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Noma Literary Prize

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Awarded for
  
Literary award

First awarded
  
1941

Country
  
Japan

Presented by
  
Noma Service Association

The Noma Literary Prize (Noma Bungei Shō) was established in 1941 by the Noma Service Association (Noma Hōkō Kai) in accordance with the last wishes of Noma Seiji (1878-1938), founder and first president of the Kōdansha publishing company. The Noma Literary Prize has been awarded annually to an outstanding new work published in Japan between October and the following September. The Noma Prize includes a commemorative plaque and a cash award of 3 million yen. It is one in a series of Noma Prizes.

Noma Children's Literature New Face Prize

This prize was last awarded in 1998.

  • 09 1971 — Rie Yoshiyuki for Mahōtsukai no kushan neko (Sneezing Cat, a Magician).
  • 33 1995 — Eto Mori for Uchu no Minashigo
  • 34 1996 — Nahoko Uehashi for Seirei no Moribito

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    Noma Literary Prize Wikipedia
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