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Saito Rin

さいとう りん

Saitō Rin

Profile

Gender
Unknown
Born
1969-01-01 （Akita Prefecture）
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
poet, children's author
Active Years
2004-

Awards

Japan Children's Literature Association Newcomer Award (48th)
2014
Work: Dorobou no Dorobon
Organization: Japan Children's Literature Association
Result: winner
Shogakukan Children's Publishing Culture Award (64th)
2014
Work: Dorobou no Dorobon
Organization: Shogakukan
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Wave Your Hand, Wave Your Hand

2004 poetry collection

Debut poetry collection featuring short poems that weave fragments of daily life and wordplay.

everyday lifewordplaychildlike perspective

Dorobou no Dorobon

2014 children's literature (novel)

A children's novel that mixes adventure and everyday life seen from a child's perspective.

growing upadventurefriendship

The Poetry Before You Grow Up (approx.)

poetry

A poetry book for children; music supervision by Fumiko Takano.

childrengrowing upsound and rhythm

From Back-Town, Always

children's literature / poetry

A work combining illustrations and poems that depict townscapes and memories from a child's viewpoint.

memorytownchildren

Pictureless Picture Book

picture book (experimental)

An experimental picture book that limits imagery to stimulate words and imagination.

imaginationlanguage

Bibliography

  • Wave Your Hand, Wave Your Hand
  • Orpheus, Orpheus — New Poets 6
  • Goodbye, Coffin
  • I Really Want to Become a Symbol
  • The Poetry Before You Grow Up (approx.)
  • From Back-Town, Always
  • Haru and Aki
  • The Lighthouse
  • Welcome to Mistake Town
  • Pictureless Picture Book
  • Dorobou no Dorobon

Style & Themes

Literary Style
concise, sonorous poetic expressiongentle voice suited to childrenemphasis on wordplay and rhythm
Recurring Motifs
child's viewpointfragments of everyday lifememory and town

Legacy

As a contemporary poet and children's author, she is noted for wordplay in poetry and child-centered narratives. She has won multiple awards in children's literature and holds a presence in children's publishing.

Academic Societies

  • Japan Children's Literature Association

Trivia

  • A poet and children's author from Akita Prefecture.
  • Debuted in 2004 with the poetry collection '手をふる 手をふる'.
  • 'Dorobou no Dorobon' won the Japan Children's Literature Association Newcomer Award and the Shogakukan Children's Publishing Culture Award.