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Ogawa Mimei Literary Award おがわみめいぶんがくしょう

Edition 6 (1997)

Children's literature

Winners

3 people
北岡克子 きたおか かつこ grand prize

Boku tte Yowamushi is a children's story about a boy who lacks confidence amid his striking siblings and tries to keep moving forward as difficulties continue to arise. It was expanded and published under this title from Kaze no Naru Yoru, the work that received the Ogawa Mimei Literary Award Grand Prize.

A story of a boy trying to face forward through hardship despite his lack of confidence.

123 pages
bullyingschool refusalfamilyself-acceptanceresilience
梅原賢二 うめはら けんじ excellence award

Trouble Insect Chronicle is a work by Kenji Umehara that received an Excellence Award in the 1997 Ogawa Mimei Literary Prize.

Trouble Insect Chronicle by Kenji Umehara, selected for an Excellence Award in the 1997 Ogawa Mimei Literary Prize.

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Yu Ito いとう ゆう excellence award

フシギ稲荷 is a work by 伊藤遊 that was recognized by the 小川未明文学賞 in 1997. It is read as a published literary work.

フシギ稲荷, a work recognized by the 小川未明文学賞.

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