Noma Children's Literature Award
1 appearances
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Edition 7 (1969) award
Toshio Miyawaki
みやわき としお
Miyawaki Toshio
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1907-02-15 （Nariwa, Kawakami District, Okayama Prefecture (now Takahashi City), Japan）
- Died
- 1986-11-18 age 79
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture (worked in and ran bookstores) → Tokyo, Japan (moved to Tokyo in 1935)
Career
- Occupations
- Children's author, Translator, Writer
- Active Years
- 1935-1986
- Influenced By
- Jojie Tsubota, Seiji Haji
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Noma Children's Literature Award | Yama no Ongoku Monogatari | — | Noma Cultural Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1976 | Japan Children's Writers Association Award | The Cat Named Hey | — | Japan Children's Writers Association | 受賞 |
| 1977 | Sankei Children's Publishing Culture Award | Okin's Flower Kanzashi | — | Sankei Shimbun | 受賞 |
| 1980 | Sankei Children's Publishing Culture Award | The Persimmon Tree Has Three Fruits | — | Sankei Shimbun | 受賞 |
Noma Children's Literature Award
1969
Work:
Yama no Ongoku Monogatari
Organization:
Noma Cultural Foundation
Result:
受賞
Japan Children's Writers Association Award
1976
Work:
The Cat Named Hey
Organization:
Japan Children's Writers Association
Result:
受賞
Sankei Children's Publishing Culture Award
1977
Work:
Okin's Flower Kanzashi
Organization:
Sankei Shimbun
Result:
受賞
Sankei Children's Publishing Culture Award
1980
Work:
The Persimmon Tree Has Three Fruits
Organization:
Sankei Shimbun
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Japan Juvenile Writers Association Award
1 appearances
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Edition 1 (1976) award
Works
Major Works
Yama no Ongoku Monogatari
1969 Children's literatureA children's story set in a mountain village that warmly depicts nature and communal life.
NatureCommunityGrowth
The Cat Named Hey
1976 Children's literatureA children's tale featuring a cat as the protagonist, characterized by endearing depictions and observations of everyday life.
AnimalsFriendshipEveryday life
Okin's Flower Kanzashi
1977 Children's literatureA children's story that treats tradition and family memories as its subject.
TraditionFamilyLocal culture
The Persimmon Tree Has Three Fruits
1979 Children's literatureA story set against rural and natural backdrops, depicting the world from a child's perspective.
Rural lifeNatureChildren
Bibliography
Translations by Author
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Simple, child-friendly narrative voiceSpecializes in retellings of folktales and classical stories
- Recurring Motifs
- NatureAnimalsRural/local life
Legacy
A prolific Japanese children's author who contributed many original works as well as retellings and translations of folktales and foreign children's literature. Recipient of multiple children's literature awards; praised for portrayals of nature and children's perspectives rooted in local settings.
Archives
- National Diet Library (bibliographic records)
Trivia
- His younger brother is the ecologist Akira Miyawaki.
- After working in and running a bookstore in Okayama City, he moved to Tokyo in 1935 and began his literary career.