Winners give a speech at the presentation ceremony of the Sasakawa and Naoki Awards August 23, 21:38
The Ayukawa Award and Naoki Award presentation ceremony was held in Tokyo on the 23rd, and Natsuko Imamura, who won the Sasakawa Award, and Masumi Oshima, the Naoki Award, talked about the joy and future ambitions.
The 161st Yodogawa and Naoki Awards were selected last month at the Yodogawa Award, Natsuko Imamura's “Woman in a Skirt of Murasaki”, and Natsuki Awarded by Masumi Oshima's “Sister of the Sisters of the Back Mountain Women's Garden” .
On the evening of the 23rd, a presentation ceremony was held at a hotel in Tokyo, and the two winners were handed a commemorative pocket watch and a list of prize money, followed by a speech.
Mr. Imamura of the Yodogawa Prize temporarily said that there was a time when his creative activity was interrupted, but in the speech, after receiving the award, he received a message from his old friend, "I'm glad I found something I like, “I felt like I received a big present. After winning the award, I realized that I was able to find what I liked, so I would like to cherish this feeling.” .
In addition, Mr. Oshima of the Naoki Prize stated that he had been able to continue to write thanks to the people who supported us, including the bookstore staff throughout the country, for more than 20 years since he started writing. He said that his main award-winning hero was a Ningyo Joruri writer, and he said, “I want to keep writing one line at a time, like this hero.”