Akutagawa Prize

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The Akutagawa Prize is one of Japan’s most prestigious literary awards, given biannually to emerging authors of serious fiction.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese literary award
literary prize
administeredBy Bungeishunjū
awardedIn January
July
awardedTo individual authors
awardFor emerging authors
serious fiction
comparedTo Naoki Prize
country Japan
culturalSignificance major influence on Japanese literary careers
distinguishedFrom Naoki Prize
eligibility emerging writer
unserialized novella
unserialized short novel
field literature
firstAwarded 1935
frequency biannual
genre literary fiction
hasReputation one of Japan’s most prestigious literary awards
inception 1935
language Japanese
location Tokyo
mediaTypeOfWinningWork print publication
namedAfter Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
namedForOccupationOfEponym writer
notableFor focus on serious literary fiction
prestige in Japanese literature
numberOfTimesPerYear 2
originalLanguageOfWinningWorks Japanese
presentedBy Bungeishunjū
region Japan
scope national
selectionBody Akutagawa Prize self-linksurface differs
surface form: Akutagawa Prize selection committee
selectionCriterion craftsmanship in prose
literary merit
originality of style
seriousness of theme
selectionProcess committee deliberation
sponsor Bungeishunjū
status active
targetDemographic emerging authors of serious fiction
new writers
typeOfWork novella
short novel
typicalPrizeIncludes monetary award
publication of winning work

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Kenzaburō Ōe awardReceived Akutagawa Prize
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa hasAwardNamedAfter Akutagawa Prize
Yoko Tawada awardReceived Akutagawa Prize
Tanizaki Prize follows Akutagawa Prize
this entity surface form: Naoki Prize
Tanizaki Prize follows Akutagawa Prize
Akutagawa Prize selectionBody Akutagawa Prize self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Akutagawa Prize selection committee