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August Prize おーがすとしょう

Edition 17 (2005)

FictionNonfictionChildren and Young Adult

Winners

4 people
Monika Fagerholm もにか・ふぁーげるほるむ Winner

Set in 1970s Finland, the novel follows a girl caught between social distance and private desire. In an atmosphere of adult expectations, the search for a place to belong accumulates quietly.

A girl’s gaze slowly redraws the shape of the world around her.

girlhoodFinlandself-formationfamily
Lena Einhorn れな・あいーんほるん Winner

Told by the daughter, the book traces a true survival story from the Warsaw Ghetto. The weight of persecution and the act of surviving emerge through a spare and direct voice.

A quiet tracing of memory after survival.

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Bo R Holmberg ぼー・あーる・ほるむべり Winner

As Steve faces the possibility of seeing his father again, his thoughts and feelings gradually unfold. Text and image work together in a restrained coming-of-age story.

A father absent for years suddenly becomes present tense.

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Katarina Stromgard かたりな・すとれーむがーど Winner

As Steve faces the possibility of seeing his father again, his thoughts and feelings gradually unfold. Text and image work together in a restrained coming-of-age story.

A father absent for years suddenly becomes present tense.

familyfather and soncoming of agegraphic form