Wolf Erlbruch to Sweden
The German illustrator and picturebook author Wolf Erlbruch is coming to Sweden to receive the 2017 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA) and to give a public lecture. The award is presented by H.R.H. Crown Princess Victoria at a ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall on 29 May 2017 attended by Alice Bah Kuhnke, Swedish Minister for Culture and Democracy who is giving a speech in honor of Erlbruch. The compare is the journalist and literary critic Yukiko Duke: – Wolf Erlbruch approaches the big life issues with warmth and humour and makes them easy to understand for the youngest