Noma Children's Literature Award
1 appearances
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Edition 14 (1976) award
Masao Nonagase
のながせ まさお
Nonagase Masao
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1906-02-08 （Totsukawa, Nara, Japan）
- Died
- 1984-04-22 age 78
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Totsukawa, Nara (birthplace) → Tokyo (worked as editor)
Career
- Occupations
- poet, children's author, translator, editor, elementary school teacher
- Active Years
- 1928-1984
- Affiliations
- Kin no Hoshi Sha (editor, advisor)
- Influenced By
- poets/authors of the proletarian literature movement
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totsukawa Chugaku Bunbukan (now Nara Prefectural Totsukawa High School) | — | — | — | — | Japan |
Totsukawa Chugaku Bunbukan (now Nara Prefectural Totsukawa High School)
Country:
Japan
Began writing poetry while a student
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Sankei Children's Publishing Culture Award | That Day the Sky Was Blue | — | Sankei Shimbun | winner |
| 1976 | Noma Children's Literature Prize | My Little Home | — | Noma Cultural Foundation | winner |
| 1976 | Akai Tori (Red Bird) Literature Prize | My Little Home | — | Akai Tori Prize Committee | winner |
| 1979 | Japan Children's Literature Association Award | A Little Love Song | — | Japan Children's Literature Association | winner |
Sankei Children's Publishing Culture Award
1971
Work:
That Day the Sky Was Blue
Organization:
Sankei Shimbun
Result:
winner
Noma Children's Literature Prize
1976
Work:
My Little Home
Organization:
Noma Cultural Foundation
Result:
winner
Akai Tori (Red Bird) Literature Prize
1976
Work:
My Little Home
Organization:
Akai Tori Prize Committee
Result:
winner
Japan Children's Literature Association Award
1979
Work:
A Little Love Song
Organization:
Japan Children's Literature Association
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Akai Tori Literary Award
1 appearances
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Edition 6 (1976) award
Japan Juvenile Writers Association Award
1 appearances
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Edition 4 (1979) award
Works
Major Works
Flowers Also Bloomed in the Prison Square
1928 poetry collectionAn early poetry collection containing works with proletarian perspectives on labor and oppression.
laboroppressionsocial consciousness
That Day the Sky Was Blue
1970 children's/young people's poetry collectionA collection of poems for young readers, often depicting everyday sensibilities and nostalgia.
nostalgianaturechildhood perspective
My Little Home
1976 children's literature (poems/prose)Depicts home and everyday life from a child's perspective; known as an award-winning work.
homegrowing upgentleness
A Little Love Song
1979 poetry collectionA collection of poems that lyrically recount love and delicate scenes of daily life; recipient of an association award.
loveeveryday lifelyricism
Bibliography
- Flowers Also Bloomed in the Prison Square (poetry, 1928)
- Sad Bread (second poetry collection, 1929)
- Young Female Teachers (short stories, 1931)
- Call of the Mountain (children's novel, 1958)
- That Day the Sky Was Blue (poetry for youth, 1970)
- My Little Home (1976)
- A Little Love Song (poetry, 1979)
- Sunset Old Man Blues (poetry, 1981)
- I Walk On (1982)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- lyric poetic expressiongentle narrative for childrenproletarian realism (early period)
- Recurring Motifs
- depictions of naturechildhood perspectivenostalgiagentleness of daily life
Legacy
Masao Nonagase was a 20th-century Japanese poet active in children's literature, also working as an editor and translator. He received multiple children's literature awards and influenced younger writers through his editorial work at Kin no Hoshi Sha.
Academic Societies
- Japan Children's Literature Association (related)
Archives
- National Diet Library (possible holdings of works and documents)
Trivia
- Born in Totsukawa, Nara Prefecture.
- Involved in the proletarian literature movement in his early years.
- Worked as an editor and advisor at Kin no Hoshi Sha, contributing to children's book publishing.