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The world’s largest award for children’s and young adult literature to be announced on April 2
Welcome to cover the 17th announcement of the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA) on Tuesday, April 2. The Swedish award amounts to EUR 570 000 and is presented annually in honour of the author Astrid Lindgren.
For this year’s award, 246 candidates from 64 countries are nominated. Last year’s laureate was the American author Jacqueline Woodson. The 2019 laureate will be announced in Stockholm, Sweden on April 2 at 12:50 pm CET by Jury Chair Boel Westin in connection with the jury’s final meeting. The Swedish Minister of Culture and Democracy, Amanda Lind, will give a speech. The event is broadcast live on alma.se/en, on Facebook and Twitter.
To request press credentials for the announcement, please contact:
Mariella Kucer, Communications Officer
+46 076-5401017, mariella.kucer@alma.se
Live broadcast
We offer media outlets the opportunity to broadcast the event live on their webpage via an embed code or a IP-broadcaster. If interested, please let us know by contacting us at mariella.kucer@alma.se.
Footage and images
Press content, along with press releases, will be available in our press room on April 2nd from app.13:15 pm CET onwards and throughout the day:
- Audio recording of the phone call to the laureate
- If possible, high-resolution still images of the laureate(s)
- Broadcast-quality b-roll and high-resolution still images of the announcement
- Soundbites / interviews with the Jury Chairman and the Swedish Minister of Culture and Democracy
- Soundbites/Interviews and still images from the Bologna Children’s Book Fair
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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.
