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A treasure for young readers worldwide So far, nineteen laureates have received the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. Who will be the next to join this fantastic group? This brochure contains the names of the 237 candidates nominated for the 2020 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. This year they represent 68 countries. The list of candidates is drawn up by the ALMA jury, but this would not be possible without our nominating bodies all over the world. We are deeply grateful for their valuable work. On Tuesday, March 31, 2020, the ALMA jury will announce the new laureate. The announcement event is held concurrently in Stockholm and at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair. We invite you to follow the announcement live on alma.se/en. ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Anne Herbauts, Author/Illustrator Joy Lawrence, Promoter of reading Thomas Lavachery, Author Prix Bernard Versele, Organisation ARGENTINA Klaas Verplancke, Author/Illustrator Maria Teresa Andruetto, Author CEDILIJ, Organisation BOLIVIA Jorge Luján, Author Biblioteca Thurucapitas, Organisation María Wernicke, Author/Illustrator BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA AUSTRALIA Mirsad Bećirbašić, Author Randa Abdel-Fattah, Author Šimo Ešić, Author Jeannie Baker, Illustrator Bronwyn Bancroft, Illustrator BRAZIL Ursula Dubosarsky, Author Roger Mello, Author/Illustrator Susanne Gervay, Author Morris Gleitzman, Author BULGARIA Indigenous Literary Foundation, Organisation Maya Dalgacheva, Author Robert Ingpen, Illustrator Julia Spiridonova, Author Margo Lanagan, Author Magabala Books, Organisation CAMEROON Melina Marchetta, Author Christian Epanya, Author/Illustrator The Literature Centre, Organisation CANADA AUSTRIA Deborah Ellis, Author Renate Welsh, Author Marie-Francine Hébert, Author Lisbeth Zwerger, Illustrator Jon Klassen, Author/Illustrator Uma Krishnaswami, Author AZERBAIJAN Solmaz Amanova, Author CANADA/IRAN Aynur Mammadova, Illustrator Nahid Kazemi, Illustrator Sevinj Nurugizi, Author CHILE BELARUS Fundación Había Una Vez, Organisation Piatro Vasiuchenka, Author CHINA BELGIUM Gao Hongbo, Author Anne Brouillard, Author/Illustrator Liang Xiong, Author/Illustrator Carll Cneut, Illustrator Zhang Zhilu, Author Ingrid Godon, Illustrator COLOMBIA FINLAND Ivar Da Coll, Author/Illustrator Linda Bondestam, Illustrator Proyecto Gulliver, Organisation Marika Maijala, Author/Illustrator Timo Parvela, Author DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO/UNITED KINGDOM Irmelin Sandman Lilius, Author/Illustrator Dominique Mwankumi, Author/Illustrator Maria Turtschaninoff, Author CROATIA FRANCE Dubravka Kolanović, Illustrator A.C.C.E.S., Organisation L’Agence Quand les Livres Relient, Organisation CYPRUS Benjamin Chaud, Author/Illustrator Tsangaris Hambis, Illustrator Olivier Douzou, Author/Illustrator Timothée de Fombelle, Author CZECH REPUBLIC Bernard Friot, Author Petr Nikl, Author/Illustrator Marie-Aude Murail, Author Květa Pacovská, Illustrator Geneviève Patte, Promoter of reading François Place, Author/Illustrator DENMARK François Roca, Illustrator Kim Fupz Aakeson, Author Jean-Claude Mourlevat, Author Biblo.dk, Organisation Lilian Brøgger, Illustrator GEORGIA Louis Jensen, Author Giorgi Chachanidze, Illustrator Dorte Karrebæk, Illustrator Bondo Matsaberidze, Author Tea Topuria, Author ECUADOR Mariam Tsiklauri, Author Edna Iturralde, Author GERMANY EGYPT Jutta Bauer, Illustrator Yacoub El-Sharouni, Author/Oral storyteller/ Nadia Budde, Author/Illustrator Promoter of reading Nikolaus Heidelbach, Illustrator Internationale Jugendbibliothek, Organisation ESTONIA Janosch, Author/Illustrator Ulla Saar, Illustrator Labor Ateliergemeinschaft, Organisation Leelo Tungal, Author Stiftung Lesen, Organisation Urmas Viik, Illustrator GREECE FAROE ISLANDS ECHO Refugee Library, Organisation Rakel Helmsdal, Author/Illustrator/Promoter of reading/ Vagelis Iliopoulos, Author Oral storyteller Antonis Papatheodoulou, Author GREENLAND JAPAN Naja Rosing-Asvid, Author/Illustrator Kyoko Matsuoka, Promoter of reading Lene Therkildsen, Promoter of reading Seizo Tashima, Illustrator HUNGARY JORDAN István Csukás, Author Taghrid al-Najjar, Author Tibor Zálan, Author REPUBLIC OF KOREA ICELAND Heena Baek, Illustrator Sigrún Eldjárn, Author/Illustrator Korean Children’s Book Association, Organisation Lee Juyoung, Promoter of reading INDIA Uk-Bae Lee, Illustrator A & A Book Trust, Organisation Pratham Books, Organisation LATVIA Gundega Muzikante, Illustrator IRAN Gita Treice, Illustrator Children’s Book Council, Organisation Mehdi Hejvani, Promoter of reading LEBANON/BELGIUM Jamshid Khanian, Author Fatima Sharafeddine, Author Mobile Library of Iran, Organisation Houshang Moradi Kermani, Author LITHUANIA Read with Me, Organisation Kęstutis Kasparavičius, Author/Illustrator Mohammad Reza Shams, Author Aliasghar Seidabadi, Promoter of reading MOLDOVA Ion Creanga National Children’s Library, Organisation IRELAND PJ Lynch, Illustrator THE NETHERLANDS Sheena Wilkinson, Author De SchrijversCentrale, Organisation Annemarie van Haeringen, Author/Illustrator ISRAEL Joke van Leeuwen, Author/Illustrator Rutu Modan, Author/Illustrator Gideon Samson, Author Toon Tellegen, Author ITALY Thé Tjong-Khing, Illustrator Beatrice Alemagna, Author/Illustrator Marit Törnqvist, Author/Illustrator Chiara Carminati, Author Edward van de Vendel, Author Lampedusa Library, Organisation Sarolta Szulyovszky, Illustrator NICARAGUA Linda Wolfsgruber, Illustrator German Nicaraguan Library and the Bibliobús Bertold Brecht, Organisation NORWAY RUSSIAN FEDERATION Lene Ask, Illustrator Anastasia Arkhipova, Illustrator Rune Belsvik, Author Nina Dashevskaya, Author Gro Dahle, Author Ilga Ponornitskaya (Eugeniya Basova), Author Harald Rosenløw Eeg, Author Russian State Children’s Library, Organisation Stian Hole, Author/Illustrator Alexander Traugot, Illustrator Marit Kaldhol, Author Mikhail Yasnov, Author Leser Søker Bok, Organisation Gry Moursund, Author/Illustrator SERBIA Svein Nyhus, Author/Illustrator Jasminka Petrović, Author Maria Parr, Author Ljubivoje Ršumović, Author Øyvind Torseter, Illustrator SLOVENIA PALESTINE Slavko Pregl, Author/Promoter of reading Sonia Nimr, Author Anja Štefan, Author/Oral storyteller THE PHILIPPINES SOUTH AFRICA Virgilio Senadren Almario, Author Biblionef South Africa, Organisation Kristiyano-Islam Peace Library, Organisation Niki Daly, Author/Illustrator Neni Sta. Romana Cruz, Promoter of reading Gcina Mhlope, Author/Oral storyteller/ Promoter of reading POLAND All of Poland Reads to Kids, Organisation SOUTH AFRICA/UNITED KINGDOM Iwona Chmielewska, Illustrator Beverley Naidoo, Author Paweł Pawlak, Illustrator Małgorzata Karolina Piekarska, Author SPAIN Marcin Szczygielski, Author Elena Odriozola, Illustrator Józef Wilkoń, Illustrator Jordi Sierra i Fabra, Author PORTUGAL SUDAN Bernardo P. Carvalho, Illustrator Salah Elmur, Illustrator António Jorge Gonçalves, Illustrator Maria Teresa Maia Gonzales, Author SWEDEN Catarina Sobral, Illustrator Eva Eriksson, Illustrator Gunna Grähs, Illustrator ROMANIA Joanna Hellgren, Illustrator Florin Bican, Author/Oral storyteller/Promoter of reading Olof Landström, Illustrator Andrea Kürti, Illustrator Pija Lindenbaum, Author/Illustrator Vasile Olac, Illustrator Eva Lindström, Author/Illustrator Frida Nilsson, Author Patrick Ness, Author Klara Persson, Author/Illustrator Luke Pearson, Author/Illustrator Anna-Clara Tidholm, Illustrator Jan Pienkowski, Illustrator Cecilia Torudd, Author/Illustrator Katherine Rundell, Author Jakob Wegelius, Author/Illustrator Marcus Sedgwick, Author Ilon Wikland, Illustrator John Shelley, Illustrator Monica Zak, Author/Oral storyteller/Promoter of reading David Wood, Author SWITZERLAND UNITED STATES Albertine, Illustrator Laurie Halse Anderson, Author Franz Hohler, Author Eric Carle, Author/Illustrator Kate DiCamillo, Author TAIWAN Margarita Engle, Author Jimmy Liao, Author/Illustrator Maira Kalman, Author/Illustrator Stephen Krashen, Promoter of reading TURKEY Christopher Myers, Author/Illustrator Aytül Akal, Author Jerry Pinkney, Illustrator Ayla Çınaroğlu, Author/Illustrator Javaka Steptoe, Illustrator Mustafa Delioğlu, Illustrator Tim Tingle, Oral storyteller Huban Korman, Illustrator Jack Zipes, Author/Promoter of reading UKRAINE ZAMBIA Kateryna Shtanko, Illustrator Lubuto Library Partners, Organisation Lesia Voronyna, Author UNITED KINGDOM Allan Ahlberg, Author David Almond, Author Quentin Blake, Illustrator Theresa Breslin, Author Aidan Chambers, Author/Promoter of reading Aidan & Nancy Chambers, Promoters of reading Michael Foreman, Author/Illustrator Emily Gravett, Author/Illustrator Daniel Hahn, Promoter of reading Frances Hardinge, Author Shirley Hughes, Author/Illustrator Elizabeth Laird, Author Margaret Meek Spencer, Promoter of reading ASTRID LINDGREN MEMORIAL AWARD (ALMA) is the world’s largest award for White 150 g. ArcticPaper: Volume children’s and young adult literature. The award amounts to SEK 5 million (approx. EUR 490 000) and is given annually to people and organisations working in the spirit of Astrid Lindgren. The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child is the foundation of our work and the award is designed to promote interest in children’s and YA literature. An expert jury selects the laureate(s) from candidates nominated by institutions and organisations all over the world. The award was founded by the Swedish government in 2002 and is administrated by the Swedish Arts Council. Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award illustration:Cover Karin Cyrén Swedish Arts Council | P.O. Box 27215 | 102 53 Stockholm Phone +46 (0)8 519 264 00 | [email protected] | www.alma.se/en ..