Hans Christian Andersen Prize

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The Hans Christian Andersen Prize ( Danish H.C. Andersen-medaljen , English Hans Christian Andersen Award ; in its own German spelling: Hans Christian Andersen Prize  ) is now sponsored by the IBBY ( International Board on Books for Young People ), an international board of trustees 70 countries, awarded every two years. It is named after the Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875) and is considered the most important international award for children's book authors and illustrators . This is why this international children's and young people's literature prize is also known as the “small Nobel Prize ”. Every two years the international IBBY congress elects a new jury. The prize is a pure honorary award with a gold medal. The patron is the Danish Queen Margrethe II.

General

The Hans Christian Andersen Prize is divided into two categories: since 1956 for authors of children's books and from 1966 also for illustrators of children's books. In addition, an honor list was set up from the beginning to honor those authors and illustrators who should also be honored. With increasing duration, the circle of recommended authors and draftsmen grew more and more worldwide. In the meantime, around 50 authors, draftsmen and recently also translators are honored every two years .

This internationally ausgelobte children's literature prize is not to be confused with the Danish, but internationally awarded Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award ( Danish Hans Christian Andersen Litteraturpris , English Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award ). It has been endowed with 500,000 crowns since the 2000s and has been awarded annually in Odense, the city ​​of Andersen's birth, since 1989 .

The Hans Christian Andersen Prize Committee   has been awarding the undoped Hans Christian Andersen Prize (Hans Christian Andersen Prize) every year since 1996 . The award ceremony also takes place in Odense and always on April 2nd, Andersen's birthday. It is awarded to all personalities and institutions who have made a contribution to the dissemination of Andersen's work.

Award winners

Tove Jansson with Moomin figures, 1956
year author illustrator
1956 Eleanor Farjeon (Great Britain)
1958 Astrid Lindgren (Sweden)
1960 Erich Kästner (Germany)
1962 Meindest DeJong (United States)
1964 René Guillot (France)
1966 Tove Jansson (Finland) Alois Carigiet (Switzerland)
1968 James Krüss (Germany)
José María Sánchez-Silva (Spain)
Jiří Trnka (Czechoslovakia)
1970 Gianni Rodari (Italy) Maurice Sendak (United States)
1972 Scott O'Dell (United States) Ib Spang Olsen (Denmark)
1974 Maria Gripe (Sweden) Farshid Mesghali (Iran)
1976 Cecil Bødker (Denmark) Tatjana Mawrina (Soviet Union)
1978 Paula Fox (United States) Svend Otto S. (Denmark)
1980 Bohumil Riha (Czechoslovakia) Akaba Suekichi (Japan)
1982 Lygia Bojunga Nunes (Brazil) Zbigniew Rychlicki (Poland)
1984 Christine Nöstlinger (Austria) Mitsumasa Anno (Japan)
1986 Patricia Wrightson (Australia) Robert Ingpen (Australia)
1988 Annie MG Schmidt (Netherlands) Dusan Kállay (Czechoslovakia)
1990 Tormod Haugen (Norway) Lisbeth Zwerger (Austria)
1992 Virginia Hamilton (United States) Kveta Pacovská (Czech Republic)
1994 Michio Mado (Japan) Jörg Müller (Switzerland)
1996 Uri Orlev (Israel) Klaus Ensikat (Germany)
1998 Katherine Paterson (United States) Tomi Ungerer (France)
2000 Ana Maria Machado (Brazil) Anthony Browne (Great Britain)
2002 Aidan Chambers (Great Britain) Quentin Blake (Great Britain)
2004 Martin Waddell (Ireland) Max Velthuijs (Netherlands)
2006 Margaret Mahy (New Zealand) Wolf Erlbruch (Germany)
2008 Jürg Schubiger (Switzerland) Roberto Innocenti (Italy)
2010 David Almond (Great Britain) Jutta Bauer (Germany)
2012 María Teresa Andruetto (Argentina) Peter Sís (United States, Czechoslovakia)
2014 Nahoko Uehashi (Japan) Roger Mello (Brazil)
2016 Cao Wenxuan (China) Rotraut Susanne Berner (Germany)
2018 Eiko Kadono (Japan) Igor Oleynikov (Russia)
2020 Jacqueline Woodson (United States) Albertine Zullo (Switzerland)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Own spelling: "Hans Christian Andersen Prize"
  2. What is IBBY . ibby.org
  3. Hans Christian Andersen Prize , Working Group for Youth Literature e. V.
    Hans Christian Andersen Prize to Swiss Jürg Schubiger . In: Die Presse , April 1, 2008
  4. ^ Hans Christian Andersen Awards . ibby.org
  5. Hans Christian Andersen Litteraturpris ( Memento of the original of May 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Danish, English)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / andersen-award.com
  6. Hans Christian Andersen Priskomité (Danish, partly English)
  7. Hans Christian Andersen Prisen 2011  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.hcandersen-homepage.dk  
  8. John Neumeier receives the Andersen Prize . In: Hamburger Abendblatt ( dpa ), March 25, 2009