- The Hans Christian Anderson Awards 2010:a special issue profiling the nominees for The Hans Christian Anderson Awards 2010
Hans Christian Andersen Award Nominees 2010
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 33 countries made their selections, submitting the following 28 authors and 27 illustrators as candidates for the 2010 Hans Christian Andersen Awards:
Author Nominees | Illustrator Nominees |
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Argentina: Liliana Bodoc | Argentina: Luis Scafati |
Austria: Heinz Janisch | Austria: Linda Wolfsgruber |
Belgium: Pierre Coran | Belgium: Carll Cneut |
Brazil: Bartolomeu Campos de Queirós | Brazil: Roger Mello |
Canada: Brian Doyle | Canada: Marie-Louise Gay |
China: Liu Xianping | Croatia: Svjetlan Junakóvić |
Cyprus: Maria Pyliotou | Czech Republic: Jirí Šalamoun |
Czech Republic: Pavel Šrut | Denmark: Lilian Brøgger |
Denmark: Louis Jensen | Finland: Salla Savolainen |
Finland: Hannu Mäkelä | France: Grégoire Solotareff |
France: Jean-Claude Mourlevat | Germany: Jutta Bauer |
Germany: Peter Härtling | Greece: Diatsenta Parissi |
Greece: Loty Petrovits-Andrutsopulou | Ireland: P. J. Lynch |
Iran: Ahmad Reza Ahmadi | Japan: Akiko Hayashi |
Ireland: Eoin Colfer | Lithuania: Kestutis Kasparavicius |
Japan: Shuntaro Tanikawa | Mexico: Fabricio Vanden Broeck |
Mexico: Alberto Blanco | Netherlands: Harrie Geelen |
Mongolia: Dashdondog Jamba | Norway: Thore Hansen |
Netherlands: Peter van Gestel | Russia: Nikolaï Popov |
Norway: Bjørn Sortland | Slovak Republic: Peter Uchnár |
Slovak Republic: Ján Uliciansky | Slovenia: Ancka Gošnik Godec |
Slovenia: Tone Pavcek | Spain: Xan López Domínguez |
Spain: Jordi Sierra i Fabra | Sweden: Anna-Clara Tidholm |
Sweden: Lennart Hellsing | Switzerland: Etienne Delessert |
Turkey: Muzaffer Izgü | Turkey: Can Göknil |
Uganda: Evangeline Ledi Barongo | United Kingdom: Michael Foreman |
United Kingdom: David Almond | USA: Eric Carle |
USA: Walter Dean Myers |
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The Hans Christian Anderson 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:
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• The aesthetic and literary qualities of writing and illustrating
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• The ability to see things from a child's point of view
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• The ability to stretch the child's curiosity as well as the child's literary and creative imagination
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• Cultural differences in literary aesthetics are taken into account and appreciated
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• Freshness and innovation are a great advantage
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• 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:
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• Biographical information on the candidate
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• A statement on the candidate's contribution to literature for young people
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• Selected appreciative essays, interviews or articles
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• A list of awards and other distinctions
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• Complete bibliography of the books for children by the candidate
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• List of translated editions, and their languages
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• Five of the most important titles by the candidate (even if out of print)
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• (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; Zohreh Ghaeni was elected the President of the 2010 Jury. She currently serves as the director of The Institute for Research on the History of Children's Literature in Tehran and co-writer of a research project on the History of Children's Literature in Iran (www.chlhistory.org). As Jury President she presides over the following members of the international 2010 Jury:
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Ernie Bond, Professor of Children's and Young Adult Literature at Salisbury University, Maryland, USA
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Karen Coeman, publisher in Mexico City, Mexico
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Nadia El Kholy, Professor...