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Oya Soichi Nonfiction Award おおやそういちノンフィクションしょう

Edition 14 (1983)

Nonfiction

Winners

2 people
Sumi Kosakai こさかい すみ award

A nonfiction account of Miki Sawada and the children connected with the Elizabeth Saunders Home. It portrays postwar Japan’s discrimination and care through both personal conviction and the lives of the children.

これはあなたの母 沢田美喜と混血児たち is a work that explores human feeling and the atmosphere of its time through 児童福祉.

nonfictionpostwar historychild welfare
Keiichiro Kobori こぼり けいいちろう award

A biography of Kantaro Suzuki, prime minister at the end of the Pacific War, tracing his life and decisive choices. His military career, relationship with the emperor, and political judgment illuminate a turning point in modern Japan.

宰相鈴木貫太郎 is a work that explores human feeling and the atmosphere of its time through 政治史.

biographyend of warpolitical history