The price Tanizaki , 谷崎潤一郎賞, created with its death in 1965 in homage to the great writer Jun' ichirō Tanizaki by the publisher Chuo-Koron Sha, fact left the important Japanese literary prizes, just like the price Akutagawa, 芥川龍之介賞.

Contrary to this one, however, the Tanizaki price rewards the long novels and not the news or Romance courts. It thus rewards more often for the authors having already proven reliable.

The prize winner receives a commemorative plaque as well as a purse of a million yens.

List Prizes winner

• 01 1965 Nobuo Kojima, Hōyō kazoku , (抱擁家族)

• 02 1966 Shūsaku Endō, Chinmoku (沈黙), ( Silence , Denoël, 1992)
• 03 1967 Kenzaburō Ōe, Manen gannen No futtoboru (万延元年のフットボール), ( Play of the Century , Gallimard, 1985, Folio, 2000)
• 1967 Kōbō Abe), Tomodachi (友達), ( the Friends , Gallimard, 1987)
• 04 1968 not of price decreed
• 05 1969 Fumiko Enchi, Shuwo mono ubau/Kizu aru tsubasa/Niji to Shura (朱を奪うもの/傷ある翼/虹と修羅)
• 06 1970 Haniya Yutaka, Yami No naka No kuroi uma (闇のなかの黒い馬)
• 06 1970 Jun' nosuke Yoshiyuki, Anshitsu (暗室) ( the darkroom , Picquier, 1990, Picquier pocket, 1998)
• 07 1971 Hiroshi Named, Seinen No wa (青年の環)
• 08 1972 Saiichi Maruya, Tatta hitori No hanran (たった一人の反乱), ( Rebelled solitary , Robert Laffont, 1991)
• 09 1973 Otohiko Kaga, Kaerazaru natsu (帰らざる夏)
• 10 1974 Yoshimi Usui, Azumino (安曇野)
• 11 1975 Minakami Tsutomu, Ikkyū (一休)
• 12 1976 Shizuo Fujieda, Denshin-ugaku (田紳有楽)
• 13 1977 Toshio Shimao, Hi No utsuroi (日の移ろい)
• 14 1978 Shin' ichiro Nakamura, Natsu (夏), ( the summer , Picquier, 1998, Picquier pocket, 2002)
• 15 1979 Komimasa Tanaka, Poroporo (ポロポロ)
• 16 1980 Taeko Kōno, Ichinen No banka (一年の牧歌)
• 17 1981 Shichirō Fukazawa, Michinoku No ningyo tachi (みちのくの人形たち)
• 17 1981 Akio Gotō, Yoshinodayu (吉野大夫)
• 18 1982 Minako Ōba, Katachi Mo naku (寂兮寥兮)
• 19 1983 Yoshikichi Furui, Asagao (槿)
• 20 1984 Senji Kūroi, Gunsei (群棲)
• 1984 Yuichi Takai Kono kuni No will sora (この国の空)
• 21 1985 Haruki Murakami, Sekai No owari to hadoboirudo wandarando (世界の終わりとハードボイルド ・ ワンダーランド), ( End of time , Seuil, 1999, Points, 2001)
• 22 1986 Keizō Hino, Sakyu ga ugoku yo nor (砂丘が動くように)
• 23 1987 Yasutaka Tsutsui, Yumenokizaka bunkiten (夢の木坂分岐点), ( the Critic of dreams , Stock, 1998)
• 24 1988 not price decreed
• 25 1989 not of price decreed
• 26 1990 Kyōko Hayashi, Yasurakani ima wa nemuri tamae (やすらかに今はねむり給え)
• 27 1991 Hisashi Inoue, Shanhai Mūn (シャンハイムーン)
• 28 1992 Jakuchō Setōchi, Hana nor toe (花に問え)
• 29 1993 Natsuki Ikezawa, Mashiasu giri No sikkyaku (マシアス ・ ギリの失脚)
• 30 1994 Takashi Tsujii, Niji No misaki (虹の岬)
• 31 1995 Kunio Tsuji, Saigyo kaden (西行花伝)
• 32 1996 not of price decreed
• 33 1997 Kazushi Hōsaka, Kioku No kisetsu (季節の記憶)
• 1997 Taku Miki, Roji (路地)
• 34 1998 Yūko Tsushima, Hi No yama - yama saru ki (火の山 -山猿記)
• 35 1999 Nobuko Takagi, Tōkōnoki (透光の樹)
• 36 2000 Noboru Tsujihara, Yudotei Maruki (遊動亭円木)
• 36 2000 Ryū Murakami, Kyoseichu (共生虫) ( Parasitic , Picquier)
• 37 2001 Hiromi Kawakami, Sensei No kaban (センセイの鞄) ( the soft Years , Picquier, 2005)
• 38 2002 not of price decreed
• 39 2003 Yōko Tawada, Yōgisha No yakōressha (容疑者の夜行列車) ( Night train with suspects , Verdier, 2005)
• 40 2004 Toshiyuki Horie, Yukinuma to sound system shūhen (雪沼とその周辺)
• 41 2005 Kō Machida, Kokuhaku (告白)
• 2005 Eimi Yamada, Fumi zekka (風味絶佳)
• 42 2006 Yōko Ogawa, Mined No kōshin (ミーナの行進)
• 43 2007 Yuichi Seirai, Bakushin (爆心)

to see too

• list of Japanese literary prizes