Chapter 296 Akutagawa Ryunosuke Award
October 15th, Tokyo.
When the Chinese delegation arrived in Japan, the Japanese side held a welcome ceremony at the Akasaka Guest House Square.
The senior leaders of both sides walked along the red carpet and onto the reviewing stand.
Fang Yan sat in the Chinese representative area and witnessed the entire high-level foreign affairs event with his own eyes, and received two standing ovations during the period.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh".
The applause was like a wave, surging.
After the event, a grand and grand welcome banquet was still held in the large banquet hall of Akasaka Guest House.
Celebrities from all walks of life in Japan’s political, economic and cultural circles attended this time, such as Konosuke Matsushita of Panasonic, Akio Morita of Sony, Soichiro Honda of Honda, Kazuo Inamori of Kyocera, and even Mitsubishi, Mitsui, Sumitomo, and Fuji Waiting for people from the chaebol family.
Dialects are mainly seen by people in the Japanese publishing industry, literature industry, media industry, film industry, etc.
Seeing him chatting and laughing with Shunjiro Suzuki, Matsuzaka Keiko, who was dressed in gorgeous clothes, was surprised and happy and said:
"Fang Yanjun is indeed here too!"
"How could he not come? ?”
Kurihara Komaki’s dialect speaking skills are now well-known in the literary circles of the United States and Japan. How could he not be included in this trip to Japan?
Matsusaka Keiko couldn't help but sigh: "I never expected that Mr. Fang Yan would achieve such great achievements in just over a year."
Kurihara Komaki saw her best friend's eyes twinkling and eager to try, and couldn't help but narrow her eyes to a slit.
"Maki-chan, let's go find Mr. Fang Yan to catch up on old times."
Matsusaka Keiko swayed the red wine glass between her fingers.
"Keiko, I'm afraid it's inconvenient for him now."
Kurihara Komaki pointed at the people Suzuki Shunjiro met with dialect, and listed them one by one:
"That is the cartoonist who created "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Tetsujin No. 28", Mr. Kouki Yokoyama."
"The person next to him is Mr. Kenzaburo Oe."
“…”
Listening to the introduction, Matsuzaka Keiko cast her eyes on a short-haired woman wearing a ladies’ kimono, and said in surprise:
“Then, is that Teacher Toyoko Yamazaki? ”
"Yes, that's her!"
Kurihara Komaki's eyes were full of admiration and adoration.
This is an outstanding representative and idol of Japanese women, who has created works such as "The White Tower" and "The Gorgeous Family".
Not only a great writer in Japan, but also one of the few female writers in Japan!
“Hey!”
Matsusaka Keiko was immediately in awe, staring closely at Fang Yan who was talking and laughing with Yamazaki Toyoko.
I saw him smiling, toasting and saying: "You are really honored."
Toyoko Yamazaki said kindly: "In our Japanese traditional patriarchal concept, Here, as the head of the family, the father has absolute say, so there is a saying that has been widely circulated in Japan Why is it that a son asking his parents for advice is like asking a monk to grow hair on his head, because it is absolutely impossible no matter how hard he thinks about it?"
"I have heard a little bit about it."
Fang Yan glanced at Yoko Suzuki and said that the entire East Asia region has more or less similar patriarchal structures.
After all, East Asia is basically within the pan-Confucian cultural circle, and naturally it is mainly a patriarchal society constructed by the Confucian system.
"What you said is absolutely correct."
Yamazaki Toyoko said seriously: "To this day, this father-son relationship still continues in Japanese society, whether in novels or in... In the movie, they are all shown, and Your "Mountain Village Postman" also conforms to the patriarchal theory of Japanese traditional ethics."
"But the final core is still different."
Dialect heard "Mountain Village Postman". ", I felt weird in my heart.
"That Mountain, That Man, That Dog" was translated by Youfei Pavilion into "Mountain Village Postman", so the movie had to be named this way.
"Yes, Mr. Fang Yan used a postal journey to resolve the estrangement and conflicts between father and son for many years, and broke through the relationship between father and son between domination and being ruled."
Dajiang Kenzaburo, the future winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, cast an approving glance.
"This is one of the reasons why "The Postman" was awarded the Akutagawa Ryunosuke Award!"
Shunjiro Suzuki looked like he was in awe.
"I think the most important thing is to bring reflection to Japanese society."
Fang Yan showed a meaningful smile.
The Akutagawa Ryunosuke Award is an award given by the organizer Bungeishunqiu to new pure literature writers. The selection of the award is not an open audition, but the candidates and winners are determined based on the agreement of the selection committee.
The members of these committees will select the best piece of pure literary short work published by new writers or unknown writers from newspapers and magazines, and reward it. There are usually more than 250 works by newcomers every year.
But later, the criteria for defining newcomers changed.
Just in 1958, the 39th Akutagawa Ryunosuke Award was awarded to Oe Kenzaburo, who was taking the literary world by storm and became famous. This caused a great earthquake in the Japanese literary world. Henceforth, the Akutagawa Ryunosuke Award It is no longer the so-called "newcomer's arrival" award.
Rather, it is an award that affirms the status of emerging writers in the Japanese literary world!
With this in mind, the Ryunosuke Akutagawa Award will be held twice a year in the future, divided into the first half and the second half.
For the first half of the year, selection will begin in mid-July and awards will be given in mid-August. For the second half of the year, selection will be held in mid-January next year and awards will be awarded in mid-February of the same year.
And Fang Xiaojiang's "Mountain Village Postman" won the Akutagawa Ryunosuke Award in the first half of 1983!
"Morimura-san told me that he did vote for you for this reason."
Oe Kenzaburo directly stated the results and reasons of the jury's vote.
"Morimun?"
Fang Yan cast a questioning look.
Shunjiro Suzuki explained: "It's Mr. Seiichi Morimura."
"Proof of Humanity", "Proof of Wildness", and "Proof of Youth", this "Trilogy of Proof" established his reputation in one fell swoop The status of the master of socialist mystery novels is as famous as that of Matsumoto Seicho, Edogawa Ranpo, Yokomori Masashi and other mystery novel masters.
"Is "Witness" adapted from his novel?"
Fang Yan raised his eyebrows.
Shunjiro Suzuki nodded and said: "Yes, it is a movie adapted from his "Proof of Humanity"."
The reason why Dialect is still fresh in my memory is that when the movie "Witness" was introduced into the country, it set off a wave of "Witness" craze. The movie "Pursuit" starring Ken Takakura can be called the best in Japanese mystery movies introduced to China. "Double jade".
"It's a pity that he was hospitalized recently and missed this feast."
Oe Kenzaburo sighed: "Actually, as a judge of this year's Akutagawa Ryunosuke Award, he has always wanted to meet him. Meet you, a Chinese writer."
"That's really a pity."
Fang Yan can't leave the visiting group without authorization and go alone, otherwise he has to carry a basket. Visit in the hospital.
Without the strong support of Morimura Seiichi, I might not have been able to stand out among the Japanese writers. If I won the Akutagawa Ryunosuke Award, I would not have been able to get the 1 million yen bonus, and I would not have been able to promote the novel in Japan. Sales volume in various locations.
Of course, this is not the most critical thing.
During the chat with Kenzaburo Oe and others, Shunjiro Suzuki revealed softly while toasting:
“Fang Yanjun, Japan’s major literary awards have more or less hidden meanings. Rules.”
“What unspoken rules?”
Fang Yan narrowed his eyes.
Suzuki Shunjiro lowered his voice and said that various literary awards in Japan are sponsored and awarded by different publishing houses.
Between various types of awards, there are distinctions between high and low.
For example, if a writer does not win this award, then another award of the same level or even a higher level will not be awarded to this writer. Therefore, the winner of the Akutagawa Ryunosuke Award can usually be more easily Received the Naokawa Prize.
Because of the Naokawa Prize, it is known as the two highest honors in Japanese literature together with the Akutagawa Ryunosuke Prize.
For another example, writers who have already won the Akutagawa Ryunosuke Award will generally not be selected for lower-level literary awards.
“I didn’t expect that there are so many ways to win literary awards in Japan.”
After being translated by Suzuki Yoko, Dialect said half-jokingly: “Then, what other awards can I win in the future? ?”
“Well, Eiji Yoshikawa Literature Prize , Edogawa Rampo Award..."
Suzuki Shunjiro said in a serious tone: "Of course, I think the Kikuchi Kanji Award is the most promising award for "Yamamura Postman", mainly for literature. , movies, news, especially movie scripts ”
"Then it depends on how the movie is released."
Fang Yan took a sip of his wine.
Originally, the novel has the reputation bonus of the Akutagawa Ryunosuke Award, and the sales have been rising steadily after the award. If the movie box office is still strong, it is not expected to exceed one million copies, but if nothing happens, it is estimated that There can be hundreds of thousands of results.
"It depends on how Shochiku will operate."
Suzuki Shunjiro turned his head and cast an intriguing look.
Fang Yan followed his eyes and looked at the Shochiku Film delegation including Matsuzaka Keiko and Kurihara Komaki.
(End of this chapter)