Bungakukai Newcomer Award ぶんがくかいしんじんしょう
Edition 15 (1962, held 2 times in year)
LiteratureNewcomer award
Winners
2 peopleKodomobeya (Children's Room) is a short story by Akira Abe about the grief of a younger brother whose older brother has an intellectual disability. It won the 1962 Bungeikai Newcomer Award and marked Abe's literary debut.
A debut short story by Akira Abe that closely portrays the grief of a younger brother whose older brother has an intellectual disability.
247 pages
familydisabilitysiblingscoming of age