Nominated Candidates2016

ASTRID LINDGREN MEMORIAL AWARD 2016

This nomination list contains the names of 215 candidates from 59 countries. The list wouldn´t be possible without the work of over a hundred nominating bodies all over the world. We are deeply grateful for their valuable work in providing us with material and information describing the quality in each and every candidate’s work.

One or several laureates from this list will be selected and announced in Stockholm, Sweden on Tuesday April 5, 2016.

So far, fifteen laureates have been rewarded by the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award jury. Seven authors, two illustrators and three authors and illustrators have been honored with the award.

The 2015 laureate PRAESA, Project for the Study of Alternative Education in South Africa, is the third reading promotion organisation to receive the award. Previously rewarded are Banco del Libro from Venezuela and the Palestinian organisation the Tamer Institute for Community Education.

The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA) is the world’s largest award for children’s and young adult literature. The award amounts to SEK 5 million and is given annually to a single laureate or to several. Authors, illustrators, oral storytellers and reading promoters are eligible for the award, which is designed to promote interest in children’s and young adult literature. The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child is the foundation of our work. An expert jury selects the laureate(s) from candidates nominated by institutions and organisations all over the world. The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award was founded by the Swedish government in 2002 and is administrated by the Swedish Arts Council. www.alma.se/en

NOMINATED CANDIDATES FOR 2016

ArgentinaLuján, Jorge AuthorAbuelas Cuentacuentos: the Storytelling Grandmothers

Organisation

AustraliaDubosarsky, Ursula AuthorGleeson, Libby AuthorGleitzman, Morris AuthorLester, Alison AuthorMarchetta, Melina AuthorZusak, Markus Author

Austria Welsh-Rabady, Renate AuthorZwerger, Lisbeth Illustrator

BelgiumCneut, Carll IllustratorGodon, Ingrid IllustratorHerbauts, Ann Author/IllustratorLavachery, Thomas AuthorMoeyaert, Bart AuthorRascal Oral storytellerWabbes, Marie Author/IllustratorVerplancke, Klaas Illustrator

Bosnia and Herzegovina Abdagic Kike, Mirsad AuthorŠaric, Muhidin Author

BrazilMello, Roger Author/Illustrator

British Virgin Islands Stoutt, Elmore Oral storyteller

Canada Canadian Children’s Book Centre OrganisationEllis, Sarah AuthorHébert, Marie-Francine Author

China Bo, Jin AuthorZexin, Chen Illustrator

ColombiaDa Coll, Ivar Author/IllustratorRueda, Claudia Author/Illustrator

Croatia Paljetak, Luko Author

Czech Republic Nikl, Petr Author/Illustrator

Denmark Aakeson, Kim Fupz AuthorBrøgger, Lilian IllustratorJensen, Louis AuthorKarrebæk, Dorte IllustratorPardi, Charlotte IllustratorStrid, Jakob Martin IllustratorTeller, Janne Author

Estonia Kivirähk, Andrus AuthorLukk-Toompere, Regina IllustratorRaud, Piret Author

Finland Havukainen, Aino & Sami Toivonen Author/IllustratorKunnas, Mauri Author/IllustratorNopola, Sinikka & Tiina Author

Parvela, Timo AuthorRönns, Christel IllustratorSandman Lilius, Irmelin Author/IllustratorTiainen, Marja-Leena Author

France A.C.C.E.S. OrganisationDouzou, Olivier Author/IllustratorFombelle, Timothée de AuthorMourlevat, Jean-Claude AuthorMurail, Marie-Aude AuthorNadja IllustratorPatte, Geneviève Promoter of readingPlace, François IllustratorRiff, Hélène IllustratorSatrapi, Marjane Author/IllustratorSfar, Joann Author/IllustratorUngerer, Tomi Author/Illustrator

Georgia Book Art Center (BAC) OrganisationDavitashvili, Natalie AuthorTopuria, Tea Author

Germany Berner, Rotraut Susanne IllustratorBlau, Aljoscha Author/IllustratorErlbruch, Wolf IllustratorInternational Youth Library OrganisationLabor Ateliergemeinschaft OrganisationMuggenthaler, Eva Author/IllustratorPressler, Mirjam AuthorRichter, Jutta Author

Greece Future Library OrganisationLambrelli, Lily Author/Oral storytellerPateraki, Giolanda AuthorTrivizas, Eugene Author

Hungary Csukás, István AuthorMesemuzeum (The Hungarian Fairy Tale and Story

Museum) OrganisationMarék, Veronika Author/Illustrator

IcelandÁslaug Jónsdóttir Author/IllustratorKristín Helga Gunnarsdóttir Author

IndiaA & A Book Trust OrganisationAnveshi Research Centre for Women’s Studies OrganisationBond, Ruskin AuthorKatha OrganisationPratham Books OrganisationTara Books Organisation

Indonesia Murti Bunanta /Kelompok Pecinta Bacaan Anak (KPBA)

Oral storyteller/Organisation

Iran Baniasadi, Mohammed Ali IllustratorMesghali, Farshid IllustratorMirhadi, Touran Promoter of readingMoradi Kermani, Houshang AuthorRahimizadeh, Pejman IllustratorRahmandoust, Mostafa Author

IrelandColfer, Eoin Author

IsraelModan, Rutu Author/Illustrator

ItalyAlemagna, Beatrice Author/IllustratorCooperativa Culturale Giannino Stoppani Organisation

Fanelli, Sara Author/IllustratorLampedusa Library/Silent Book Program OrganisationMasini, Beatrice AuthorNegrin, Fabian IllustratorTullio Altan, Fransesco Illustrator

JapanKomagata, Katsumi Author/IllustratorMatsuoka, Kyoko Promoter of reading

Democratic People’s Republic of KoreaGwang, So Yong Promoter of reading/Oral storyteller

Republic of KoreaBaek, Heena IllustratorKwon, Yoon-duck Illustrator

LatviaCielena, Mara AuthorPaegle, Anita IllustratorPetersons, Reinis IllustratorRungulis, Maris Author

LebanonSharafeddine, Fatima Author

LithuaniaKasparavicius, Kestutis Author/Illustrator

Malta Azzopardi, Andreas Author

MexicoMagallanes, Alejandro Author/IllustratorPacheco, Gabriel Illustrator

MoldovaVangheli, Spiridon Author

MontenegroKršenkovic Brkovic, Dragana Author

The NetherlandsDematons, Charlotte IllustratorGeelen, Harrie Author/IllustratorGestel, Peter van AuthorJonge, Harm de AuthorLeeuwen, Joke van Author/IllustratorLieshout, Ted van AuthorTörnqvist, Marit Illustrator

New Zealand Cowley, Joy Promoter of readingDodd, Lynley Author/Illustrator

Nicaragua German Nicaraguan Library and the Bibliobús Bertolt

Brecht Organisations

NorwayBringsværd, Tor Åge AuthorDahle, Gro AuthorEeg, Harald Rosenløw AuthorEkman, Fam Author/IllustratorHole, Stian Author/IllustratorKaldhol, Marit AuthorMoursund, Gry IllustratorNyhus, Svein Author/IllustratorForeningen !les OrganisationSolberg, Lisa Aisato N’jie Author/IllustratorTorseter, Øyvind Illustrator

PalestineNimr, Sonia Author

The Philippines Lapeña-Bonifacio, Amelia AuthorSta Romana-Cruz, Neni Author/Promoter of reading

PolandAll of Poland Reads to Kids (ABCXXI) OrganisationCieslak, Ola IllustratorStrekowska-Zaremba, Małgorzata Author

Portugal Gonzalez, Maria Teresa Maia Author

Russian FederationArkhipova, Anastasia IllustratorGivargizov, Arthur AuthorLubaev, Sergey Illustrator

Saint Kitts and Nevis Ottley-Mitchell, Carol Author

SerbiaOlujic, Grozdana AuthorRšumovic, Ljubivoje Author

Slovenia Rozman Roza, Andrej Author/Oral storyteller/Promoter

of readingŠkerl, Peter Illustrator

South AfricaBiblionef SA OrganisationDaly, Niki IllustratorGrobler, Piet IllustratorNaidoo, Beverley Author

SpainFernández Paz, Agustín AuthorOdriozola, Elena IllustratorPrado, Miguelanxo IllustratorSierra i Fabra, Jordi Author

SwedenEriksson, Eva IllustratorHellgren, Joanna Author/IllustratorHellsing, Lennart AuthorLindström, Eva Author/IllustratorStark, Ulf AuthorTidholm, Anna-Clara Author/IllustratorTidholm, Thomas AuthorWegelius, Jakob Author/IllustratorWikland, Ilon IllustratorZak, Monica Author/Oral storyteller/Promoter of reading

SwitzerlandAlbertine Illustrator

TaiwanLiao, Jimmy Author/Illustrator

TurkeyAÇEV (Mother and Child Education Foundation)

OrganisationErdogan, Fatih AuthorSertbarut (Bagcı), Miyase Author

United Arab EmiratesAl Musallam, Abdulaziz Author

United KingdomAhlberg, Allan AuthorAlmond, David AuthorBlake, Quentin IllustratorBook Aid International OrganisationBriggs, Raymond Author/IllustratorChambers, Aidan AuthorChambers, Aidan & Nancy Promoters of readingForeman, Michael Author/IllustratorGaiman, Neil AuthorHallworth, Grace Author/Oral storytellerHughes, Shirley Author/Illustrator

Jeffers, Oliver Author/IllustratorLetterbox Club OrganisationMeek Spencer, Margaret Promoter of readingMorpurgo, Michael AuthorNess, Patrick AuthorPienkowski, Jan IllustratorRosoff, Meg AuthorSedgwick, Marcus AuthorWilson, Jacqueline Author

United StatesBányai, István IllustratorCarle, Eric Author/IllustratorChildren’s Literature New England (CLNE)

& The Examined Life (EXL) Organisations

Dezsö, Andrea IllustratorFriends of African Village Libraries (FAVL) OrganisationKalman, Maira Author/IllustratorLeGuin, Ursula AuthorLowry, Lois AuthorPellowski, Anne Oral storytellerRoom to Read OrganisationShihab Nye, Naomi AuthorSís, Peter IllustratorWiesner, David Illustrator

ZambiaLubuto Library Partners Organisation

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