Hans Christian Andersen Award Nominees 2012

The Hans Christian Andersen Awards are presented every two years by IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People) to an author and an illustrator whose complete works have made an important and lasting contribution to children’s literature. IBBY National Sections from 32 countries submitted the following 27 authors and 30 illustrators as candidates for the 2012 Hans Christian Andersen Awards:

Author Nominees

• Argentina: María Teresa Andruetto

• Australia: Christobel Mattingley

• Austria: Monika Pelz

• Belgium: Bart Moeyaert

• Brazil: Bartolomeu Campos de Queiros

• Canada: Tim Wynne-Jones

• Cyprus: Elli Peonidou

• Denmark: Lene Kaaberbøl

• Finland: Sinikka Nopola / Tiina Nopola

• France: Jean Claude Mourlevat

• Germany: Paul Maar

• Greece: Christos Boulotis

• Ireland: Eoin Colfer

• Italy: Bianca Pitzorno

• Japan: Masamoto Nasu

• Korea: Hwang Sun-mi

• Netherlands: Tonke Dragt

• Norway: Bjørn Sortland

• Romania: Silvia Kerim

• Serbia: Ljubivoje Ršumović

• Slovenia: Tone Pavček

• Spain: Agustín Fernández Paz

• Sweden: Lennart Hellsing

• Switzerland: Franz Hohler

• Turkey: Sevim Ak

• United Kingdom: Philip Pullman

• USA: Paul Fleischman

Illustrator Nominees

• • Argentina: Pablo Bernasconi

• • Australia: Bob Graham

• • Austria: Renate Habinger

• • Belgium: Louis Joos

• • Brazil: Roger Mello

• • Canada: Stéphane Jorisch

• • Czech Republic: Peter Sís

• • Denmark: Charlotte Pardi

• • Finland: Virpi Talvitie

• • France: Henri Galeron

• • Germany: Rotraut Susanne Berner

• • Greece: Effie Lada

• • Iran: Mohammad Ali Baniasadi

• • Italy: Francesco Tullio-Altan

• • Japan: Satoshi Kako

• • Korea: Hong Seong-Chan

• • Latvia: Anita Paegle

• • Netherlands: Annemarie van Haeringen

• • Norway: Øyvind Torseter

• • Romania: Valeria Moldovan

• • Russia: Gennadij Spirin

• • Serbia: Dobrosav Živković

• • Slovenia: Alenka Sottler

• • Spain: Javier Zabala Herrero

• • Sweden: Anna Clara Tidholm

• • Switzerland: Kathrin Schärer

• • Turkey: Feridun Oral

• • United Kingdom: John Burningham

• • USA: Chris Raschka

• • Venezuela: Arnal Ballester [End Page 1]

The Hans Christian Andersen Awards

The Hans Christian Andersen Awards are the highest international awards given for children’s literature. The International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) presents the awards biennially in recognition of a "lasting contribution to children’s literature.”

The awards are given in two categories: authors (presented since 1956), and illustrators (presented since 1966) and the nominees are judged using the following criteria as a guide:

• • The aesthetic and literary qualities of writing and illustrating

• • The ability to see things from a child’s point of view

• • The ability to stretch the child’s curiosity as well as the child’s literary and creative imagination

• • Cultural differences in literary aesthetics are taken into account and appreciated

• • Freshness and innovation are a great advantage

• • The complete works of the author or illustrator, to date, are taken into consideration

The National Sections of IBBY have the privilege of nominating one candidate for each award. The nominating section is responsible for presenting an informative dossier that reveals the breadth of the candidate’s work and shows the impact of her/his contributions. In addition to a selection of representative books, the following documentation is used to appraise each candidate:

• • Biographical information on the candidate

• • A statement on the candidate’s contribution to literature for young people

• • Selected appreciative essays, interviews or articles

• • A list of awards and other distinctions

• • Complete bibliography of the books for children by the candidate

• • List of translated editions, and their languages

• • Five of the most important titles by the candidate (even if out of print)

• • (Published) reviews of the books submitted to the Jury

The Hans Christian Andersen Award Jury selects the award recipients and comprises ten members who are nominated by the National Sections of IBBY and selected by the IBBY Executive Committee. The members of IBBY elect a Jury President at its biennial General Assembly: María Jesús Gil was elected the President of the 2012 Jury. She is currently the coordinator of Reading Programmes for Spain and Latin America at Foundation SM. She was an elected member of the IBBY Executive Committee (1996-2000) and Chair of the 32nd IBBY Congress in Santiago de Compostela in 2010. As Jury President she presides over the following members of the 2012 international Jury:

• Anastasia Arkhipova–Illustrator, chair of the board of the Association of Moscow Book Illustrators and Designers, Moscow, Russia.

• Françoise Ballanger–Former manager of the publishing department of La Joie par les livres, Paris, France.

• Ernest Bond–Professor of Children’s and Young...