Tanizaki Prize

The Tanizaki Prize (谷崎潤一郎賞 Tanizaki Jun'ichirō Shō), named in honor of the Japanese novelist Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, is one of Japan's most sought-after literary awards. It was established in 1965 by the publishing company Chūō Kōronsha Inc. to commemorate its 80th anniversary as a publisher. It is awarded annually to a full-length representative work of fiction or drama of the highest literary merit by a professional writer. The winner receives a commemorative plaque and a cash prize of 1 million yen.

Winners

Award sponsor Chuokoron-Shinsha maintains an official list of current and past winning works.

• 1965 Kojima Nobuo for Embracing Family (Hōyō kazoku, 抱擁家族)
• 1966 Endō ShÅ«saku for Silence (Chinmoku, 沈黙)
• 1967 Kenzaburō Ōe for The Silent Cry (Manen gannen no futtoboru, 万延元年のフットボール)
• 1967 Abe Kobo for Friends (Tomodachi, 友達)
• 1968 (no prize awarded)
• 1969 Enchi Fumiko for Shu wo ubau mono; Kizu aru tsubasa; Niji to shura (朱を奪うもの/傷ある翼/虹と修羅)
• 1970 Yutaka Haniya for Black Horse In The Midst Of Darkness (Yami no naka no kuroi uma, 闇のなかの黒い馬)
• 1970 Yoshiyuki Junnosuke for The Dark Room (Anshitsu, 暗室)
• 1971 Noma Hiroshi for Seinen no wa (青年の環)
• 1972 Maruya Saiichi for A Singular Rebellion (Tatta hitori no hanran, たった一人の反乱)
• 1973 Kaga Otohiko for Kaerazaru natsu (帰らざる夏)
• 1974 Usui Yoshimi for Azumino (安曇野)
• 1975 Minakami Tsutomu for IkkyÅ« (一休)
• 1976 Fujieda Shizuo for Denshin ugaku (田紳有楽)
• 1977 Shimao Toshio for Hi no utsuroi (日の移ろい)
• 1978 Nakamura Shin'ichirō for Summer (Natsu, 夏)
• 1979 Tanaka Komimasa for Poroporo (ポロポロ)
• 1980 Kono Taeko for Ichinen no banka (一年の牧歌)
• 1981 Fukazawa Shichiro for Michinoku no ningyotachi (みちのくの人形たち)
• 1981 Goto Akio for YoshinotayÅ« (吉野太夫)
• 1982 Oba Minako for Katachi mo naku (寂兮寥兮)
• 1983 Furui Yoshikichi for Morning Glory (Asagao, 槿)
• 1984 Kuroi Senji for Life in the Cul-de-Sac (Gunsei, 群棲)
• 1984 Takai Yuichi for This Country's Sky (Kono kuni no sora, この国の空)
• 1985 Haruki Murakami for Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (Sekai no owari to Hādoboirudo Wandārando, 世界の終わりとハードボイルド・ワンダーランド)
• 1986 Hino Keizo for Sakyu ga ugoku yō ni (砂丘が動くように)
• 1987 Tsutsui Yasutaka for Yumenokizaka bunkiten (夢の木坂分岐点)
• 1988 (no prize awarded)
• 1989 (no prize awarded)
• 1990 Hayashi Kyoko for Yasurakani ima wa nemuri tamae (やすらかに今はねむり給え)
• 1991 Inoue Hisashi for Shanghai Moon (Shanhai MÅ«n, シャンハイムーン)
• 1992 Setouchi Jakucho for Hana ni toe (花に問え)
• 1993 Ikezawa Natsuki for ' (Mashiasu giri no shikkyaku, マシアス・ギリの失脚)
• 1994 Tsujii Takashi for Rainbow Cove (Niji no misaki, 虹の岬)
• 1995 Tsuji Kunio for Saigyō kaden (西行花伝)
• 1996 (no prize awarded)
• 1997 Hosaka Kazushi for Kisetsu no kioku (季節の記憶)
• 1997 Miki Taku for Roji (路地)
• 1998 Tsushima YÅ«ko for Mountain of Fire: Account of a Wild Monkey (Hi no yama - yamazaruki, 火の山―山猿記)
• 1999 Takagi Nobuko for Translucent Tree (Tokō no ki, (透光の樹)
• 2000 Tsujihara Noboru for Yudotei Maruki (遊動亭円木)
• 2000 Murakami RyÅ« for A Symbiotic Parasite (Kyoseichu, 共生虫)
• 2001 Hiromi Kawakami for The Briefcase/Strange Weather in Tokyo (Sensei no kaban, センセイの鞄)
• 2002: (no prize awarded)
• 2003: Tawada Yoko for Suspect On The Night Train (Yōgisha no yakōressha, 容疑者の夜行列車)
• 2004: Horie Toshiyuki for Yukinuma and Its Environs (Yukinuma to sono shÅ«hen, 雪沼とその周辺)
• 2005: Machida Kō for Confession (Kokuhaku, 告白)
• 2005: Amy Yamada for Wonderful Flavor (FÅ«mizekka, 風味絶佳)
• 2006: Yōko Ogawa for Mina's March (MÄ«na no Kōshin, ミーナの行進)
• 2007: Seirai Yuichi for Bakushin (爆心)
• 2008: Natsuo Kirino for Tokyo-jima (東京島)
• 2009: (no prize awarded)
• 2010: Kazushige Abe for Pistils (Pisutoruzu, ピストルズ)
• 2011: Mayumi Inaba for To the Peninsula (半島へ)
• 2012: Genichiro Takahashi for Goodbye, Christopher Robin (さよならクリストファー・ロビン)
• 2013: Mieko Kawakami for Dreams of Love (Ai no Yume to ka, 愛の夢とか)
• 2014: Hikaru Okuizumi for The Autobiography of Tokyo (Tōkyō jijoden, 東京自叙伝)
• 2015: Kaori Ekuni for Geckos, Frogs, and Butterflies (Yamori Kaeru Shijimichō, ヤモリ、カエル、シジミチョウ)
• 2016: Akiko Itoyama for Hakujyō (薄情)
• 2016: YÅ« Nagashima for San no Tonari wa Gogōshitsu (三の隣は五号室)
• 2017: Hisaki Matsuura for honour and trance (Meiyo to Kōkotsu, 名誉と恍惚)
• 2018: Tomoyuki Hoshino for
• 2019: Kiyoko Murata for
• 2020: Kenichiro Isozaki for Nihon Momai Zenshi (日本蒙昧前史)
• 2021: Kanehara Hitomi for Unsocial Distance (Ansōsharudisutansu, アンソーシャルディスタンス)
• 2022: Banana Yoshimoto for Miton to fubin (ミトンとふびん)
• 2023: Kikuko Tsumura for Suishagoya no Nene (水車小屋のネネ)
• 2024: Tomoka Shibasaki for Tsuzuki to hajimari (続きと始まり)
• 2025: Kumi Kimura for Kuma wa doko ni iru no (熊はどこにいるの)