The Hans Christian Andersen Awards 2014: A Bookbird Special Issue

Hans Christian Andersen Award Nominees 2014

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 submitted the following 28 authors and 30 illustrators as candidates for the 2014 Hans Christian Andersen Awards:

Author Nominees

• Argentina: María Cristina Ramos

• Australia: Nadia Wheatley

• Austria: Renate Welsh

• Azerbaijan: Sevinj Nurugizi

• Belgium: Frank Andriat

• Brazil: Joel Rufino dos Santos

• Canada: Kenneth Oppel

• China: Hongying Yang

• Denmark: Lene Kaaberbøl

• Estonia: Aino Pervik

• Finland: Kirsi Kunnas

• France: Jean-Claude Mourlevat

• Germany: Mirjam Pressler

• Greece: Sophia Madouvalou

• Iran: Houshang Moradi Kermani

• Ireland: Eoin Colfer

• Italy: Bianca Pitzorno

• Japan: Nahoko Uehashi

• Korea Republic of: Jin-Kyung Kim

• Netherlands: Ted van Lieshout

• Norway: Bjørn Sortland

• Portugal: António Torrado

• Russia: Vladislav Krapivin

• Slovakia: Daniel Hevier

• Slovenia: Polonca Kovač

• Turkey: Serpil Ural

• UK: Jacqueline Wilson

• USA: Jacqueline Woodson

Illustrator Nominees

• Argentina: Isol

• Australia: Ron Brooks

• Austria: Linda Wolfsgruber

• Belgium: Carll Cneut

• Brazil: Roger Mello

• Canada: Philippe Béha

• China: Liang Xiong

• Croatia: Svjetlan Junakovič

• Denmark: Charlotte Pardi

• Finland: Pekka Vuori

• France: François Place

• Germany: Rotraut Susanne Berner

• Greece: Daniela Stamatiadi

• Ireland: PJ Lynch

• Italy: Fabian Negrin

• Japan: Ken Katayama

• Korea Republic of: Byoung-Ho Han

• Latvia: Reinis Pētersons

• Netherlands: Marit Törnqvist

• Norway: Øyvind Torseter

• Portugal: Teresa Lima

• Russia: Igor Oleinikov

• Slovakia: Peter Uchnár

• Slovenia: Alenka Sottler

• Spain: Javier Zabala

• Sweden: Eva Lindström

• Switzerland: Albertine

• Turkey: Saadet Ceylan

• UK: John Burningham

• USA: Bryan Collier [End Page i]

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 and the 2014 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 2014 international Jury:

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

• Fanuel Hanan Díaz—Editor, author and researcher, Caracas, Venezuela.

• Sabine Fuchs—University lecturer in children's...