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Nominees for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 2021 to be announced
The nominees who are in the running for the world's largest prize for children's and young adult's literature (SEK 5m, USD 513k) will be official on October 21. The list for the 2021 award includes some of the world's foremost creators of literature for children and young people, as well as reading promoters.
The names of the 263 nominees from 69 countries spread over 6 continents, are available on www.alma.se/en from October 21 at 1 pm CET. The list will be presented with facts and figures about the nominations.
The jury for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award is rewarding authors, illustrators, oral storytellers and reading promoters who have been nominated by organisations worldwide with an in-depth knowledge about literature for young readers and reading promotion.
The jury will announce the new laureate on Tuesday April 13, 2021. So far, twenty laureates have been rewarded for the Swedish award, most recently the Korean picture book maker Baek Heena (2020), the Belgian author Bart Moeyaert (2019) and the US author Jacqueline Woodson (2018).
For questions and interviews with the jury or ALMA representatives, please contact
Mariella Kucer, mariella.kucer@alma.se, +46 76 540 10 17
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The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA) is the world's largest award for children's and young adult literature. The award, which amounts to SEK 5 million, is given annually to a single laureate or to several. Authors, illustrators, oral storytellers and reading promoters are eligible. The award is designed to promote interest in children's and young adult literature. The UN convention of rights of the child is the foundation of our work. An expert jury selects the laureate(s) from candidates nominated by institutions and organisations all over the world. The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award was founded by the Swedish government in 2002 and is administrated by the Swedish Arts Council.
