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Below, the list of the 2013 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 2013
A & A Book Trust
Organisation
India
A.C.C.E.S. (Actions Culturelles Contre les Exclusions et les Ségrégations)
Organisation
France
Aakeson, Kim Fupz
Author
Denmark
AÇEV (Mother and Child Education Foundation)
Organisation
Turkey
Ahlberg, Allan
Author
United Kingdom
Ahmadi, Ahmad Reza
Author
Iran
All of Poland Reads to Kids (ABCXXI)
Organisation
Poland
Almond, David
Author
United Kingdom
Asatiani, Sandro
Author/Illustrator
Georgia
Ballester, Arnal
Illustrator
Spain
Baniasadi, Mohammad Ali
Illustrator
Iran
Berner, Rotraut Susanne
Illustrator
Germany
Biblionef
Organisation
South Africa
Biblioteca Th’urucapitas
Organisation
Bolivia
Blake, Quentin
Illustrator
United Kingdom
Blau, Aljoscha
Illustrator
Germany
Bondestam, Linda
Illustrator
Finland
Bookstart
Organisation
United Kingdom
Bunanta, Murti
Author/Promoter of reading
Indonesia
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 Library Mimis Vasilopoulos
Organisation
Greece
Clarke, Jane
Author
United Kingdom
Cneut, Carll
Illustrator
Belgium
Cole, Babette
Author/Illustrator
United Kingdom
Corona, Pascuala
Author
Mexico
Cowley, Joy
Author
New Zealand
Csukás, István
Author
Hungary
Čulić, Jovo
Author
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Da Coll, Ivar
Author/Illustrator
Colombia
Dahle, Gro (nominated with Nyhus, Svein)
Author
Norway
Daly, Niki
Illustrator
South Africa
Delessert, Etienne
Illustrator
Switzerland
Delioğlu, Mustafa
Illustrator
Turkey
Dematons, Charlotte
Illustrator
The Netherlands
Derib
Illustrator
Switzerland
Dickmeiss, Otto
Illustrator
Denmark
Dodd, Lynley
Author/Illustrator
New Zealand
Donya Children's Research Institute
Organisation
Iran
Dubosarsky, Ursula
Author
Australia
Eeg, Harald Rosenløw
Author
Norway
Ekman, Fam
Author/Illustrator
Norway
Eldjárn, Sigrún
Author/Illustrator
Iceland
Ellis, Sarah
Author
Canada
Eriksson, Eva
Illustrator
Sweden
Erlbruch, Wolf
Illustrator
Germany
Fanelli, Sara
Author/Illustrator
Italy
Fenech Fabri, Tricia
Author/Oral storyteller
Malta
Fernández Paz, Augustín
Author
Spain
First Words in Print
Organisation
South Africa
Foreman, Michael
Author/Illustrator
United Kingdom
Formosa, Edgar
Author
Malta
French, Jackie
Author
Australia
Fučiková, Renáta
Author/Illustrator
Czech Republic
Geelen, Harrie
Author/Illustrator
The Netherlands
Gestel, Peter van
Author
The Netherlands
Gleitzman, Morris
Author
United Kingdom
Godtfredsen, Nuka
Author
Greenland
Grobler, Piet
Illustrator
South Africa
Grähs, Gunna
Illustrator
Sweden
Hamelin Associazione Culturale
Organisation
Italy
Heidelbach, Nikolaus
Author/Illustrator
Germany
Hellsing, Lennart
Author
Sweden
Hughes, Shirley
Author/Illustrator
United Kingdom
Höglund, Anna
Author
Sweden
IBBY International
Organisation
International
Innocenti, Roberto
Illustrator
Italy
International Youth Library
Organisation
Germany
Ismail, Mohd Yusof Bin
Author/Illustrator/Oral storyteller
Malaysia
Isol
Illustrator
Argentina
Iturralde, Edna
Author
Ecuador
João, Maria
Author
Angola
Jonge, Harm de
Author
The Netherlands
Kaaberbøl, Lene
Author
Denmark
Kallioniemi, Tuula
Author
Finland
Kalman, Maira
Author/Illustrator
USA
Karrebæk, Dorte (nominated with Oscar K.)
Illustrator
Denmark
Kasparavicius, Kestutis
Illustrator
Lithuania
Katha
Organisation
India
Khairuddin, Ahmad Reza Ahmad
Promoter of reading
Malaysia
Kilaka, John
Illustrator
Tanzania
Komagata, Katsumi
Illustrator
Japan
Kostick, Conor
Author/Promoter of reading
Ireland
Kršenković Brković, Dragana
Author
Republic of Montenegro
Kunnas, Mauri
Illustrator
Finland
Kuroyanagi, Tetsuko
Author
Japan
Lagger, Jacky
Author/Illustrator/Promoter of reading/Oral storyteller
Switzerland
Laird, Elizabeth
Author
United Kingdom
Lavachery, Thomas
Author
Belgium
Leite, Mauricio
Promoter of reading
Brazil
Lenihan, Eddie
Oral storyteller
Ireland
Library Services Department
Organisation
British Virgin Islands
Lieshout, Ted van
Author
Netherlands
Lindgren, Barbro
Author
Sweden
Lindström, Eva
Illustrator
Sweden
Little, Jean
Author
Canada
Lubuto Library Project
Promoter of reading
Zambia
Lööf, Jan
Illustrator
Sweden
Maar, Paul
Author
Germany
Madsen, Peter
Illustrator
Denmark
Magallanes, Alejandro
Author/Illustrator
Mexico
Mahmutefendić, Kemal
Author
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Majaluoma, Markus
Author/Illustrator
Finland
Manning, Mick and Brita Granström
Author/Illustrator
United Kingdom
Marchetta, Melina
Author
Australia
Meek Spencer, Margaret
Promoter of reading
United Kingdom
Mesghali, Farshid
Illustrator
Iran
Mirhadi, Touran
Promoter of reading
Iran
Moeyaert, Bart
Author
Belgium
Morpurgo, Michael
Author
United Kingdom
Mourlevat, Jean-Claude
Author
France
Moursund, Gry
Illustrator
Norway
Municipi Lector
Organisation
Spain
Myers, Walter Dean
Author
USA
Nahdet Misr Publishing Group
Organisation
Egypt
Nanetti, Angela
Author
Italy
Napero Finlandia National Story Writing Competition
Organisation
Finland
Nati Per Leggere
Organisation
Italy
National Reading Rooms Program
Organisation
Mexico
Negrin, Fabian
Illustrator
Italy
Ness, Patrick
Author
United Kingdom
Neto, Maria Eugénia
Author
Angola
Nyhus, Svein (nominated with Dahle, Gro)
Author/illustrator
Norway
Odriozola, Elena
Illustrator
Spain
Olujić, Grozdana
Author
Serbia
Oscar K. (nominated with Karrebæk, Dorte)
Author
Denmark
Pacheco, Gabriel
Illustrator
Mexico
Paegle, Anita
Illustrator
Latvia
Palabras de Arena
Organisation
Mexico
Paljetak, Luko
Author/Illustrator
Croatia
Panayiotou-Papaonisiforou, Myrianthi
Author
Cyprus
Parland, Stella
Author
Finland
Parvela, Timo
Author
Finland
Pateraki, Giolanda
Author
Greece
Patte, Geneviève
Promoter of reading
France
Pellowski, Anne
Promoter of reading/Oral storyteller
USA
Petersons, Reinis
Illustrator
Latvia
Piekarska, Małgorzata Karolina
Author
Poland
Pienkowski, Jan
Author/Illustrator
Poland
Pin, Isabel
Illustrator
France
Pitzorno, Bianca
Author
Italy
Planeta Tangerina
Promoter of reading
Portugal
Ponti, Claude
Author/Illustrator
France
PRAESA
Organisation
South Africa
Pratchett, Terry
Author
United Kingdom
Prix Bernard Versele
Organisation
Belgium
Programme Planète
Organisation
Burkina Faso
Rahman’dust, Mustafá
Author
Iran
Ramachandran, Rasu Naidu
Promoter of reading
Singapore
Reichstein, Alexander
Illustrator
Finland
Rex, Christian F.
Illustrator
Greenland
Richardson, Jacqueline
Author
British Virgin Islands
Richter, Jutta
Author
Germany
Riecken Community Libraries
Organisation
Guatemala
Rosen, Michael
Author/Promoter of reading
United Kingdom
Rosoff, Meg
Author
United Kingdom
Rsumovic, Ljubivoje
Author
Serbia
Russell, Harriet
Author/Illustrator
United Kingdom
Rönns, Christel
Illustrator
Finland
Sabitova, Dina
Author
Russian Federation
Sandman Lilius, Irmelin
Author/Illustrator
Finland
Say, Allen
Author/Illustrator
USA
Schroeder, Binette
Illustrator
Germany
Sells, Jim
Promoter of reading
United Kingdom
Shukair, Mahmoud
Author
Palestinian territories
Sikkha Asia Foundation
Organisation
Thailand
Sís, Peter
Illustrator
USA
Sortland, Bjørn
Author
Norway
Sta. Romana-Cruz, Neni
Author/Promoter of reading
The Philippines
Stark, Ulf
Author
Sweden
Stepančič, Damijan
Illustrator
Slovenia
Strid, Jakob Martin
Author/Illustrator
Denmark
Suwalska, Dorota
Author
Poland
Tadjo, Veronique
Author/illustrator
Ivory Coast
Tallec, Olivier
Illustrator
France
Tellegen, Toon
Author
the Netherlands
Tencalla, Catherine
Oral storyteller/Promoter of reading
Switzerland
Thompson, Kate
Author
Ireland
Tidholm, Anna-Clara
Author/Illustrator
Sweden
Tidholm, Thomas
Author
Sweden
Toçev
Organisation
Turkey
Tokyo Children’s Library
Organisation
Japan
Topuria, Tea
Author
Georgia
Torrado, António
Author
Portugal
Torseter, Øyvind
Illustrator
Norway
Touma, Nadine
Author
Lebanon
Trivizas, Eugene
Author
Greece
Tsikarishvili, Lia
Illustrator/Promoter of reading
Georgia
Tullio Altan, Francesco
Illustrator
Italy
Tungal, Leelo
Author
Estonia
Törnqvist, Marit
Illustrator
the Netherlands
Tötemeyer, Andree-Jeanne
Promoter of reading
Namibia
Uehashi, Nahoko
Author
Japan
Ullman, Gad
Illustrator
Israel
Valckx, Catharina
Author/Illustrator
Netherlands
Vangheli, Spiridon
Author
Moldova
Weir, Liz
Oral storyteller
United Kingdom
Welsh-Rabady, Renate
Author
Austria
Verplancke, Klaas
Illustrator
Belgium
Vidmar, Janja
Author
Slovenia
Wikland, Ilon
Illustrator
Sweden
Yin, Jianling
Author
China
Yuval, Nurit
Author/Illustrator/Promoter of reading
Israel
Zak, Monica
Author/Oral storyteller/Promoter of reading
Sweden
Zwerger, Lisbeth
Illustrator
Austria