Yomiuri Prize
The Yomiuri Prize for Literature (読売文学賞, Yomiuri Bungaku Shō ?) is a prestigious literary award in Japan. The prize was founded in 1948 by the Yomiuri Shinbun Company to help form a "cultural nation". The winner is awarded one million Japanese yen and an inkstone.
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