetry/HaikuResearch/Translation

Winners

2 people
Kou Haruto award

一條の光 is a 小説 by 耕治人. It follows human lives shaped by memory, social pressure, and the atmosphere of postwar Japan, presenting its subject through a restrained but persistent narrative voice.

一條の光 looks closely at pain, endurance, and will under the shadows of its time.

251 pages
agingfamilyfaith
Tan Onuma award

懐中時計 is a 短編集 by 小沼丹. It follows human lives shaped by memory, social pressure, and the atmosphere of postwar Japan, presenting its subject through a restrained but persistent narrative voice.

懐中時計 looks closely at pain, endurance, and will under the shadows of its time.

memory日常solitude