Nominees for the 2022 award to be announced
The nominees who are in the running for the 2022 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA) will be official on October 21. The list includes some of the world's foremost creators of literature for children and young people, as well as reading promoters. With a price amount of 5 million Swedish kronor (EUR 462,000) it is the largest award of its kind.
The names of the nominees will be released on www.alma.se/en from October 21 at 1 pm CET. The nominees are authors, illustrators, oral storytellers and reading promoters representing 71 countries who have been nominated by organisations