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Published on January 21st, 2016 | by Booknotes Administrator

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IBBY Announces the Shortlist for the 2016 Hans Christian Andersen Awards

IBBY, the International Board on Books for Young People is proud to announce the shortlist for the 2016 Hans Christian Andersen Award – the world’s most prestigious children’s book award:

Authors: Cao Wenxuan from China, Louis Jensen from Denmark, Mirjam Pressler from Germany, Ted van Lieshout from the Netherlands and Lois Lowry from the USA.

Illustrators: Rotraut Susanne Berner from Germany, Pejman Rahimizadeh from Iran, Alessandro Sanna from Italy, Suzy Lee from the Republic of Korea and Marit Törnqvist from the Netherlands.

The jury for this award is comprised of ten members from around the world:

Patricia Aldana from Canada/Guatemala is the 2016 jury president. She led the jury comprising the following Lola Rubio (Argentina), Dolores Prades (Brazil), Wu Qing (China), Kirsten Bystrup (Denmark), Yasmine Motawy (Egypt), Shohreh Yousefi (Iran), Andrej Ilc (Slovenia), Reina Duarte (Spain), Susan Stan (USA) and María Beatriz Medina (Venezuela). Elda Nogueira (Brazil) represented the IBBY President and Liz Page acted as Jury Secretary.

The criteria used to assess the nominations included the aesthetic and literary quality as well as the freshness and innovation of the body of work; the ability to see the child’s point of view and to stretch their curiosity; and the continuing relevance of the works to children and young people. The Award is based on the entire body of work.

After the meeting Aldana said, “It was remarkable to work with such an accomplished jury. Despite coming from so many different cultures and backgrounds there was a surprising degree of consensus. And it was a highly enjoyable process for us all.”

The two winners will be announced at the IBBY Press Conference on 4 April 2016 at the Bologna International Children’s Book Fair. The medals and diplomas will be presented to the winners during the 35th IBBY Congress in Auckland, New Zealand on Saturday, 20 August 2016.

 

About the Award

2016 is the 60th Anniversary of the Hans Christian Andersen Awards. Previous winners include: authors Erich Kästner (Germany), Astrid Lindgren (Sweden), Katherine Paterson (USA), Lygia Bojunga (Brazil) and Margaret Mahy (New Zealand). Illustrators include Peter Sís (Czech Republic), Maurice Sendak (USA), Mitsumasa Anno (Japan), Wolf Erlbruch (Germany) and Robert Ingpen (Australia).

The IBBY members elect the Jury President during the biennial world congress and the Executive Committee elects the international jury of experts from nominations submitted by the IBBY National Sections.

The members of the Jury assess the complete body of the work in all cases. All the candidates nominated for the Award have made outstanding contributions to children’s literature in their countries and are selected by the IBBY National Sections; a complete list of the 2016 candidates is attached.

The International Board on Books for Young People is comprised of 77 National Sections and works to bring children and books together. It is the oldest and most highly regarded organization in the world working globally for children and books. The Andersen Award is sponsored by Nami Island Inc.

For further information: www.ibby.org or www.ibbycongress2016.org

E-mail : [email protected]

 

Hans Christian Andersen Awards 2016 Nominees

Country Author Illustrator
Argentina María Laura Devetach Bianki / Diego Ariel Bianchi
Australia Ursula Dubosarsky Bronwyn Bancroft
Austria Renate Welsh Linda Wolfsgruber
Belgium Bart Moeyaert Rascal
Brazil Marina Colasanti Ciça Fittipaldi
Canada Kenneth Oppel Pierre Pratt
China Cao Wenxuan Zhu Chengliang
Colombia - Claudia Rueda
Croatia Miro Gavran -
Denmark Louis Jensen Lilian Brøgger
Estonia Piret Raud -
Egypt Affaf Tobbala -
France Timothée de Fombelle François Place
Germany Mirjam Pressler Rotraut Susanne Berner
Greece Eleni Dikaiou Lida Varvarousi
Iran - Pejman Rahimizadeh
Italy Chiara Carminati Alessandro Sanna
Japan Eiko Kadono Ken Katayama
Republic of Korea - Suzy Lee
Latvia - Anita Paegle
Mexico - Gabriel Pacheco
Netherlands Ted van Lieshout Marit Törnqvist
New Zealand Joy Cowley -
Norway Toråge Bringsværd Lisa Aisato
Palestine Sonia Nimr -
Russia Andrey Usachev Mikhail Fedorov
Slovakia Daniel Hevier Peter Uchnár
Slovenia Svetlana Makarovič Marjan Manček
Spain Agustín Fernández Paz Miguel Anxo Prado Plana
Sweden - Eva Lindström
Switzerland Franz Hohler Etienne Delessert
Turkey Gülçin Alpöge Ferit Avci
UK Elizabeth Laird Chris Riddell
USA Lois Lowry Chris Raschka
34 Countries 28 Authors 29 illustrators
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