The Mainichi Publishing Culture Award (毎日出版文化賞, Mainichi Shuppan Bunka Shō) is an annual award given to distinguished literary works and activities in the sectors literature and art, humanities and social science, natural science, and encyclopedic work, plus a special award. It was founded in 1947 and is sponsored by the Mainichi Newspapers Co., the publishing house of the Mainichi Shimbun.[1]
Recipients (selected)
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- 1947
- 1948
- 1951
- 1952
- 1954
- Literature and art award for Sue Sumii for Yoru ake asa ake
- 1955
- 1958
- Literature and art award for Shūsaku Endō for Umi to dokuyaku
- 1959
- 1960
- Literature and art award for Tomie Ōhara for En to iu onna
- 1961
- 1962
- 1963
- Literature and art award for Kazuo Hirotsu for Nengatsu no ahioto
- 1964
- Literature and art award for Morio Kita for Nireke no hitobito (The House of Nire)
- 1965
- 1966
- 1967
- 1968
- 1969
- Literature and art award for Jūkichi Uno for Shingeki tanoshi kanashi
- 1972
- Literature and art award for Junzō Shōno for Akio to Ryoji
- 1973
- Literature and art award for Akira Abe for Sennen
- 1974
- 1976
- 1977
- 1978
- Literature and art award for Chikao Tanaka for Gekiteki buntairon josetsu
- 1994
- 1995
- Literature and art award for Tadao Satō for Nihon eiga-shi
- 2001
- Literature and art award for Taeko Tomioka for Arikuchi Shinobu nōto
- 2004
- 2005
- 2007
- 2009
- 2020
- Humanities and social science award for Takehiko Kariya for Oitsuita Kindai Keita Kindai (Who killed Japan's Modernity? What Comes after 'Catch-Up?')[3]