The honors achievement in all aspects of Japanese culture, including literature and film. It was named in honor of Kikuchi Kan. The prize is presented annually by the literary magazine Bungei Shunjū and the Society for the Promotion of Japanese Literature.
History The original Kikuchi Kan Prize was proposed by Kikuchi as an award to honor the elders of the literary world. It was established in 1938. In keeping with the intent of the prize, the jury was made up of novelists aged 45 or younger, and recipients were novelists aged 46 or older. After a six-year hiatus, the award was revived in 1952 following Kikuchi's death. The range of recipients was enlarged to honor achievements in cinema, broadcasting, and other fields in contemporary literary culture. The jury meets in October to consider works published from September 1 of the previous year through August 31, and awards are announced in the December issue of Bungei Shunjū.
Select list of prizewinners The list of prizewinners includes a range of individual and institutional honorees.Bungei Shunju, Award winners
Iwanami Shoten, 1953 Yomiuri Shimbun, 1953 Eiji Yoshikawa, 1953 Asahi Shimbun, 1954 Ihei Kimura, 1955 Chikage Awashima, 1956 Mainichi Shimbun, 1957 NHK, 1959 Kan Shimozawa, 1962 Donald Keene, 1962 "Professor Gets Prize; Keene of Columbia Cited for Work in Japanese Letters," New York Times. March 5, 1962. Kenichi Horie, 1963 Oya Soichi, 1965 Meiji Village Museum, 1966 Yoshiya Nobuko, 1967 Ishikawa Tatsuzō, 1969 Matsumoto Seicho, 1970Litteraire japonaise, http://www.shunkin.net/Auteurs/?author=83 [ Informations biographiques, Matsumoto Seicho] Ken Domon, 1971 Toshiro Mayuzumi, 1971 Mizukami Tsutomu, 1971 Nagai Tatsuo, 1972 Yoji Yamada, 1972SKIP City International D-Cinema Festival, 2008, bio notes, Yoji Yamada Hideo Kobayashi, 1973 Akira Yoshimura, 1973Grand Street Issue 71. contributors, Akira Yoshimura Masanori Hata, 1977 Edward Seidensticker, 1977University of Hawaii, honorary degree, Edward Seidensticker Tsuneari Fukuda, 1980 Edwin McClellan, 1994 "In Memoriam: Edwin McClellan, Noted for Translations of Japanese Literature," Yale Office of Public Affairs. May 19, 2009 Hisashi Inoue, 1999Lincoln Center Festival 2010 (NY), Hisashi Inoue bio notes Shunzō Miyawaki, 1999 Mitsumasa Anno, 2008 Yoshiharu Habu, 2008 Matsumoto Seicho Memorial Museum, 2008 Eiji Mitooka, 2011 Rieko Nakagawa and Yuriko Yamawaki, 2013 Osamu Akimoto, 2016 Yuzuru Hanyu, 2022 Masako Nozawa, 2023
See also List of Japanese literary awards
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