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 Shūsaku 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 Ikkyū (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 Yoshinodayu (吉野大夫)
 * 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 Mūn, シャンハイムーン)
 * 1992 Setouchi Jakucho for Hana ni toe (花に問え)
 * 1993 Ikezawa Natsuki for The Navidad Incident: The Downfall of Matías Guili (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 Yūko 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 Ryū for A Symbiotic Parasite (Kyoseichu, 共生虫)
 * 2001 Hiromi Kawakami for The Briefcase aka 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 shūhen, 雪沼とその周辺)
 * 2005: Machida Kō for Confession (Kokuhaku, 告白)
 * 2005: Amy Yamada for Wonderful Flavor (Fūmizekka, 風味絶佳)
 * 2006: Yōko Ogawa for Meena's March (Mīna 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: Yū 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 Honō (焰)
 * 2019: Kiyoko Murata for Hizoku (飛族)
 * 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)