Murasaki Shikibu Prize

The Murasaki Shikibu Prize (Japanese: 紫式部文学賞, romanized: Murasaki Shikibu bungaku shō) is a Japanese literary award awarded annually to an outstanding piece of literature in Japanese by a female author. It was established in 1991 by the city of Uji in Kyoto Prefecture in honor of Murasaki Shikibu's deep connection to the city of Uji. It awards a cash prize of 2 million yen, as well as a bronze statuette.[1]

Murasaki Shikibu

Winners
Year Author Title Japanese title Publisher Date of publication
1991 Akiko Ishimaru Princess Shikishi 式子内親王伝――面影びとは法然 The Asahi Shimbun Company December 1989
1992 Kaori Ekuni Twinkle Twinkle[2] きらきらひかる Shinchosha May 1991
1993 Michiko Ishimure Sixteenth Night's Bridge[3] 十六夜橋 Komichi Shobo Publishing May 1992
1994 Keiko Iwasaka From a Nearby Town to the Yodo River 淀川にちかい町から Kodansha October 1993
1995 Banana Yoshimoto Amrita アムリタ Fukutake Publishing Co., Ltd. January 1994
1996 Sumie Tanaka Dealing with Husbands 夫の始末 Kodansha October 1995
1997 Kiyoko Murata Crab Woman[4] 蟹女 Bungeishunjū June 1996
1998 Fumi Saito Fumi Saito, Collected Poems 1928-1993 齋藤史全歌集 1928-1993 Daiwa Shobo May 1997
1999 Hiromi Kawakami God's Bear[5] 神様 Chuokoron-Shinsha, Inc. September 1998
2000 Kazuko Saegusa The City of Kazuko 薬子の京 Kodansha January 1999
2001 Taeko Tomioka Chōkū Shaku's Notebooks 釋迢空ノート Iwanami Shoten Publishers October 2000
2002 Yuko Kawano Walk: Yuko Kawano's Collected Poems 歩く 河野裕子歌集 Seijisha October 2001
2003 Minako Oba The Diary of Urayasu Songs[6] 浦安うた日記 Sakuhinsha December 2002
2004 Machi Tawara To Love the Tale of Genji 愛する源氏物語 Bungeishunjū July 2003
2005 Yūko Tsushima The Nara Report[7] ナラ・レポート Bungeishunjū September 2004
2006 Kaho Nashiki Out of the Swampy Woods[8] 沼地のある森を抜けて Shinchosha August 2005
2007 Akiko Baba The World of Setsuwa 歌説話の世界 Kodansha April 2006
2008 Hiromi Itō The Thorn Puller: New Tales of

the Sugamo Jizō[9]

 とげ抜き 新巣鴨地蔵縁起 Kodansha June 2007
2009 Natsuo Kirino The Goddess Chronicle[2] 女神記 Kadokawa Shoten November 2008
2010 Mieko Kawakami Heaven ヘヴン Kodansha September 2009
2011 Yoko Tawada The Nun and Cupid's Bow[10] 尼僧とキューピッドの弓 Kodansha July 2010
2012 Kunie Iwahashi A Critical Biography of Yaeko Nogami:

Escape the Maze to the Forest

 評伝 野上彌生子――迷路を抜けて森へ Shinchosha September 2011
2013 Mari Akasaka Tokyo Prison 東京プリズン Kawade Shobō Shinsha July 2012
2014 Mayumi Mori Bluestocking Adventures:

The Making of Collected Women's Magazines

 『青鞜』の冒険

女が集まって雑誌をつくるということ

 Heibonsha June 2013
2015 Aiko Satō Curfew 晩鐘 Bungeishunjū December 2014
2016 Toshiko Hirada Freedom's Joke 戯れ言の自由 Shichosha October 2015
2017 Kikuko Tsumura Brazil, the Wandering Ghost 浮遊霊ブラジル Bungeishunjū October 2016
2018 Shion Mizuhara Epistole えぴすとれー Hon'ami Shoten November 2017
2019 Kayoko Yamazaki Bread and Wild Strawberries:

Memories of Foods in Serbia under Fire[11]

 パンと野いちご 戦火のセルビア、食物の記憶 Bungeishunjū May 2018
2020 Kyoko Nakajima Dreams of the Imperial Library 夢見る帝国図書館 Bungeishunjū May 2019
2021 Natsuko Kuroda Suite: Forgotten Future Business [12] 組曲　わすれこうじ Shinchosha May 2020

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