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August Prize おーがすとしょう

Edition 20 (2008)

FictionNonfictionChildren and Young Adult

Winners

4 people
Per Olov Enquist ぺーる・おろふ・えんくゔぃすと Winner

A memoir that traces the road from youth to a literary life through fragments of memory. Illness, family, politics, and a stubborn devotion to writing accumulate into the portrait of a single life.

The farther memory goes, the sharper the shape of a life becomes.

400 pages
memoirmemoryliteraturefamilypolitics
Paul Duncan ぽーる・だんかん Winner

A large-format visual biography that follows Ingmar Bergman's life and directing career through photographs and testimony. It builds a three-dimensional portrait that reaches beyond film history into the stage and private life.

Photographs become Bergman's own chronology.

591 pages
filmbiographyphotographydirectionBergman
Bengt Wanselius べんぐと・わんせりうす Winner

A photo book that views Bergman's world from the perspective of the photographer who documented it. Film memory emerges through a sequence of striking still images.

Each photograph speaks from behind the scenes of the films.

591 pages
filmphoto bookBergmanarchivevisual culture
Jakob Wegelius やこぶ・ゔぇーげりうす Winner

An adventure tale about Sally Jones, a gorilla who cannot speak and travels the world through voyages and farewells. The unfamiliar landscapes and careful emotional buildup leave a lasting afterglow.

What will Sally Jones find at the end of the journey?

448 pages
adventurechildren's literaturetravelfriendshiploneliness