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Laureates Jean-Claude Mourlevat and Baek Heena accepted the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award

Tonight on May 31, the laureates of the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 2020 and 2021 were celebrated at a digital award ceremony from Stockholm. The award was presented by H.R.H. Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and the Minister for Culture and Democracy Amanda Lind who gave speeches for the two laureates. The 2021 laureate, French author Jean-Claude Mourlevat, began his acceptance speech with a few sentences in Swedish before talking about his reaction to being awarded the prize: “Since the announcement two months ago, I keep wondering: why me? I feel proud and happy, of course, but

Welcome to cover the 2021 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award Ceremony

It is time for the 2021 and 2020 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award laureates, author Jean-Claude Mourlevat of France and picture book artist Baek Heena of the Republic of Korea, to be honored and presented with their awards. The digital award ceremony takes place on Monday, May 31 at 19.00 CET and will be hosted by H.R.H. Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and the Swedish Minister for Culture and Democracy Amanda Lind. With a prize of five million Swedish kronor (approx. EUR 462k, GBP 400k, USD 550k), the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award is the world's largest award for children's and young

This year's award-winner Baek Heena in upcoming film release

As part of the digital edition of the Gothenburg Book Fair Sep 24-27 in Sweden we present the premiere of a film about this year's laureate, the Korean picture book maker Baek Heena. Viewers will also have the chance to see the 2018 award-winner Jacqueline Woodson talking about her latest novel Red at the Bone, live from New York. Baek Heena, the 2020 ALMA laureateFriday 25 September at 14.30–14.45. Track: Extra inserted On March 31, 2020, the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award struck like a bolt of lightning in the life of the South Korean picture book artist Baek Heena, as she put it

2020 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award Laureate is Korean picture book artist Baek Heena

Baek Heena is one of Korea’s most recognized picture book artists. With a background in film animation, her unique visual style features handmade miniature figurines and environments painstakingly lighted and photographed. She has published thirteen picture books that are popular throughout Asia, a number of which have been translated. One of her most successful books, Cloud Bread, was published in English in 2011. Citation of the jury: With exquisite feeling for materials, looks and gestures, Baek Heena’s filmic picture books stage stories about solitude and solidarity. In her

The world’s largest award (EUR 440 000) for children's and young adult literature to be announced on March 31

Welcome to the 18th announcement of the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA). The award amounts to 5 million SEK (approx. 440 000 EUR) making it the largest international children’s and young adult literature award in the world. On Tuesday, March 31 at 12:50 pm, the ALMA jury will announce the 2020 laureate live from Astrid Lindgren’s home on Dalagatan 46 in Stockholm.  For the 2020 award, 240 candidates from 67 countries  have been nominated. “It is particularly exciting to have an increasing number of nominating countries. It

The 2020 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award to be announced on March 31

For the eighteenth time, the ALMA jury will name the laureate of the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. The prize sum of SEK 5 million (approx. EUR 440 000) makes it the world’s largest award that focuses on quality literature for children and YA and the importance of reading. − This year more countries than ever are represented in the list of candidates, which is fantastic. It makes us take in new worlds, and thus broadens the perspectives of the jury in our work, says Boel Westin, Chair of the ALMA jury.About the announcementALMA Jury Chair Boel Westin will announce the decision of

​Here are the nominees for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 2020

Next year, 237 candidates from 67 countries will be in the running for the world’s largest and most prestigious children’s literature award, the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. This was announced today by the ALMA jury member Mats Kempe at the Frankfurt Book Fair. List of nominated candidates for ALMA 2020  Facts and figuresThe nomination list is a gold mine for anyone interested in international children’s and YA literature. Among the 237 nominees, the list include 49 new names. The candidates represent all continents and are

​Nominees for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 2020 to be announced

Bart Moeyaert, Jacqueline Woodson, Wolf Erlbruch, Meg Rosoff… So far, nineteen laureates have been awarded with the world's largest award for children's and YA literature - the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. Next year’s ALMA laureate will be on the list of nominated candidates presented by the ALMA jury on Thursday October 17th at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Special guest is the current laureate Bart Moeyaert. Welcome to join us for the presentation of the candidates nominated for the 2020 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. ALMA jury member Mats Kempe will present the candidates and present

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