20th Anniversary Year for Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
On 28 January 2002, the beloved Swedish children’s book author Astrid Lindgren died. The same year, the Swedish government decided to found the world’s largest award for children’s and young adult literature to honour her memory: the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. For two decades, the award has elevated and honoured some of the foremost figures in young people’s literature, including many whose books have received translations into new languages and found new readers around the world. And it is precisely that which is the award’s foremost aim: to give every child access to great stories.