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第20回（1941年） Nominee
Doris Gates
ドリス・ゲイツ
Doris Gates
プロフィール
- 性別
- 女性
- 国籍
- United States
- 言語
- English
- 居住地歴
- Fresno, California, United States
経歴
- 職業
- children's author, librarian
- 活動期間
- 1930年〜1960年
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | Newbery Honor | Blue Willow | — | American Library Association | Honor |
| 1961 | Lewis Carroll Shelf Award | Blue Willow | — | — | 受賞 |
| — | Commonwealth Club of California Book Award (silver) | Blue Willow | — | Commonwealth Club of California | 銀賞 |
| — | Horn Book Magazine Best Books of the Year (selected) | Blue Willow | — | Horn Book Magazine | 選出 |
Newbery Honor
1941
対象作品:
Blue Willow
主催:
American Library Association
結果:
Honor
Lewis Carroll Shelf Award
1961
対象作品:
Blue Willow
結果:
受賞
Commonwealth Club of California Book Award (silver)
対象作品:
Blue Willow
主催:
Commonwealth Club of California
結果:
銀賞
Horn Book Magazine Best Books of the Year (selected)
対象作品:
Blue Willow
主催:
Horn Book Magazine
結果:
選出
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
Blue Willow
1940年 Children's novel (realistic fiction) 172ページSet in the late 1930s San Joaquin Valley, the novel follows ten-year-old Janey Larkin, daughter of a migrant family, who cherishes a Blue Willow plate inherited from her great-great-grandmother. The plate symbolizes the permanent home she longs for. Faced with poverty, her mother's illness, and the instability of migrant life, Janey and her family rely on love, friendship, and hope to overcome their hardships.
homemigrant laborpoverty and classfriendshiphope and imagination
全著作
- Blue Willow (1940)
作風・主題
- 文体
- realistic, social-problem oriented prosesensitive depiction from a child's viewpoint
- 頻出モチーフ
- Blue Willow plate (symbol of home)movement vs. permanencefamily bonds
評価・遺産
Blue Willow is regarded as a pioneering realistic-problem novel in children's literature, notable for its frank depiction of rural and migrant workers' life. Honored as a Newbery Honor book and continually read and studied, its manuscript is held in the May Massee Collection at Emporia State University.
関連学会
- American Library Association
資料所蔵先
- May Massee Collection, Emporia State University
大衆文化への影響
- Frequently cited as a representative example of realism in children's literature
引用
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“Family life in the thirties in a poignant story that has outlasted the era it tells about.”
出典: Joanne Oppenehim, Choosing Books for Kids (1986年) -
“a tender and beautifully written book.”
出典: May Hill Arbuthnot, Children and Books (1964年)
豆知識
- Blue Willow has been called the "juvenile Grapes of Wrath."
- The manuscript is held in the May Massee Collection at Emporia State University.