Kodansha Children's Literature Newcomer Award こうだんしゃじどうぶんがくしんじんしょう
Edition 2 (1961)
Winners
5 peoplePrism Mura Tanjo is a children's literary work by Shotaro Nishizawa. It stands near the beginning of an author known for writing about nature and local communities, and can be read as a story of children looking closely at their own place and facing change.
A formative children's story by a writer attentive to nature and local community.
Yuri to Dekadeka-jin to Chibichibi-jin no Monogatari was published as Dekadeka-jin to Chibichibi-jin, a children's fantasy by Erika Tachihara. By bringing together beings of very different sizes, it gently portrays children's imagination and understanding of others.
A children's fantasy that expands imagination and empathy through encounters between large and small beings.
Pufa Shonen is a children's literary work by Kyoko Yamashita that received an honorable mention in the Kodansha Children's Literature Newcomer Award. It belongs to the period when the author, once a student of Tatsuo Hori, expanded from postwar fiction into children's literature.
An award-recognized children's work from Kyoko Yamashita's move into writing for young readers.