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August Prize おーがすとしょう

Edition 24 (2012)

FictionNonfictionChildren and Young Adult

Winners

3 people
Göran Rosenberg よーらん・ろーせんべるく Winner

A deeply personal memoir that follows a father’s passage from Auschwitz and reflects on memory, loss, and postwar Sweden.

Tracing a father’s life brings the weight of history into view.

289 pages
memoirHolocaustfamilySweden
Ingrid Margareta Carlberg いんぐりっど・かーるべり Winner

A substantial biography of Raoul Wallenberg that follows his life alongside the history of rescue during the Holocaust.

One diplomat’s choice affected countless lives.

784 pages
biographyHolocaustdiplomatrescue
Nina Ulmaja にな・うるまや Winner

A playful illustrated book about letters, typefaces, and readability that explains the history and function of the alphabet for both children and adults.

Learn the alphabet by playing with it.

199 pages
illustrated nonfictionlettersdesignchildren