Over one hundred expert organisations from all over the world have nominated the candidates. The recipient or recipients of the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award will be announced on March 20th 2012.
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Below, the list of the 2012 nominees is presented in alphabetical order. Links lead to more information, often in the candidate’s own language. The award office does not take responsibility for the correctness of the information on these external sites.
NOMINATED CANDIDATES 2012
A & A Book Trust
Organisation
India
ABCXXI (All of Poland Reads to Kids)
Organsation
Poland
ACCES (Actions Culturelles Contre les Exclusions et les Ségrégations)
Organisation
France
AÇEV (Mother and Child Education Foundation)
Organisation
Turkey
Ahlberg, Allan
Author
United Kingdom
Ahmadi, Ahmad Reza
Author
Iran
Ali, Abdul Razzag
Author
Maldives
Almond, David
Author
United Kingdom
Anno, Mitsumasa
Illustrator
Japan
Association Planète des Jeunes
Organisation
Burkina Faso
Azzopardi, Clare
Author
Malta
Bardijewska, Liliana
Author
Poland
Bauer, Jutta
Illustrator
Germany
Berner, Rotraut Susanne
Illustrator
Germany
Biblionef
Organisation
South Africa
Biblioteca Th’urucapitas
Organisation
Bolivia
Blake, Quentin
Illustrator
United Kingdom
Blau, Aljoscha
Illustrator
Germany
Bookstart
Organisation
United Kingdom
Brøgger, Lilian
Illustrator
Denmark
Bunanta, Murti
Author/Promoter of reading
Indonesia
Calatayud, Miguel
Illustrator
Spain
Carle, Eric
Author/Illustrator
USA
Casalderrey, Fina
Author
Spain
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 Library Mimis Vasilopoulos
Organisation
Greece
Cneut, Carll
Illustrator
Belgium
Consejo Puebla de Lectura
Organisation
Mexico
Cowley, Joy
Author
New Zealand
Dahle, Gro (nominated with Nyhus, Svein)
Author
Norway
Daly, Niki
Illustrator
South Africa
Dashdondog, Jamba
Author/Oral storyteller/Promoter of reading
Mongolia
Delessert, Etienne
Illustrator
Switzerland
Dematons, Charlotte
Illustrator
The Netherlands
Derib
Illustrator
Switzerland
Donya Children's Research Institute
Organisation
Iran
Doyle, Brian
Author
Canada
Duraković, Ferida
Author
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Edwards, Hazel
Author
Australia
Eeg, Harald Rosenløw
Author
Norway
Ekman, Fam
Author/Illustrator
Norway
Eldjárn, Sigrún
Author/Illustrator
Iceland
Eriksson, Eva
Illustrator
Sweden
Erlbruch, Wolf
Illustrator
Germany
Fernandes, Maria Celestina
Author
Angola
First Words in Print
Organisation
South Africa
Foreman, Michael
Author/Illustrator
United Kingdom
French, Jackie
Author
Australia
Fucikova, Renate
Illustrator
Czech Republic
Gaiman, Neil
Author
United Kingdom
Gavran, Miro
Author
Croatia
Geelen, Harrie
Author/Illustrator
The Netherlands
Gestel, Peter van
Author
The Netherlands
Gleitzman, Morris
Author
United Kingdom
Goldin, Daniel
Promoter of reading
Mexico
Grobler, Piet
Illustrator
South Africa
Grähs, Gunna
Illustrator
Sweden
Heidelbach, Nikolaus
Illustrator
Germany
Hellsing, Lennart
Author
Sweden
Hole, Stian
Author/Illustrator
Norway
Hovland, Ragnar
Author
Norway
Höglund, Anna
Author
Sweden
Hughes, Shirley
Author/Illustrator
United Kingdom
IBBY International
Organisation
International
IFLA Section for Libraries Serving Disadvantaged Persons
Organisation
International
International Youth Library
Organisation
Germany
Ismail, Mohd Yusof Bin
Author/Illustrator/Oral storyteller
Malaysia
ISOL
Author/Illustrator
Argentina
Iturralde, Edna
Author
Ecuador
Jonge, Harm de
Author
The Netherlands
Kallioniemi, Tuula
Author
Finland
Kalman, Maira
Author/Illustrator
USA
Karrebæk, Dorte (nominated with Oscar K.)
Illustrator
Denmark
Katha
Organisation
India
Kilaka, John
Illustrator
Tanzania
Kivirähk, Andrus
Author
Estonia
Kostick, Conor
Author/Promoter of reading
Ireland
Kršenković Brković, Dragana
Author
Republic of Montenegro
Kuijer, Guus
Author
The Netherlands
Kulmowa, Joanna
Author
Poland
Kunnas, Mauri
Illustrator
Finland
Laird, Elizabeth
Author
United Kingdom
Leeuwen, Joke van
Author
Netherlands
Leite, Mauricio
Promoter of reading
Brazil
Lenihan, Eddie
Oral storyteller
Ireland
Library Services Department
Organisation
British Virgin Islands
Lindgren, Barbro
Author
Sweden
Lindström, Eva
Illustrator
Sweden
Little, Jean
Author
Canada
Liu, Xianping
Author
China
Loosli-Martín, Rebeca
Illustrator
Switzerland
Lubuto Library Project
Promoter of reading
Zambia
Lukk-Toompere, Regina
Illustrator
Estonia
Maar, Paul
Author
Germany
Madsen, Peter
Illustrator
Denmark
Magallanes, Alejandro
Author/Illustrator
Mexico
Mahy, Margaret
Author
New Zealand
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
Municipi Lector
Organisation
Spain
Murasjova, Jekaterina (Murashova, Ekaterina)
Author
Russia
Murti Bunanta Foundation
Organisation/Oral storytellers
Indonesia
Myers, Walter Dean
Author
USA
Nahdet Misr Publishing Group
Organisation
Egypt
Noël, Michel
Author
Canada
Nyhus, Svein (nominated with Dahle, Gro)
Author/illustrator
Norway
Odriozola, Elena
Illustrator
Spain
Oscar K. (nominated with Karrebæk, Dorte)
Author
Denmark
Ottesen, Josefine
Author
Denmark
Pacheco, Gabriel
Illustrator
Mexico
Palabras de Arena
Organisation
Mexico
Panayiotou-Papaonisiforou, Myrianthi
Author
Cyprus
Parissi, Diatsenta
Illustrator
Greece
Parkinson, Siobhán
Author
Ireland
Parland, Stella
Author
Finland
Parvela, Timo
Author
Finland
Patte, Geneviève
Promoter of reading
France
Pavlović, Ranko
Author
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Pazniakou, Mikhail
Author
Belarus
Pellowski, Anne
Promoter of reading/Oral storyteller
USA
Pervik, Aino
Author
Estonia
Petit, Xavier-Laurent
Author
France
Pienkowski, Jan
Author/Illustrator
Poland
Pin, Isabel
Illustrator
France
Planeta Tangerina
Promoter of reading
Portugal
Ponti, Claude
Author/Illustrator
France
Prado, Miguelanxo
Illustrator
Spain
PRAESA
Organisation
South Africa
Prap, Lila
Author
Slovenia
Prix Bernard Versele
Organisation
Belgium
Rahmandust, Mustafa (Rahmandoost, Mostafa)
Author
Iran
Reichstein, Alexander
Illustrator
Finland
Richardson, Jacqueline
Author
British Virgin Islands
Richter, Jutta
Author
Germany
Riecken Foundation
Organisation/Oral storytellers
Guatemala
Rosen, Michael
Author/Promoter of reading
United Kingdom
Rosoff, Meg
Author
United Kingdom
Rsumovic, Ljubivoje
Author
Serbia
Russell, Harriet
Author/Illustrator
United Kingdom
Sáez Castán, Javier
Author/Illustrator
Spain
Sandman-Lilius, Irmelin
Author/Illustrator
Finland
Say, Allen
Author/Illustrator
USA
Schroeder, Binette
Illustrator
Germany
Sells, Jim
Promoter of reading
United Kingdom
Sfar, Joann
Author
France
Sís, Peter
Illustrator
USA
ShukairMahmoud (Choucair, Mahmoud)
Author
Egypt
Solomon, Alganesh
Promoter of reading
Eritrea
Sortland, Bjørn
Author
Norway
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, Veronique
Author/illustrator
Ivory Coast
Tallec, Olivier
Illustrator
France
Tellegen, Toon
Author
the Netherlands
Thailand Knowledge Park
Organisation
Thailand
Therkildsen, Lene
Promoter of reading
Greenland
Tidholm, Anna-Clara
Author/Illustrator
Sweden
Tidholm, Thomas
Author
Sweden
Tokyo Children’s Library
Organisation
Japan
Torseter, Øyvind
Illustrator
Norway
Touma, Nadine
Author
Lebanon
Tungal, Leelo
Author
Estonia
Törnqvist, Marit
Illustrator
the Netherlands
Tötemeyer, Andree-Jeanne
Promoter of reading
Namibia
Uehashi, Nahoko
Author
Japan
Ural, Yalvaç
Author
Turkey
Vangheli, Spiridon
Author
Moldova
Weir, Liz
Oral storyteller
United Kingdom
Welsh-Rabady, Renate
Author
Austria
Vendel, Edward van de
Author
The Netherlands
Verplancke, Klaas
Illustrator
Belgium
Wikland, Ilon
Illustrator
Sweden
Zak, Monica
Author/Oral storyteller/Promoter of reading
Sweden
Zmaj Children Games
Organisation
Serbia
Zwerger, Lisbeth
Illustrator
Austria
Zvirgzdins, Juris
Author
Latvia