For 2011, 175 candidates representing 62 different countries are eligible for the world’s largest children’s and young adult literature award.
The 175 candidates have been nominated by expert organisations from all over the world.
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On March 29 at 13.00 CET, the winner or winners of the 2011 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award will be announced at the birthplace of Astrid Lindgren in Vimmerby, Sweden. The announcement will be held simultaneously at Bologna Book Fair and will also be broadcast live on the award website.
Below, the list of the 2011 nominees are presented in alphabetical order. Links lead to more information, often in the candidate’s respective language. The award office does not take responsibility for the correctness of the information on these external sites.
Nominated candidates
A&A Book Trust
Promoter of reading, project, India
ABCXXI (All of Poland Reads to Kids Foundation)
Promoter of reading, project, Poland
AÇEV (Mother and Child Education Foundation)
Promoter of reading, project, Turkey
Ahmadi, Ahmad Reza
Author, Iran
Ali, Abdul Razzag
Author, Maldives
Almond, David
Author, United Kingdom
Alonso Alonso, Fernando
Author, Spain
AMENA/AMPLAC
Promoters of reading, organisations/Oral storytellers, Mexico
Andersson, Christina
Author, Finland
Antonenkov, Evgeny
Illustrator, Russia
Association of Writers and Illustrators for Children (AWIC)
Promoter of reading, organisation, India
Azzopardi, Clare
Author, Malta
Ballester, Arnal
Illustrator, Spain
Bauer, Jutta
Illustrator, Germany
Bibliomóvel de Proenca-a-Nova
Promoter of reading, organisation, Portugal
Biblionef
Promoter of reading, organisation, South Africa
Biblioteca Th’urucapitas
Promoter of reading, project, Bolivia
Blake, Quentin
Illustrator, United Kingdom
Blau, Aljoscha
Illustrator, Germany
Bondestam, Linda
Illustrator, Finland
Bryan, Ashley
Illustrator, USA
Brøgger, Lilian
Illustrator, Denmark
Bunanta, Murti
Author/Promoter of reading, Indonesia
Callaloo Poets
Promoter of reading, organisation, British Virgin Islands
Carle, Eric
Author/Illustrator, USA
Chambers, Aidan (also nominated with Chambers, Nancy)
Author/Promoter of reading, United Kingdom
Chambers, Nancy (nominated with Chambers, Aidan)
Promoter of reading, United Kingdom
Children’s Literature Development Fund (Libo)
Promoter of reading, organisation, Georgia
Choucair, Mahmoud
Author, Palestinian Areas
Cneut, Carll
Illustrator, Belgium
Consejo Puebla de Lectura
Promoter of reading, project, Mexico
Cowley, Joy
Author, New Zealand
Dahle, Gro (nominated with Nyhus, Svein)
Author, Norway
Daly, Niki
Illustrator, South Africa
Degesys, Liutauras
Author, Lithuania
Delessert, Etienne
Illustrator, Switzerland
Dematons, Charlotte
Illustrator, The Netherlands
Derib
Illustrator, Switzerland
Doyle, Brian
Author, Canada
Dragt, Tonke
Author, The Netherlands
Edwards, Hazel
Author, Australia
Eeg, Harald Rosenløw
Author, Norway
Ekman, Fam
Author/Illustrator, Norway
Eldjárn, Sigrún
Author/Illustrator, Iceland
El-Labbad, Mohieddine
Illustrator, Egypt
(We regret that the candidate has passed away after the printing of the list of nominated candidates. The award cannot be given posthumously)
Eriksson, Eva
Illustrator, Sweden
Erlbruch, Wolf
Illustrator, Germany
Farias Díaz-Noriega, Juan
Author, Spain
Fernandes, Maria Celestina
Author, Angola
Fernández Paz, Agustín
Author, Spain
First Words in Print
Promoter of reading, project, South Africa
Foreman, Michael
Author/Illustrator, United Kingdom
Gaiman, Neil
Author, United Kingdom
Gavran, Miro
Author, Croatia
Geelen, Harrie
Author/Illustrator, The Netherlands
Gestel, Peter van
Author, The Netherlands
Gleitzman, Morris
Author, Australia
Goldin, Daniel
Promoter of reading, Mexico
Haddadi, Hoda
Illustrator, Iran
Heidelbach, Nikolaus
Illustrator, Germany
Hellsing, Lennart
Author, Sweden
Hoffman, Mary
Author, United Kingdom
Hole, Stian
Author/Illustrator, Norway
Hovland, Ragnar
Author, Norway
Hughes, Shirley
Author/Illustrator, United Kingdom
Hyong Un, Kim
Author, North Korea
Härtling, Peter
Author, Germany
Höglund, Anna
Author, Sweden
IBBY International
Promoter of reading, organisation, International
Ingpen, Robert
Illustrator, Australia
Innocenti, Roberto
Illustrator, Italy
International Youth Library
Promoter of reading, organisation, Germany
Ismail, Mohd Yusof Bin
Author/Illustrator/Oral storyteller, Malaysia
ISOL
Author/Illustrator, Argentina
Kallioniemi, Tuula
Author, Finland
Karrebæk, Dorte (nominated with Oscar K.)
Illustrator, Denmark
Katha
Promoter of reading, organisation, India
Kelompok Pencinta Bacaan Anak
Promoter of reading, organisation, Indonesia
Knowledge without Borders
Promoter of reading, project, United Arab Emirates
Kršenković Brković, Dragana
Author, Republic of Montenegro
Kuijer, Guus
Author, The Netherlands
Kunnas, Kirsi
Author, Finland
Kunnas, Mauri
Illustrator, Finland
Kutlar Aksoy, Seza
Author, Turkey
La Fundación Riecken Guatemala
Promoter of reading, organisation/Oral storytellers, Guatemala
Lada, Effie
Illustrator, Greece
Lee, Daphne Mei Lin
Promoter of reading, Malaysia
Leeuwen, Joke van
Author, The Netherlands
Leite, Mauricio
Promoter of reading, Brazil
Leñero, Carmen
Author, Mexico
Lester, Julius
Author, USA
Lettsome, Quincy F.
Author, British Virgin Islands
Lin, Grace
Author/Illustrator, USA
Lindgren, Barbro
Author, Sweden
Loosli-Martín, Rebeca
Illustrator, Switzerland
Lukk-Toompere, Regina
Illustrator, Estonia
Madsen, Peter
Illustrator, Denmark
Magallanes, Alejandro
Author/Illustrator, Mexico
Mahy, Margaret
Author, New Zealand
Marchuk, Heorhi
Author, Belarus
Meek Spencer, Margaret
Promoter of reading, United Kingdom
Melo, Dario de
Author, Angola
Midhat Kazim, Basarat
Author/Promoter of reading, Pakistan
Moeyaert, Bart
Author, Belgium
Morpurgo, Michael
Author, United Kingdom
Mourlevat, Jean-Claude
Author, France
Moursund, Gry
Illustrator, Norway
Murashova, Ekaterina
Author, Russia
Murti Bunanta Foundation
Promoter of reading, organisation/Oral storytellers, Indonesia
Musierowicz, Malgorzata
Author, Poland
Myers, Walter Dean
Author, USA
Nahdet Misr Publishing Group
Promoter of reading, organisation, Egypt
Noël, Michel
Author, Canada
Nopola, Sinikka (nominated with Nopola, Tiina)
Author, Finland
Nopola, Tiina (nominated with Nopola, Sinikka)
Author, Finland
Nyhus, Svein (nominated with Dahle, Gro)
Illustrator, Norway
Oscar K. (nominated with Karrebæk, Dorte)
Author, Denmark
Ostojic, Ljubica
Author, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ottesen, Josefine
Author, Denmark
Pacheco, Gabriel
Illustrator, Mexico
Palabras de Arena
Promoter of reading, organisation, Mexico
Parkinson, Siobhán
Author, Ireland
Pateraki, Yolanda
Author, Greece
Patte, Geneviève
Promoter of reading, France
Pellowski, Anne
Promoter of reading/Oral storyteller, USA
Pervik, Aino
Author, Estonia
Petit, Xavier-Laurent
Author, France
Pin, Isabel
Illustrator, France
Pinkney, Jerry
Illustrator, USA
Planète Jeunes
Promoter of reading, organisation, Burkina Faso
PRAESA
Promoter of reading, organisation, South Africa
Prap, Lila
Author, Slovenia
Procházková, Iva
Author, Czech Republic
Psaraki, Vasso
Illustrator, Greece
Reading is Fundamental
Promoter of reading, oganisation, USA
Reichstein, Alexander
Illustrator, Finland
Reuter, Bjarne
Author, Denmark
Richter, Jutta
Author/Oral storyteller, Germany
Rosen, Michael
Author/Promoter of reading, United Kingdom
Rosenbaum, Benjamin
Author, Switzerland
Rsumovic, Ljubivoje
Author, Serbia
Sáez Castán, Javier
Author/Illustrator, Spain
Salon du Livre de Jeunesse
Promoter of reading, organisation, France
Say, Allen
Author/Illustrator, USA
Scheffler, Axel
Illustrator, Germany
Serrano Pérez, Javier Francisco
Illustrator, Spain
Sfar, Joann
Author, France
Sharafeddine, Fatima
Author, Lebanon
Siesicka, Krystyna
Author, Poland
Sortland, Bjørn
Author, Norway
Spang Olsen, Ib
Author, Denmark
Sta. Romana-Cruz, Neni
Author/Promoter of reading, The Philippines
Stark, Ulf
Author, Sweden
Strid, Jakob Martin
Author/Illustrator, Denmark
Tabliashvili, Lela
Illustrator, Georgia
Tadjo, Véronique
Illustrator, Ivory Coast
Tan, Shaun
Author/Illustrator/Promoter of reading, Australia
The Stock Exchange of Thailand
Promoter of reading, organisation, Thailand
Tidholm, Anna-Clara
Author/Illustrator, Sweden
Tidholm, Thomas
Author, Sweden
Touma, Nadine
Author, Lebanon
Tungal, Leelo
Author, Estonia
Törnqvist, Marit
Illustrator, The Netherlands
Tötemeyer, Andree-Jeanne
Promoter of reading, Namibia
Uehashi, Nahoko
Author, Japan
Valckx, Catharina
Illustrator, The Netherlands
Wee, Jessie
Author, Singapore
Welsh-Rabady, Renate
Author, Austria
Vendel, Edward van de
Author, The Netherlands
Verplancke, Klaas
Illustrator, Belgium
Wikland, Ilon
Illustrator, Sweden
Wilkon, Józef
Illustrator, Poland
Xianping, Liu
Author, China
Youssef, Abdel Tawab
Author, Egypt
Zak, Monica
Author, Sweden
Ziedonis, Imants
Author, Latvia
Zmaj Children Games
Promoter of reading, project, Serbia
Zwerger, Lisbeth
Illustrator, Austria