Naoki Prize
| Naoki Prize | |
|---|---|
| 直木三十五賞 (Naoki Sanjūgo Shō) | |
| Awarded for | Best work of popular literature by rising author |
| Date | August 10, 1935 |
| Country | Japan |
| Presented by | Society for the Promotion of Japanese Literature |
| First awarded | 1935 |
| Last awarded | 2020 |
| Website | www |
The Naoki Prize, officially Naoki Sanjugo Prize (直木三十五賞, Naoki Sanjūgo Shō), is a Japanese literary award presented biannually. It was created in 1935 by Kikuchi Kan, then editor of the Bungeishunjū magazine, and named in memory of novelist Naoki Sanjugo.[1] Sponsored by the Society for the Promotion of Japanese Literature, the award recognizes "the best work of popular literature in any format by a new, rising, or (reasonably young) established author."[2] The winner receives a watch and one million yen.[3]
Kikuchi founded the Naoki Prize with the Akutagawa Prize, which targets a new or rising author of literary fiction. The two prizes are viewed as "two sides of the same coin" and inseparable from one another. Because of the prestige associated with the Naoki Prize and the considerable attention the winner receives from the media, it, along with the Akutagawa Prize, is one of Japan's most sought after literary awards of recognition.[3][4]
Winners[]
Bungeishunjū maintains the official archive of past Naoki Prize winners.[5]
1st–100th[]
| 1935 | 1 | Matsutarō Kawaguchi | Tsuruhachi Tsurujirō (鶴八鶴次郎), Fūryū Fukagawa Uta (風流深川唄, lit. Song of the Refined Fuka River), Meiji Ichidai Onna (明治一代女, lit. Meiji Era Woman) |
| 2 | Yoshinochō Taiheiki (吉野朝太平記, lit. Chronicles of the Yoshino Era of Peace), etc. | ||
| 1936 | 3 | Chōgorō Kaionji | Tenshō Onna Gassen (天正女合戦, lit. Tenshō Women's Battle), Budō Denraiki (武道傳來記) |
| 4 | Jinsei no Ahō (人生の阿呆, lit. A Fool's Life) | ||
| 1937 | 5 | No prize awarded | |
| 6 | Masuji Ibuse | John Manjirō Hyōryūki (ジョン萬次郎漂流記, lit. The Drifting Chronicles of John Manjirō), etc. | |
| 1938 | 7 | Narin-denka e no Kaisō (ナリン殿下への回想, lit. Recollections of His Highness Narin) | |
| 8 | Kabuto (兜首, lit. Helmet), Akitaguchi no Kyōdai (秋田口の兄弟, lit. The Akitaguchi Siblings) | ||
| 1939 | 9 | No prize awarded | |
| 10 | No prize awarded | ||
| 1940 | 11 | Koyubi (小指, lit. Pinky Finger), etc. Gunji Yuubin (軍事郵便, lit. Military Postal Service) | |
| 12 | Genzō Murakami | Kazusa Fudoki (上総風土記), etc. | |
| 1941 | 13 | Unnan Shubihei (雲南守備兵, lit. Guards of the Southern Clouds) | |
| 14 | No prize awarded | ||
| 1942 | 15 | No prize awarded | |
| 16 | Gōjō Ichigo (強情いちご, lit. Stubborn Ichigo), etc. Kanyō (寛容, lit. Generosity), etc. | ||
| 1943 | 17 | No prize awarded | (Shūgorō Yamamoto's Nihon Fudōki (日本婦道記, lit. Chronicles of a Japanese Woman's Duties) was chosen, but he declined the prize.) |
| 18 | Yamahata (山畠), Ga to Sasabune (蛾と笹舟, lit. The Moth and the Toy Boat) | ||
| 1944 | 19 | Nyū Giniya Sangakusen (ニューギニヤ山岳戦, lit. New Guinea Mountain War) | |
| 20 | No prize awarded | ||
| 1949 | 21 | Omote (面, lit. Face), Irezumi (刺青, lit. Tattoo) | |
| 22 | Umi no Haien (海の廃園, lit. Abandoned Garden of the Sea) | ||
| 1950 | 23 | Hidemi Kon |
Tennō no Bōshi (天皇の帽子, lit. The Emperor's Hat) Shikkō Yūyo (執行猶予, lit. Stay of Execution) |
| 24 | Kazuo Dan | Chōgonka (長恨歌, lit. Chōgon Song) Shinsetsu Ishikawa Goemon (真説石川五右衛門, lit. True Theory Ishikawa Goemon) | |
| 1951 | 25 | Eigoya-san (英語屋さん, lit. Mr. English Shop), Taifū-san (颱風さん, lit. Mr. Typhoon), Gokurōsan (御苦労さん, lit. I Appreciate Your Hard Work) | |
| 26 | Juran Hisao Renzaburō Shibata |
Suzuki Mondo (鈴木主水) Iesu no Ei (イエスの裔, lit. Descendant of Jesus) | |
| 1952 | 27 | Tsumina Onna (罪な女, lit. Sinful Woman), etc. | |
| 28 | Hanran (叛乱, lit. Insurrection) | ||
| 1953 | 29 | No prize awarded | |
| 30 | No prize awarded | ||
| 1954 | 31 | Shūshin Miketsushū (終身未決囚, lit. Unconvicted Prisoner For Life) | |
| 32 | Haruo Umezaki |
Boroya no Shunjū (ボロ家の春秋, lit. Spring and Autumn of the Scrap Merchant) Takayasu Inu Monogatari (高安犬物語, lit. Takayasu Dog Story) | |
| 1955 | 33 | No prize awarded | |
| 34 | Jirō Nitta |
Gōrikiden (強力伝, lit. The Life of A Mountain Carrier) Honkon (香港, lit. Hong Kong) | |
| 1956 | 35 | Tōdaiki (燈台鬼, lit. Lighthouse Demon) Kabe no Hana (壁の花, lit. Wallflower) | |
| 36 | Oginsama (お吟さま) Kachigarasu (勝烏, lit. Victory Crows) | ||
| 1957 | 37 | Ruson no Tanima (ルソンの谷間, lit. Valley of the Luzon) | |
| 38 | No prize awarded | ||
| 1958 | 39 | Toyoko Yamasaki |
Hana Noren (花のれん, lit. Flower Shop Sign) Akai Yuki (赤い雪, lit. Red Snow) |
| 40 | Saburō Shiroyama |
Sōkaiya Kinjō (総会屋錦城, lit. Extortionist Kinjō) Ochiru (落ちる, lit. Fall Down) | |
| 1959 | 41 | Yumie Hiraiwa |
Mabechigawa (馬淵川) Taganeshi (鏨師, lit. Master Engraver) |
| 42 | Ryōtarō Shiba |
Fukurō no Shiro (梟の城, Owls' Castle) Danjūrō Seppuku Jiken (團十郎切腹事件, lit. The Danjūrō Seppuku Incident) | |
| 1960 | 43 | Shōtarō Ikenami | Sakuran (錯乱, lit. Confusion) |
| 44 | Hagure Nenbutsu (はぐれ念仏) Haitoku no Mesu (背徳のメス, lit. Invitation to Corruption) | ||
| 1961 | 45 | Tsutomu Minakami | Gan no Tera (雁の寺, lit. Temple of the Wild Geese) |
| 46 | Hotaru no Kawa (螢の河, lit. River of Fireflies) | ||
| 1962 | 47 | Tensai to Kyōjin no Aida (天才と狂人の間, lit. Between a Genius and a Madman) | |
| 48 | Hitomi Yamaguchi |
Eburiman-shi no Yūgana Seikatsu (江分利満氏の優雅な生活, lit. The Elegant Lives of the Everyman Family) Koshū no Kishi (孤愁の岸, lit. Lonely Contemplation on the Shore) | |
| 1963 | 49 | Onna no Ikusa (女のいくさ, lit. The Women's War) | |
| 50 | Yoshie Wada |
Kōdan Honmokutei (巷談本牧亭) Chiri no Naka (塵の中, lit. In the Dust) | |
| 1964 | 51 | No prize awarded | |
| 52 | Michiko Nagai Atsuko Anzai |
Enkan (炎環, lit. Ring of Fire) Chanshaoshu no Hanashi (張少子の話) | |
| 1965 | 53 | Niji (虹, lit. Rainbow) | |
| 54 | Yaochō (八百長, lit. Rigged Game) Toriko Shū-ki (虜愁記, lit. Sad Tale of a Prisoner) | ||
| 1966 | 55 | Masaaki Tachihara | Shiroi Keshi (白い罌粟, lit. White Poppy) |
| 56 | Hiroyuki Itsuki | Aozameta Uma wo Miyo (蒼ざめた馬を見よ, lit. See the Pale Horse) | |
| 1967 | 57 | Oitsumeru (追いつめる, lit. Cornered) | |
| 58 | Akiyuki Nosaka[6] |
Amerika Hijiki (アメリカひじき), Grave of the Fireflies (火垂るの墓, Hotaru no Haka) Hijiri Shōjo (聖少女, lit. Holy Girl) | |
| 1968 | 59 | No prize awarded | |
| 60 | Shunshin Chin Mitsugu Saotome |
Seigyoku Shishi Kōro (青玉獅子香炉, lit. Sapphire Shishi Incense Burner) Kyōjin no Ori (僑人の檻) | |
| 1969 | 61 | Tatakai Sunde Hi ga Kurete (戦いすんで日が暮れて, lit. The Day of Battle's End Draws to a Close) | |
| 62 | No prize awarded | ||
| 1970 | 63 | Junichi Watanabe[7] |
Hikari to Kage (光と影, lit. Light and Shadow) Gunki Hatameku Shita ni (軍旗はためく下に, lit. Beneath the Fluttering Battle Flag) |
| 64 | Nagaragawa (長良川, lit. Nagara River) | ||
| 1971 | 65 | No prize awarded | |
| 66 | No prize awarded | ||
| 1972 | 67 | Hisashi Inoue |
Tegusari Shinjū (手鎖心中, lit. Shackled Double Suicide) Zan (斬, lit. Beheading) |
| 68 | No prize awarded | ||
| 1973 | 69 | Shuhei Fujisawa[8] Hideo Osabe |
Ansatsu no Nenrin (暗殺の年輪, lit. Annals of Assassination) Tsugaru Yosare Bushi (津軽世去れ節), Tsugaru Jonkara Bushi (津軽じょんから節) |
| 70 | No prize awarded | ||
| 1974 | 71 | Oni no Uta (鬼の詩, lit. Song of Demons) | |
| 72 | Ryō Hanmura |
Ame Yadori (雨やどり, lit. Shelter From the Rain) Atorasu Densetsu (アトラス伝説, lit. The Legend of Atlas) | |
| 1975 | 73 | No prize awarded | |
| 74 | Ryuzo Saki | Vengeance is Mine (復讐するは我にあり, Fukushū suru wa Ware ni ari) | |
| 1976 | 75 | No prize awarded | |
| 76 | Kosodate Gokko (子育てごっこ, lit. Playing at Raising Children) | ||
| 1977 | 77 | No prize awarded | |
| 78 | No prize awarded | ||
| 1978 | 79 | Takehiro Irokawa |
Jinjū no Umi (深重の海, lit. Jinjū's Sea) Rikon (離婚, lit. Divorce) |
| 80 | Ichigen no Koto (一絃の琴, lit. One-Stringed Harp) Dai Naniwa Morobito Ourai (大浪花諸人往来, lit. The Comings and Goings of the Many People of Great Naniwa) | ||
| 1979 | 81 | [9] Komimasa Tanaka |
(ナポレオン狂, Naporeon Kyō) Rōkyoku-shi Asahimaru no Hanashi (浪曲師朝日丸の話, lit. The Tales of Master Storyteller Asahimaru), Mimi no Koto (ミミのこと, lit. Matters of the Ear) |
| 82 | No prize awarded | ||
| 1980 | 83 | Kuniko Mukōda |
Hana no Namae (花の名前, lit. Name of the Flower), Kawauso (かわうそ, lit. Otter), Inugoya (犬小屋, lit. Dog House) Kiiroi Kiba (黄色い牙, lit. Yellow Fang) |
| 84 | Genshu no Muhon (元首の謀叛, lit. Sovereign's Rebellion) | ||
| 1981 | 85 | Yukio Aoshima | Ningen Banji Saiō ga Hinoeuma (人間万事塞翁が丙午) |
| 86 | Kôhei Tsuka |
Kamata Kōshinkyoku (蒲田行進曲, lit. Kamata March) Kirai (機雷, lit. Sea Mine) | |
| 1982 | 87 | Tomomi Muramatsu |
En'netsu Shōnin (炎熱商人, lit. Unbearable Heat Merchant) Jidai-ya no Nyōbō (時代屋の女房, lit. Wife of the Shop Era) |
| 88 | No prize awarded | ||
| 1983 | 89 | Kōshi Kurumizawa | Kuropan Furyo-ki (黒パン俘虜記, lit. Chronicle of the Brown Bread Prisoners) |
| 90 | Osamu Takahashi |
Shiseikatsu (私生活, lit. Private Life) Hiden (秘伝, lit. Mystery) | |
| 1984 | 91 | Mikihiko Renjō |
Koibumi (恋文, lit. Love Letter) Tennojimura (てんのじ村) |
| 92 | No prize awarded | ||
| 1985 | 93 | Enka no Mushi (演歌の虫, lit. Enka Insects), Rōbai (老梅, lit. Old Plum) | |
| 94 | Uogashi Monogatari (魚河岸ものがたり, lit. Fish Market Story) Saishuu-bin ni Maniaeba (最終便に間に合えば, lit. If I'm in Time for the Last Trip), Kyoto Made (京都まで, lit. Until Kyōto) | ||
| 1986[10] | 95 | Hiroko Minagawa | Koi Kurenai (恋紅, lit. Crimson Love) |
| 96 | Gō Ōsaka |
The Red Star of Cadiz (カディスの赤い星, Kadisu no Akai Hoshi) Tooi Amerika (遠いアメリカ, lit. Far Off America) | |
| 1987[10] | 97 | Amy Yamada |
Soul Music Lovers Only (ソウル・ミュージック・ラバーズ・オンリー, Sōru Myūjikku Rabāzu Onrī) Kairōden (海狼伝) |
| 98 | Sorezore no Tsuigakushō (それぞれの終楽章, lit. The End of Each Musical Movement) | ||
| 1988 | 99 | Tamio Kageyama |
Tōi Umi kara Kita Coo (遠い海から来たCOO, lit. From a Distant Ocean Came Coo) Kooreru Hitomi (凍れる瞳, lit. An Eye Freezing Over), Hashima no Onna (端島の女, lit. The Hashima Woman) |
| 100 | Tōkyō Shin Ōhashi Uchūzu (東京新大橋雨中図, lit. Tokyo New Big Bridge Path Plan) Urete Yuku Natsu (熟れてゆく夏, lit. Ripening Summer) |
101st to present[]
| 1989 | 101 | Nejime Shōichi |
Kōenji Junjō Shōtengai (高円寺純情商店街, lit. Kōenji Purehearted Shopping District) Tooi Kuni kara no Satsujinsha (遠い国からの殺人者, lit. Murderer from a Distant Land) | |
| 102 | Kodenshō (小伝抄, lit. Precise Biographical Sketch) Watashi ga Koroshita Shōjo (私が殺した少女, lit. The Girl I Killed) | |||
| 1990 | 103 | Kage Kikyō (蔭桔梗, lit. Shadow Bellflower) | ||
| 104 | Hyōhakusha no Aria (漂泊者のアリア, lit. A Vagabond's Aria) | |||
| 1991 | 105 | Kaki Shunjyū (夏姫春秋) Seishun Dendekedekedeke (青春デンデケデケデケ) | ||
| 106 | Katsuhiko Takahashi |
Ōkami Bugyō (狼奉行, lit. Wolf Magistrate) Akai Kioku (緋い記憶, lit. Red Memory) | ||
| 1992 | 107 | Uke Tsuki (受け月) | ||
| 108 | Tsukudashima Futari Shobō (佃島ふたり書房, lit. Tsukuda Island Two Bookstores) | |||
| 1993 | 109 | Kaoru Takamura |
(マークスの山, Mākusu no Yama, lit. Marks' Mountain) Koi Wasuregusa (恋忘れ草, lit. Love Tobacco) | |
| 110 | Arimasa Osawa |
Shinjuku Zame – Mugen Ningyō (新宿鮫 無間人形, lit. Shinjuku Sharks: Infinite Puppets) Ebisu-ya Kihei Tebikae (恵比寿屋喜兵衛手控え, lit. Ebisu Shop Kihei Memorandum) | ||
| 1994 | 111 | Futatsu no Sanga (二つの山河, lit. Two Mountains and Rivers) Kikyō (帰郷, lit. Homecoming) | ||
| 112 | No prize awarded | |||
| 1995 | 113 | Hakkyū Zan'ei (白球残映) | ||
| 114 | Mariko Koike |
Koi (恋, lit. Love) Terorisuto no Parasoru (テロリストのパラソル, lit. The Terrorist's Parasol) | ||
| 1996[11] | 115 | Asa Nonami | The Hunter (凍える牙, Kogoeru Kiba, lit. Freezing Fang) | |
| 116 | Masako Bandō | Yamahaha (山妣, lit. Mountain Mother) | ||
| 1997 | 117 | Setsuko Shinoda Jirō Asada |
Onnatachi no Jihaado (女たちのジハード, lit. The Women's Jihad) and other stories (鉄道員, Poppoya) | |
| 118 | No prize awarded | |||
| 1998 | 119 | Akame Shijūya-taki Shinjū Misui (赤目四十八瀧心中未遂, lit. Attempted Suicide at the Forty-eight Falls of Akame) | ||
| 120 | Miyuki Miyabe | Riyū (理由, lit. The Reason) | ||
| 1999 | 121 | Natsuo Kirino |
Ōhi no Rikon (王妃の離婚, lit. The Queen's Divorce) Yawaraka na Hoho (柔らかな頬, lit. Soft Cheeks) | |
| 122 | Rei Nakanishi | Nagasaki Burabura Bushi (長崎ぶらぶら節, lit. Ballad of a Nagasaki Stroll) | ||
| 2000 | 123 | Yoichi Funado Kazuki Kaneshiro |
Niji no Tani no Gogatsu (虹の谷の五月, lit. May in the Valley of the Rainbow) GO | |
| 124 | Kiyoshi Shigematsu |
Bitamin F (ビタミンF, lit. Vitamin F) Puranaria (プラナリア, lit. Planaria) | ||
| 2001 | 125 | Yoshinaga Fujita[12] | Ai no Ryōbun (愛の領分, lit. Territory of Love) | |
| 126 | Akanezora (あかね空, lit. A Deep-Red Sky) (肩ごしの恋人, lit. Over-the-Shoulder Lover) | |||
| 2002 | 127 | Ikiru (生きる, lit. To Live) | ||
| 128 | No prize awarded | |||
| 2003 | 129 | Ira Ishida Yuka Murayama |
4-Teen (4TEEN フォーティーン, Fōtīn) Voyage to the Stars (星々の舟, Hoshiboshi no Fune, lit. Ship of Stars) | |
| 130 | Kaori Ekuni Natsuhiko Kyogoku |
Gokyu suru Junbi wa Dekiteita (号泣する準備はできていた, lit. Preparations for Crying Have Been Made) Requiem from the Darkness (後巷説百物語, Nochino Kōsetsu Hyaku Monogatari, lit. Further Gossip Hundred Tales) | ||
| 2004 | 131 | Trapeze (空中ブランコ, Kūchū Buranko) Kaikō no Mori (邂逅の森, lit. Forest of the Chance Meeting) | ||
| 132 | Mitsuyo Kakuta | Taigan no Kanojo (対岸の彼女, lit. The Woman on the Opposite Shore) | ||
| 2005 | 133 | Hana Manma (花まんま, lit. As a Flower) | ||
| 134 | Keigo Higashino | The Devotion of Suspect X (容疑者Xの献身, Yōgisha X no Kenshin) | ||
| 2006 | 135 | Shion Miura Eto Mori |
Mahoro Ekimae Tada Benri-ken (まほろ駅前多田便利軒, lit. The Convenience Shop Just Before Mahoro Station) Kaze ni Maiagaru Binīru Shīto (風に舞いあがるビニールシート, lit. A Vinyl Sheet Dancing in the Wind) | |
| 136 | No prize awarded | |||
| 2007 | 137 | Yoshiwara Tebikigusa (吉原手引草) | ||
| 138[13] | Kazuki Sakuraba | Watashi no Otoko (私の男, lit. My Man) | ||
| 2008 | 139 | Kiriha e (切羽へ) | ||
| 140 | Ken'ichi Yamamoto |
Itamu Hito (悼む人, lit. Mourned Person) Rikyū ni Tazune yo (利休にたずねよ, lit. Go Ask Rikyū) | ||
| 2009 | 141 | Kaoru Kitamura | Sagi to Yuki (鷺と雪, lit. Herons and Snow) | |
| 142 | Jō Sasaki Kazufumi Shiraishi |
Haikyo ni Kō (廃墟に乞う, lit. An Invitation to the Ruins) Hokanaranu Hito e (ほかならぬ人へ) | ||
| 2010 | 143 | Kyōko Nakajima | Chiisai O'uchi (小さいおうち, lit. A Small House) | |
| 144 | Nobori Kiuchi |
Hyōsa no Utau (漂砂のうたう, lit. The Singing of the Sands) Tsuki to Kani (月と蟹, lit. The Moon and Crabs) | ||
| 2011 | 145[14] | Shitamachi Rocket (下町ロケット, Shitamachi Roketto) | ||
| 146[15] | Higurashi no Ki (蜩ノ記, lit. Cicada Chronicles) | |||
| 2012 | 147 | Mizuki Tsujimura | Kagi no nai Yume wo Miru (鍵のない夢を見る, lit. I Saw a Dream Without a Key) | |
| 148[16] | Nanimono (何者) Tohaku (等伯) | |||
| 2013 | 149[17] | Shino Sakuragi | Hotel Royal (ホテルローヤル, lit. Hotel Royal) | |
| 150[18] | Makate Asai Kaoruko Himeno |
恋歌 (lit. Love Song) 昭和の犬 (lit. Dog of Showa) | ||
| 2014 | 151[19] | 破門 (lit. Expulsion) | ||
| 152[20] | Kanako Nishi | サラバ! (lit. Farewell!) | ||
| 2015 | 153 | Ryu (流) | ||
| 154 | Tsuma wo Metorava (つまをめとらば) | |||
| 2016 | 155 | Umi no Mieru Rihatsuten (海の見える理髪店) | ||
| 156[21] | Riku Onda | Hachimitsu to Enrai (蜂蜜と遠雷, lit. Honey Bee and Distant Thunder) | ||
| 2017 | 157[22] | Shogo Sato | Tsuki no Michikake (月の満ち欠け, lit. The Waxing and Waning of the Moon) | |
| 158[23] | Gingatetsudo no Chichi (銀河鉄道の父, lit. Father of the Galaxy Railroad) | |||
| 2018 | 159[24] | Rio Shimamoto | Fāsuto Rabu (First Love) | |
| 160[25] | Takarajima (宝島, Treasure Island) | |||
| 2019 | 161[26] | Masumi Oshima | Uzu Imoseyama Onna Teikin Tamamusubi (Whirlpool, Husband and Wife Mountains: A Mirror of Virtuous Women, Requiem) | |
| 162[27] | Netsu Gen (熱源, Heat Source) | |||
| 2020 | 163[28] | Hase Seishū | Shonen to Inu (少年と犬, A Boy and Dog) | |
| 2020 | 164[29] | Kokoro(ura) sabishi kawa (心（うら）淋し川) | ||
| 2021 | 165[30] | Hoshi ochite, nao (星落ちて、なお) Tezcatlipoca (テスカトリポカ) |
Winners available in English translation[]
- 1961 (45th) - Tsutomu Minakami (Tsutomu Mizukami), The Temple of the Wild Geese (The Temple of the Wild Geese and Bamboo Dolls of Echizen, trans. Dennis C. Washburn, Dalkey Archive Press, 2008)
- 1973 (69th) - Hideo Osabe (Hideo Osabe), Tsugaru Jonkarabushi and Tsugaru Yosarebushi (In Voices from the Snow, trans. James N. Westerhoven, , 2009)
- 1979 (81st) - , Napoleon Crazy (Short story collection)
- "Napoleon Crazy" (Napoleon Crazy and other stories, trans. Stanleigh H. Jones, Kodansha International, 1986 / Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March 1989)
- "The Visitor" (Napoleon Crazy and other stories, trans. Stanleigh H. Jones, Kodansha International, 1986 / Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, December 1988)
- "The Transparent Fish" (Napoleon Crazy and other stories, trans. Stanleigh H. Jones, Kodansha International, 1986)
- "Of Golf and Its Beginnings" (The Square Persimmon and other stories, trans. Millicent M. Horton, Tuttle Publishing, 1991)
- "A Treatise on Count St. German" (The Square Persimmon and other stories, trans. Millicent M. Horton, Tuttle Publishing, 1991)
- 1986 (96th) - Go Osaka, The Red Star of Cadiz (trans. Usha Jayaraman, Kurodahan Press, 2008)
- 1996 (115th) - Asa Nonami, The Hunter: A Detective Takako Otomichi Mystery (trans. Juliet Winters Carpenter, Kodansha International, 2006)
- 1997 (117th) - Jirō Asada, The Stationmaster (trans. Terry Gallagher, Viz Media, 2009 / Shueisha English Edition, 2013)
- 1998 (119th) - , The Paradise Bird Tattoo (trans. Kenneth J. Bryson, Counterpoint, 2010)
- 2000 (123rd) - Yoichi Funado, May in the Valley of the Rainbow (trans. Eve Alison Nyren, Vertical, 2006)
- 2005 (134th) - Keigo Higashino, The Devotion of Suspect X (trans. Alexander O. Smith, Minotaur Books, 2011)
Nominees available in English translation[]
- 1963 (49th) - Toshiyuki Kajiyama, "The Remembered Shadow of the Yi Dynasty" (The Clan Records: Five Stories of Korea, trans. Yoshiko Dykstra, University of Hawaii Press, 1995)
- 1963 (50th) - Masako Togawa, The Lady Killer (trans. Simon Grove, Dodd, Mead and Company, 1985)
- 1983 (89th) - Kenzo Kitakata, The Cage (trans. Paul Warham, Vertical, 2006)
- 1988 (100th) - Joh Sasaki, Zero Over Berlin (trans. Hiroko Yoda with Matt Alt, Vertical, 2004)
- 1991 (105th) - Miyuki Miyabe, The Sleeping Dragon (trans. Deborah Iwabuchi, Kodansha America, 2010)
- 1992 (108th) - Miyuki Miyabe, All She Was Worth (trans. Alfred Birnbaum, Mariner Books, 1999)
- 1996 (115th) - Koji Suzuki, Dark Water (trans. Glynne Walley, Vertical, 2004)
- 1997 (118th) - Natsuo Kirino, Out (trans. Stephen Snyder, Kodansha, 2003 / Vintage, 2005)
- 1998 (120th) - Keigo Higashino, Naoko (trans. Kerim Yasar, Vertical, 2004)
- 2000 (124th) - Hideo Yokoyama, "Motive" (original title: Dōki) (trans. Beth Cary, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May 2008)
- 2001 (126th) - Ira Ishida, Call boy (trans. Lamar Stone, Shueisha English Edition, 2013)
- 2002 (127th) - , In the Pool (trans. Giles Murray, Stone Bridge Press, 2006)
- 2005 (133rd) - , (trans. Michael Emmerich, Viz Media, 2012)
- 2005 (134th) - Kōtarō Isaka, "The Precision of the Agent of Death" (original title: Shinigami no Seido) (trans. Beth Cary, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July 2006 / Passport to Crime, Running Press, 2007)
- 2011 (145th) - Kazuaki Takano, Genocide of One (trans. Philip Gabriel, Mulholland Books, 2014)
Current members of the selection committee[]
(As of 2014)
- Jirō Asada
- (ja)
- Keigo Higashino
- (ja)
- Natsuo Kirino
- Kenzo Kitakata
- Miyuki Miyabe
- (ja)
- Kaoru Takamura (ja)
See also[]
- List of Japanese literary awards
References[]
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External links[]
- J'Lit | Awards : Naoki Prize | Books from Japan (in English)
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