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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 15 (1974)

Children's literature

Winners

4 people
柏葉幸子 award

気ちがい通りのリナ is a children’s literature by 柏葉幸子. Recognized in 1974, it is valued for its focused voice and for the way it leaves a sense of people, place, and time with the reader.

気ちがい通りのリナ captures a sense of people and time within a tightly shaped form.

memory and placehuman feelingsocial context
山里るり award

水曜日には朝がある is a children’s literature by 山里るり. Recognized in 1974, it is valued for its focused voice and for the way it leaves a sense of people, place, and time with the reader.

水曜日には朝がある captures a sense of people and time within a tightly shaped form.

memory and placehuman feelingsocial context
前中行至 honorable mention

光の丘 is a children’s literature by 前中行至. Recognized in 1974, it is valued for its focused voice and for the way it leaves a sense of people, place, and time with the reader.

光の丘 captures a sense of people and time within a tightly shaped form.

memory and placehuman feelingsocial context
江川圀彦 honorable mention

神さまがみんなをわらわせた is a children’s literature by 江川圀彦. Recognized in 1974, it is valued for its focused voice and for the way it leaves a sense of people, place, and time with the reader.

神さまがみんなをわらわせた captures a sense of people and time within a tightly shaped form.

memory and placehuman feelingsocial context