Akutagawa Prize

Akutagawa Prize

▪ Japanese literary prize
Japanese  Akutagawa Ryūnosuke Shō 

      Japanese literary prize awarded semiannually for the best work of fiction by a promising new Japanese writer. The prize is generally considered, along with the Naoki Prize (for the best work of popular fiction), Japan's most prestigious and sought-after literary award. Novellas win the prize more frequently than do full-length novels.

      The Akutagawa Prize was created in 1935 by the founding editor of the magazine Bungei Shunjū, Kikuchi Kan, to honour the memory of Akutagawa Ryūnosuke, a greatly esteemed writer who had committed suicide in 1927. The prize was awarded from 1935 to 1944 and again from 1949.

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