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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 14 (1973)

Children's literature

Winners

2 people
金原徹郎 award

ドベ猫メチャラムニュ is a children’s literature by 金原徹郎. Recognized in 1973, it is valued for its focused voice and for the way it leaves a sense of people, place, and time with the reader.

ドベ猫メチャラムニュ captures a sense of people and time within a tightly shaped form.

memory and placehuman feelingsocial context
井出郁子 honorable mention

太陽を見たモヤシ is a children’s literature by 井出郁子. Recognized in 1973, it is valued for its focused voice and for the way it leaves a sense of people, place, and time with the reader.

太陽を見たモヤシ captures a sense of people and time within a tightly shaped form.

memory and placehuman feelingsocial context