About Andersen 2010
This Blog has been set up by Zohreh Ghaeni, the president of 2010 Hans Christian Andersen Award Jury for all those people around the world who are interested in children’s literature and want to know more about 2010 Hans Christian Andersen Awards’ candidates. For the 2010 Awards, 28 writers and 27 illustrators have been nominated by 32 different IBBY National Sections for this most prestigious and highly regarded international prize.
About Hans Christian Andersen Award
The Hans Christian Andersen Award, sometimes known as the "Little Nobel Prize", is an international award given biennially by the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) in recognition of a "lasting contribution to children's literature". There are two categories of award winners: authors, and illustrators.
The prize is named after the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II of Denmark is the Patron of the Andersen Awards. The award programme is generously sponsored by Nami Island Inc. in the Republic of Korea.
The winners are presented with a gold medal and diploma at the biennial IBBY Congress.
Writing
The Hans Christian Andersen Award for Writing has been awarded since 1956.
- 1956 - Eleanor Farjeon (United Kingdom)
- 1958 - Astrid Lindgren (Sweden)
- 1960 - Erich Kästner (Germany)
- 1962 - Meindert DeJong (USA)
- 1964 - René Guillot (France)
- 1966 - Tove Jansson (Finland)
- 1968 - James Krüss (Germany), José Maria Sanchez-Silva (Spain)
- 1970 - Gianni Rodari (Italy)
- 1972 - Scott O'Dell (USA)
- 1974 - Maria Gripe (Sweden)
- 1976 - Cecil Bødker (Denmark)
- 1978 - Paula Fox (USA)
- 1980 - Bohumil Říha (Czechoslovakia)
- 1982 - Lygia Bojunga Nunes (Brazil)
- 1984 - Christine Nöstlinger (Austria)
- 1986 - Patricia Wrightson (Australia)
- 1988 - Annie M. G. Schmidt (Netherlands)
- 1990 - Tormod Haugen (Norway)
- 1992 - Virginia Hamilton (USA)
- 1994 - Michio Mado (Japan)
- 1996 - Uri Orlev (Israel)
- 1998 - Katherine Paterson (USA)
- 2000 - Ana Maria Machado (Brazil)
- 2002 - Aidan Chambers (United Kingdom)
- 2004 - Martin Waddell (Ireland)
- 2006 - Margaret Mahy (New Zealand)
- 2008 - Jürg Schubiger (Switzerland)
Illustration
The Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration has been awarded since 1966.
- 1966 - Alois Carigiet (Switzerland)
- 1968 - Jiří Trnka (Czechoslovakia)
- 1970 - Maurice Sendak (USA)
- 1972 - Ib Spang Olsen (Denmark)
- 1974 - Farshid Mesghali (Iran)
- 1976 - Tatjana Mawrina (USSR)
- 1978 - Svend Otto S. (Denmark)
- 1980 - Suekichi Akaba (Japan)
- 1982 - Zbigniew Rychlicki (Poland)
- 1984 - Mitsumasa Anno (Japan)
- 1986 - Robert Ingpen (Australia)
- 1988 - Dusan Kállay (Czechoslovakia)
- 1990 - Lisbeth Zwerger (Austria)
- 1992 - Kvĕta Pacovská (Czech Republic)
- 1994 - Jörg Müller (artist) (Switzerland)
- 1996 - Klaus Ensikat (Germany)
- 1998 - Tomi Ungerer (France)
- 2000 - Anthony Browne (United Kingdom)
- 2002 - Quentin Blake (United Kingdom)
- 2004 - Max Velthuijs (Netherlands)
- 2006 - Wolf Erlbruch (Germany)
- 2008 - Roberto Innocenti (Italy)
