The Kenzaburō Ōe Prize (大江健三郎賞) was a Japanese literary award sponsored by Kodansha (講談社) and established in 2006 to commemorate both the 100th anniversary of Kodansha's establishment and 50th anniversary of the writing life of Kenzaburō Ōe (大江健三郎). The award was for Japanese literary novels published in the previous year, with the winning work selected solely by Ōe. The winner received no cash award, but several winning works were translated into other languages, such as English, French and German, for publication. Kenzaburō Ōe had an open conversation with each winner. The final prize was awarded in 2014, and the collected selection commentary and dialogues were reprinted in a single volume published by Kodansha in 2018.
List of winners Year Author Japanese title English title Ref2007長嶋有Yū Nagashima夕子ちゃんの近道Yūko-chan no ChikamichiYūko's Shortcut2008岡田利規Toshiki Okadaわたしたちに許された特別な時間の終わりWatashitachi ni Yurusareta Tokubetsu na Jikan no OwariThe End of the Special Time Allowed to Us2009安藤礼二Reiji Ando光の曼荼羅 日本文学論Hikari no Mandara, Nihon Bungaku RonMandala of Light: on Japanese Literature2010中村文則Fuminori Nakamura掏摸SuriThe Thief (tr. Satako Izumo and Stephen Coates)2011星野智幸Tomoyuki Hoshino俺俺Ore OreME (tr. Charles De Wolf)2012綿矢りさRisa Watayaかわいそうだね？Kawaisou da ne?Isn't It a Pity?2013本谷有希子Yukiko Motoya嵐のピクニックArashi no pikunikkuPicnic in the Storm2014岩城けいKei Iwakiさようなら、オレンジSayounara, orenjiGoodbye, My Orange
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