World Literary Awards

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Newbery Medal (John Newbery Medal) じょん・にゅーべりー・めだる

Edition 8 (1929)

Children's literature awardEnglish-language children's booksAmerican literature award

Winners

7 people
Eric P. Kelly Winner

A coming-of-age story about a Finnish immigrant boy. Layering cultural background, revolutionary-era social conditions, and folklore-like elements, it portrays the boy's maturation and the bonds of community.

Finnish myth and revolutionary history overlap in a boy's coming-of-age story.

273 pages
immigrationgrowing upcultureFinnish history
John Bennett Nominee

A story of Pran's choices and growth within the customs and family codes of the Albanian mountains. Cross-cultural understanding and female independence emerge against a folkloric backdrop.

Within the customs of a mountain society, a girl tries to choose her own future.

282 pages
Albaniagrowing upcross-cultural encounterfamily
336 pages
Grace Moon Nominee

The award recognizes a lifetime of poetry. His lyrical work combines formal discipline with idealism, introspection, and sustained spiritual inquiry.

Known for lyrical poetry marked by idealism and introspection.

poetryidealismintrospectionphilosophy