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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 10 (1969)

Children's literature

Winners

4 people
Eiko Takeda たけだ えいこ honorable mention

Umi no Kagaribi is a children's work by Eiko Takeda, likely portraying a child's way of seeing the world through images of seaside life and guiding light.

The image of a fire lit by the sea becomes a guidepost in a child's heart.

children's literaturesealightgrowth
Takako Hino ひの たかこ honorable mention

Kaze no Hanazono is a children's work by Takako Hino, likely depicting a child's sensitivity and encounters with nature through the images of wind and a flower garden.

In a garden through which the wind passes, a child's heart opens through encounters with nature.

children's literaturenaturesensitivitygrowth
千北ゆずる ちきた ゆずる honorable mention

Plastic no Sora is a children's work by Yuzuru Chikita. The title's artificial material suggests a story where a modern living environment overlaps with a child's gaze toward the sky.

The hard image of a plastic sky raises questions about the world a child looks up at.

76 pages
children's literaturemodern lifeskyenvironment
北里洋介 きたさと ようすけ honorable mention

Kyukei no Chitei Toshi Mohoro is a children's work by Yosuke Kitasato. Through the adventurous setting of a spherical underground city, it likely portrays curiosity and imagination directed toward an unknown world.

The setting of a spherical underground city invites a child's adventurous spirit into an unknown world.

76 pages
children's literatureadventureunderground cityimagination