5-773: The Noma Literary Prize ( Noma Bungei Shō ) was established in 1941 by the Noma Service Association ( Noma Hōkō Kai ) in accordance with the last wishes of Seiji Noma (1878–1938), founder and first president of the Kodansha publishing company. It is awarded by the Noma Cultural Foundation, the largest single shareholder in Kodansha. The Noma Literary Prize has been awarded annually to an outstanding new work published in Japan between October and
10-421: A monthly magazine on public speech. The nine magazines Noma started enjoyed high levels of circulations and were very influential on the popular culture of Japan. His goal in starting these titles was to modernize, entertain and educate Japanese society. On the other hand, they comprised the 75% of the total circulation of all Japanese publications. These publications included Kōdan Club (from which Kodansha
15-624: A schoolmaster. Then he began to work as an administrative official at the Imperial University 's law department in Tokyo. Noma established a publishing company, Dainippon Yūbenkai (Japanese: the Great Japanese Oratorical Society), in 1910. The company would be later renamed as Dainippon Yūbenkai-Kodansha, which later be shortened as simply Kodansha . The first publication of the company was Yūben ,
20-412: The following September. The Noma Prize includes a commemorative plaque and a cash award of 3 million yen. It is one in a series of Noma Prizes . An archive of past prize winners is maintained by Kodansha . An archive of past prize winners is maintained by Kodansha . This prize was last awarded in 1998. Seiji Noma Seiji Noma ( 野間 清治 , 1878–1938) was a Japanese writer and publisher who
25-471: Was the founder of Kodansha , a leading publishing company, which his family still wholly own today. He was the founder and publisher of many well-known newspapers and magazines. Noma was born in 1878. His father hailed from a samurai family and was himself a samurai. Noma was educated as a teacher. Following his graduation Noma worked as a teacher in the Luchu Islands . Later he served as
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