Award Ceremony for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 2020 and 2021
The time has come at last for the 2021 and 2020 laureates, author Jean-Claude Mourlevat of France and picture book artist Baek Heena of the Republic of Korea, to be formally honored and presented with their awards. The award ceremony will take place on Monday, May 31 at 7 p.m., hosted by Swedish Minister for Culture and Democracy Amanda Lind and H.R.H. Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden. The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award is one of Sweden’s foremost literary prizes and with a prize of five million Swedish kronor (approx. EUR 462k, GBP 400k, USD 550k) it is the largest award of its kind.