Bungakukai Newcomer Award ぶんがくかいしんじんしょう
Edition 33 (1971, held 2 times in year)
LiteratureNewcomer award
Winners
3 people
東峰夫
award
Okinawan Boys is a novel by Mineo Higashi. Told through a boy's perspective, it portrays Okinawa under United States administration and won the 1971 Bungeikai Newcomer Award and the 66th Akutagawa Prize.
A novel by Mineo Higashi that portrays Okinawa under United States administration through the eyes of a boy.
189 pages
OkinawaOkinawa under United States administrationa boy's perspectivepostwar literature
大久保操
award
梅原稜子
honorable mention