:Ōe Kenzaburō Prize
{{Short description|Japanese literary award}}
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The Kenzaburō Ōe Prize (大江健三郎賞) was a Japanese literary award sponsored by Kodansha (講談社) and established in 2006 to commemorate both the 100th anniversary of Kodansha's establishment and 50th anniversary of the writing life of Kenzaburō Ōe (大江健三郎).{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070517235951/http://www.kodansha.co.jp/kaigai/ooe/index.html|archive-date=May 17, 2007|url=http://www.kodansha.co.jp/kaigai/ooe/index.html|language=japanese|title=大江健三郎賞|trans-title=Ōe Kenzaburō Prize|publisher=Kodansha|access-date=September 16, 2018}} The award was for Japanese literary novels published in the previous year, with the winning work selected solely by Ōe. The winner received no cash award, but several winning works were translated into other languages, such as English, French and German, for publication. Kenzaburō Ōe had an open conversation with each winner. The final prize was awarded in 2014, and the collected selection commentary and dialogues were reprinted in a single volume published by Kodansha in 2018.{{cite news|url=https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/life/book/news/20180611-OYT8T50043.html|language=japanese|title=『大江健三郎賞８年の軌跡 「文学の言葉」を恢復させる』刊行|work=Yomiuri Shimbun|date=June 19, 2018|access-date=September 16, 2018}}
List of winners
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Category:2006 establishments in Japan