Japanese Literary Awards

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Robo no Ishi Literary Award ろぼうのいしぶんがくしょう

Edition 5 (1983)

Literary Award

Winners

2 people
Tetsuko Kuroyanagi くろやなぎ てつこ award

An autobiographical work portraying days at Tomoe Gakuen through a child’s point of view. A headmaster’s attentive care and a free learning environment allow one girl’s individuality to flourish.

窓ぎわのトットちゃん is a work that explores human feeling and the atmosphere of its time through 記憶.

295 pages
schoolchildren individualitymemory
Sugō Hiroshi すごう ひろし award

A children’s novel about the uncertainty and joy found in education, seen through a young teacher caring for children. The story is sustained by the weight of nurturing others and the children’s direct responses.

子守学校の女先生 is a work that explores human feeling and the atmosphere of its time through 成長.

children literatureeducationgrowth