The World's Largest Children's Literature Award

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Major initiative for children’s literature in Bologna 2012-2013

Next year the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award will be presented for the tenth time and celebrated with an anniversary exhibition at the 2012 Bologna Children’s Book Fair in Italy. During the fair, the 2012 award recipient will also be announced.

In March 2013, Sweden will be the guest of honour at the international Bologna Fair. The Swedish Arts Council (Kulturrådet) announced this today at a press conference in Gothenburg.

"We have been given a unique opportunity to showcase Swedish children's and young adult literature in an international context. The rights of children and young people are central to Sweden's cultural policy," says Minister for Culture Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth.

"We are responsible for the world's largest prize for children’s and young adult literature and we now see this as a further opportunity to promote Swedish literature and to encourage children and young adults to read. We are extremely pleased about being the guest of honour at the Bologna Fair," says Kennet Johansson, Director General of the Swedish Arts Council.

Click here for link to the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award newsroom on Mynewsdesk.

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The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA) is the world's largest prize for children's and young adult literature. The award, which amounts to SEK 5 million, is awarded annually to a single recipient or to several. Authors, illustrators, oral storytellers and those active in reading promotion may be rewarded. The award is designed to promote interest in children's and young adult literature, and in children's rights, globally. An expert jury selects the winners from candidates nominated by institutions and organisations worldwide. The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award is administered by the Swedish Arts Council, and was founded by the Swedish government in 2002.

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