文学賞(ぶんがくしょう)

ぶんがくしょう
noun
literary prize; literary award
1. literary prize; literary award
An award given for achievement in literature. Japan has many prestigious literary awards that receive significant media attention.
文学賞(ぶんがくしょう)を受賞(じゅしょう)した。
She won a literary prize.
この作品(さくひん)は文学賞(ぶんがくしょう)の候補(こうほ)に選(えら)ばれた。
This work was nominated for a literary award.
芥川賞(あくたがわしょう)は日本(にほん)で最(もっと)も有名(ゆうめい)な文学賞(ぶんがくしょう)の一(ひと)つだ。
The Akutagawa Prize is one of the most famous literary awards in Japan.

Composed of 文学(ぶんがく) (literature) + 賞(しょう) (prize, award). Literary prizes are major cultural events in Japan and receive wide media coverage, especially the biannual announcement of the 芥川賞(あくたがわしょう) and 直木賞(なおきしょう).

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 文学賞(ぶんがくしょう)を受賞(じゅしょう)する: to win a literary prize
  • 文学賞(ぶんがくしょう)の候補(こうほ): literary prize nominee
  • 文学賞(ぶんがくしょう)の選考(せんこう): literary prize selection process
  • 文学賞(ぶんがくしょう)受賞作(じゅしょうさく): literary prize-winning work

CULTURAL NOTE:

Major Japanese literary prizes include:

  • 芥川賞(あくたがわしょう): Akutagawa Prize — for promising new writers of literary fiction
  • 直木賞(なおきしょう): Naoki Prize — for established writers of popular fiction
  • 本屋大賞(ほんやたいしょう): Bookstore Grand Prize — chosen by bookstore staff
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