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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 16 (1975)

Children's literature

Winners

3 people
辻野チヤ子 honorable mention

Ma-chan to Yoidon is a children's book by Chiyako Tsujino. It can be read as a friendly story shaped around the energy and playfulness of children's everyday life.

A bright story that turns children's play and momentum into narrative.

children's literatureplaydaily lifegrowth
黒江ゆに honorable mention

Yokko-chan and the Three Forest Triplets is a work of children’s literature that links a child’s everyday life with the presence of the forest. As a commendation work of the Kodansha New Children’s Literature Prize, it marked one of the new voices in children’s fiction of its time.

A 1970s children’s story where the depth of the forest overlaps with a child’s imagination.

children’s literaturenaturechildhood imaginationnew writer commendation
藤田博保 honorable mention

Jinkichi and the Shamo was published under the revised title Joppari to Shamo. The story depicts people rooted in Tsugaru and an obsession with fighting shamo chickens, and its strong regional character earned it a commendation in the Kodansha New Children’s Literature Prize.

Set against Tsugaru and shamo fighting, it portrays stubborn pride and the force of life.

Tsugarushamo fightingchildren’s literatureregional writing