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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)

Children's literature

Winners

5 people
Nishizawa Shotaro にしざわ しょうたろう award

Prism 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.

194 pages
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Erika Tachihara たちはら えりか award

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.

270 pages
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山下喬子 やました きょうこ honorable mention

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.

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Suchi Tokuhei すち とくへい honorable mention
池谷二郎 いけたに じろう honorable mention