Neil Gaiman, Ursula K.Le Guin, Judy Blume and Eric Carle are among the nominees for the 2018 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, worth 5 million krona, the world’s largest cash prize for children’s literature.
The award is given to authors, illustrators, oral storytellers and reading promoters for work “of the highest artistic quality” featuring the “humanistic values” of the late Pippi Longstocking author, for whom the award is named. Lindgren died in 2002 at the age of 94.
The 235 candidates from 60 countries nominated for the 2018 award were named at the Frankfurt Book Fair on October 12. The winner will be announced on March 27, 2018.
The list of nominated candidates is presented in alphabetical order following the jump. Links lead to more information, often in the candidate’s own language. (Apologies for the appearance of “?” where WordPress won’t reproduce the appropriate character.)
A & A Book Trust
Organisation
Indien
http://www.aabooktrust.org/
A.C.C.E.S.
Organisation
France
http://www.acces-lirabebe.fr/
Aakeson, Kim Fupz
Author
Denmark
Abdel-Fattah, Randa
Author
Australia
http://www.randaabdelfattah.com/
Abuelas Cuentacuentos: The Storytelling Grandmothers
Organisation
Argentina
http://abuelascuentacuentos.blogspot.se/
Ahlberg, Allan
Author
United Kingdom
https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/allan-ahlberg/23863/
Aisato, Lisa
Author/illustrator
Norway
http://www.aisato.no/
Al Musallam, Abdulaziz
Author
United Arab Emirates
http://kalimat.ae/en/team/abdulaziz-al-musallam/
Albertine
Illustrator
Switzerland
http://www.albertine.ch/
Alemagna, Beatrice
Author/illustrator
Italy
http://www.beatricealemagna.com/
All of Poland Reads to Kids
Organisation
Poland
http://www.allofpolandreadstokids.org/all-of-poland-reads-to-kids
Almario, Virgilio
Author
Philippines
Almond, David
Author
United Kingdom
http://www.walker.co.uk/contributors/David-Almond-5033.aspx
Amanova, Solmaz
Author
Azerbaijan
Andante
Organisation
Portugal
Anderson, Laurie Halse
Author
United States
http://madwomanintheforest.com/
Andruetto, Maria Teresa
Author
Argentina
http://www.teresaandruetto.com.ar/
Arkhipova, Anastasia
Illustrator
Russian Federation
http://bologna2013.litexp.ru/anastasia-arkhipova/
Ask, Lene
Illustrator
Norway
http://leneask.blogspot.se/
Baek, Heena
Illustrator
Republic of Korea
http://storybowl.com/
Bányai, István
Illustrator
United States
http://www.ist-one.com/
Belsvik, Rune
Author
Norway
https://www.cappelendamm.no/forfattere/Rune%20Belsvik-scid:179
Benediktsson, Ævar Þór
Promoter of reading
Iceland
https://www.aevarthor.com/
Biblionef
Organisation
South Africa
http://biblionefsa.org.za/
Biblioteca Th’uruchapitas
Organisation
Bolivia
http://www.librarythuruchapitas.org/web/home/index.php
Blackman, Malorie
Author
United Kingdom
http://www.malorieblackman.co.uk/
Blake, Quentin
Illustrator
United Kingdom
http://www.quentinblake.com/
Blume, Judy
Author
United States
http://www.judyblume.com/
Bondestam, Linda
Illustrator
Finland
http://www.lindabondestam.com/
Book Aid International
Organisation
United Kingdom
http://www.bookaid.org/
Brøgger, Lilian
Illustrator
Denmark
http://www.lilianbroegger.dk/
Budde, Nadia
Author/illustrator
Germany
http://www.nadiabudde.de/
Bunanta, Murti
Promoter of reading
Indonesia
http://www.kpba-murti.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&itemid=14
Carle, Eric
Author/illustrator
United States
http://www.eric-carle.com/home.html
CEDILIJ (Centro de Difusón e Investigación de Literatura Infantil y Juvenil)
Organisation
Argentina
Chambers, Aidan
Author
United Kingdom
http://www.aidanchambers.co.uk/
Chambers, Aidan & Nancy
Promoters of reading
United Kingdom
http://www.thimblepress.co.uk/about.htm
Chaud, Benjamin
Author/illustrator
France
http://imagiervagabond.fr/illustrateurs/benjamin-chaud
Child, Lauren
Author/illustrator
United Kingdom
http://www.milkmonitor.com/
Children’s Book Council
Organisation
Iran
http://www.cbc.ir/en/About.aspx
Children’s Literature New England (CLNE) & The Examined Life (EXL) Organisation
United States
http://www.clne.org/
Cie?lak, Ola
Illustrator
Poland
Cneut, Carll
Illustrator
Belgium
Çocuk Vakf? (Children’s Foundation)
Organisation
Turkey
http://www.cocukvakfi.org.tr/
Cooperativa Culturale Giannino Stoppani
Organisation
Italy
http://cargocollective.com/gianninostoppani
Csukás, István
Author
Hungary
Dahle, Gro
Author
Norway
https://www.cappelendamm.no/cappelendamm/person/author-detail.action?authorId=sek:person:scid:401
Daly, Niki
Illustrator
South Africa
http://nikidaly.wordpress.com/
Damaschin Popa, Stela
Illustrator
Moldavia
Dashevskaya, Nina
Author
Russian Federation
De schoolschrijver
Organisation
Netherlands
http://www.deschoolschrijver.nl/
Dematons, Charlotte
Illustrator
Netherlands
http://www.lemniscaat.nl/Jeugd/Prentenboeken/auteurs/Charlotte%20%20Dematons
Desnitskaya, Anna
Illustrator
Russian Federation
https://www.behance.net/anya_d
Dezsö, Andrea
Illustrator
United States
http://www.andreadezso.com/
Dobrescu, Irina
Illustrator
Romania
http://www.irina.dobrescu.net/
Douzou, Olivier
Author/illustrator
France
http://www.olivierdouzou.com/
Dubosarsky, Ursula
Author
Australia
http://www.ursuladubosarsky.com/
Eeg, Harald Rosenløw
Author
Norway
http://roseeg.no/?page_id=45
Ekman, Fam
Author/illustrator
Norway
https://nbl.snl.no/Fam_Ekman
Ellis, Deborah
Author
Canada
http://deborahellis.com/
Ellis, Sarah
Author
Canada
http://www.sarahellis.ca/
Erdogan, Fatih
Author
Turkey
http://www.fatiherdogan.com/eng/index.html
Eriksson, Eva
Illustrator
Sweden
http://www.rabensjogren.se/Alfabetiskt/E/Eva-Eriksson/
Eslava, Jorge
Author
Peru
http://jorgeeslava.blogspot.se/
Etana Editions
Organisation
Finland
http://etanaeditions.com/
Fanelli, Sara
Author/illustrator
United Kingdom
http://www.sarafanelli.com/
Fiske, Anna
Illustrator
Norway
http://annafiske.com/
Fombelle, Timothée de
Author
France
http://www.gallimard-jeunesse.fr/Auteur/Timothee-de-Fombelle
Foreman, Michael
Author/illustrator
United Kingdom
http://literature.britishcouncil.org/michael-foreman
Foreningen Laes
Organisation
Norway
http://foreningenles.no/
Fox, Mem
Author
Australia
http://memfox.com/
Friends of African Village Libraries (FAVL)
Organisation
United States
http://www.favl.org/
Funke, Cornelia
Author/illustrator
Germany
http://www.corneliafunke.com/en
Gaiman, Neil
Author
United Kingdom
http://www.neilgaiman.com/
Gardner, Sally
Author/illustrator
United Kingdom
http://www.sallygardner.net/
German Nicaraguan Library and the Bibliobús Bertolt Brecht
Organisation
Nicaragua
http://litbase.uil.unesco.org/?menu=4&programme=83&language=en
Gestel, Peter van
Author
Netherlands
http://www.letterenfonds.nl/en/author/129/peter-van-gestel
Gleitzman, Morris
Author
Australia
http://www.morrisgleitzman.com/
Gómez Cerdá, Alfredo
Author
Spain
Gonzales, Maria Teresa Maia
Author
Portugal
Gordon, Gus
Author/illustrator
Australia
http://www.gusgordon.com/
Guleuri, Vasil
Author
Georgia
http://book.gov.ge/en/author/guleuri-vasil-/88
Gunnarsdóttir, Kristín Helga
Author
Iceland
https://www.forlagid.is/hofundar/kristin-helga-gunnarsdottir/
Hadi Mohammadi, Mohammed
Promoter of reading
Iran
Hahn, Daniel
Promoter of reading
United Kingdom
http://www.danielhahn.co.uk/
Hasi?, Zej?ir
Author
Bosnia & Herzegovina
http://djecija-knjiga.ba/products/author/zejcir-hasic
Hasanzadeh, Farhad
Author
Iran
http://www.farhadhasanzadeh.com/en/
Hébert, Marie-Francine
Author
Canada
http://www.quebec-amerique.com/auteurs/marie-francine-hebert.html
Heidelbach, Nikolaus
Illustrator
Germany
Hellgren, Joanna
Author/illustrator
Sweden
http://www.joannahellgren.com/
Herbauts, Anne
Author/illustrator
Belgium
Hillhouse, Joanne C.
Author/Promoter of reading
Antigua & Barbuda
https://jhohadli.wordpress.com/
Hohler, Franz
Author
Switzerland
http://www.franzhohler.ch/
Hole, Stian
Author/illustrator
Norway
Hughes, Shirley
Author/illustrator
United Kingdom
http://www.alfiebooks.co.uk/allaboutshirleyhughes.asp
Hungarian Fairy Tale and Story Museum
Organisation
Hungary
http://www.budapestagent.com/mesemuzeum-story-museum.html
Huseinovi?, Andrea Petrlik
Illustrator
Croatia
Huseinov, Arif
Illustrator
Azerbaijan
Iliopoulos, Vagelis
Author/Promoter of reading
Greece
http://www.vagelisiliopoulos.gr/en/index.html
Indigenous Literacy Foundation
Organisation
Australia
https://www.indigenousliteracyfoundation.org.au/
Ingpen, Robert
Illustrator
Australia
https://www.walkerbooks.com.au/Authors_and_Illustrators/Robert-Ingpen
International Youth Library
Organisation
Germany
http://www.ijb.de/home.html
Isabayli, Gasham
Author
Azerbaijan
Jensen, Louis
Author
Denmark
http://www.forfatterweb.dk/oversigt/jensenlouis/print_jensenlouis
Jonge, Harm de
Author
Netherlands
http://www.harmdejonge.nl/
Jónsdóttir, Áslaug
Author/illustrator
Iceland
http://aslaugjonsdottir.com/
Judge, Chris
Author
Ireland
http://www.chrisjudge.com/
Juri?, Sonja
Author
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Kaldhol, Marit
Author
Norway
https://samlaget.no/collections/marit-kaldhol
Kalman, Maira
Author/illustrator
United States
http://www.mairakalman.com/
Kasparavicius, Kestutis
Author/illustrator
Lithuania
http://www.kestutiskasparavicius.com/
Katha
Organisation
India
http://www.katha.org/site/
Komagata, Katsumi
Author/illustrator
Japan
http://www.one-stroke.co.jp/english/komagata.html
Krashen, Stephen
Promoter of reading
United States
http://www.sdkrashen.com/
Kršenkovi? Brkovi?, Dragana
Author
Montenegro
Labor Ateliergemeinschaft
Organisation
Germany
http://www.laborproben.de/
Lackfi, János
Author
Hungary
http://www.lackfi-janos.hu/
Lacombe, Benjamin
Illustrator
France
http://www.benjaminlacombe.com/home_e.html
Laird, Elizabeth
Author
United Kingdom
http://www.elizabethlaird.co.uk/
Lampedusa Library
Organisation
Italy
http://www.bibliotecasalaborsa.it/ibby/documenti/23895
Lanagan, Margo
Author
Australia
https://www.allenandunwin.com/authors/l/margo-lanagan
Lavro, Kost
Illustrator
Ukraine
http://ababahalamaha.com.ua/en/Kost%27_Lavro
Le Guin, Ursula
Author
United States
http://www.ursulakleguin.com/
Leeuwen, Joke van
Author/illustrator
Netherlands
http://www.jokevanleeuwen.com/Joke_van_Leeuwen/Home.html
Les Doigts qui rêvent
Organisation
France
http://www.ldqr.org/
Letria, André
Illustrator
Portugal
https://andreletria.pt/
Liao, Jimmy
Author/illustrator
Taiwan
http://www.jimmyspa.com/
Library4all
Organisation
Greece
http://www.library4all.com/
Lindenbaum, Pija
Author/illustrator
Sweden
http://www.illustratorcentrum.se/en/portfolio/pija-lindenbaum/
Lindström, Eva
Author/illustrator
Sweden
http://www.illustratorcentrum.se/en/portfolio/eva-lindstrom/
Louhi, Kristiina
Illustrator
Finland
Lubuto Library Partners
Organisation
Zambia
http://www.lubuto.org/
Luján, Jorge
Author
Argentina
Lynch, P J
Illustrator
Ireland
http://www.pjlynchgallery.com/
Machado, Ana Maria
Author
Brazil
http://www.anamariamachado.com/home
Magorian, Michelle
Author
United Kingdom
http://www.michellemagorian.com/
Maguire, Gregory
Author/Promoter of reading
United States
http://gregorymaguire.com/
Maijala, Marika
Author/illustrator
Finland
https://marikamaijala.squarespace.com/
Masini, Beatrice
Author
Italy
Matsuoka, Kyoko
Promoter of reading
Japan
http://tcl.or.jp/
Meek Spencer, Margaret
Promoter of reading
United Kingdom
Mello, Roger
Author/illustrator
Brazil
Menzatiuk, Zirka
Author
Ukraine
Mesghali, Farshid
Illustrator
Iran
http://www.farshidmesghali.com/
Mhlope, Gcina
Author/oral Storyteller/promoter of reading
South Africa
http://www.gcinamhlophe.co.za/
Mobile Library in Iran
Organisation
Iran
Modan, Rutu
Author/illustrator
Israel
Moeyaert, Bart
Author
Belgium
http://www.bartmoeyaert.com/
Mohammadi, Narges
Illustrator
Iran
http://nargesmohammadi.blogspot.se/
Moradi Kermani, Houshang
Author
Iran
Morden, Daniel
Oral storyteller
United Kingdom
Morpurgo, Michael
Author
United Kingdom
http://www.michaelmorpurgo.com/
Mourlevat, Jean-Claude
Author
France
http://www.jcmourlevat.com/
Muggenthaler, Eva
Author/illustrator
Germany
http://www.eva-muggenthaler.de/
Murail, Marie-Aude
Author
France
Murray, Kirsty
Author
Australia
http://kirstymurray.com/
Naidoo, Beverley
Author
South Africa
http://www.beverleynaidoo.com/
National Library of Greece
Organisation
Greece
http://www.nlg.gr/
Neacsu, Veronica
Illustrator
Romania
http://dumbravacuvulpi.blogspot.se/
Negrin, Fabian
Illustrator
Italy
Neighborhood Bridges
Organisation
United States
http://www.neighborhoodbridges.ca/
Ness, Patrick
Author
United Kingdom
http://patrickness.com/
Nikl, Petr
Author/illustrator
Czech Republic
Nimr, Sonia
Author
Palestine
Nyhus, Svein
Author/illustrator
Norway
http://sveinnyhus.blogspot.se/
Odriozola, Elena
Illustrator
Spain
http://elenaodriozola.blogspot.se/
Paegle, Anita
Illustrator
Latvia
http://anitapaegle.com/
Pardi, Charlotte
Illustrator
Denmark
Parvela, Timo
Author
Finland
http://timoparvela.fi/en/
Pateraki, Giolanda
Author
Greece
Patte, Geneviéve
Promoter of reading
France
https://laissezleslire.com/
Pawlak, Pawel
Illustrator
Poland
Pearson, Luke
Author/illustrator
United Kingdom
http://lukepearson.com/
Pellowski, Anne
Oral storyteller
United States
Pervik, Aino
Author
Estonia
http://www.elk.ee/?profile=688
Petersons, Reinis
Illustrator
Latvia
http://reinispetersons.com/
Petriashvili, Guram
Author
Georgia
http://book.gov.ge/en/author/petriashvili-guram-/17
Pienkowski, Jan
Illustrator
United Kingdom
http://www.janpienkowski.com/home.htm
Pratham Books
Organisation
India
http://prathambooks.org/
Pressler, Mirjam
Author
Germany
http://www.mirjampressler.de/
Pyliotou, Maria
Author
Cyprus
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/376586
Rascal
Author
Belgium
Raud, Piret
Author
Estonia
http://piretraud.edicypages.com/
Read to me!
Organisation
Croatia
http://www.unicef.hr/en/programska_aktivnost/read-to-me/
Read with me
Organisation
Iran
https://khanak.org/en/
Riddell, Chris
Illustrator
United Kingdom
http://www.chrisriddell.co.uk/
Room to Read
Organisation
United States
http://www.roomtoread.org/
Rosing-Asvid, Naja
Author/illustrator
Greenland
http://www.najarosingasvid.dk/
Rozman Roza, Andrej
Author/berättare/Promoter of reading
Slovenia
Ršumovi?, Ljubivoje
Author
Serbia
Russian State Children’s Library
Organisation
Russian Federation
Rørvik, Bjørn
Author
Norway
Saar, Ulla
Illustrator
Estonia
http://www.ullasaar.net/
Samson, Gideon
Author
Netherlands
http://www.gideonsamson.nl/
Samuilov, Viktor
Author
Bulgaria
Satrapi, Marjane
Author/illustrator
France
http://barclayagency.com/site/speaker/marjane-satrapi
Schritter, Istvansch
Illustrator
Argentina
http://www.istvansch.com.ar/
Sedgwick, Marcus
Author
United Kingdom
http://www.marcussedgwick.com/
Sfar, Joann
Author/illustrator
France
Shelley, John
Illustrator
United Kingdom
https://www.jshelley.com/
Shihab Nye, Naomi
Author
United States
http://barclayagency.com/site/speaker/naomi-shihab-nye
Škerl, Peter
Illustrator
Slovenia
http://www.peterskerl.com/
Spiridonova, Julia
Author
Bulgaria
Sta. Romana-Cruz, Neni
Promoter of reading
Philippines
Suzán Prone, Gerardo
Illustrator
Mexico
http://suzanilustrador.blogspot.se/
Szczygielski, Marcin
Author
Poland
Taylor, Mildred
Author
United States
Tellegen, Toon
Author
Netherlands
https://www.queridokinderboeken.nl/auteur/toon-tellegen/
Therkildsen, Lene
Promoter of reading
Greenland
http://milik.gl/om-forlaget/lenetherkildsen/
Tidholm, Anna-Clara
Author/illustrator
Sweden
http://www.alfabeta.se/forfattare/anna-clara-tidholm
Tidholm, Thomas
Author
Sweden
http://www.thomas.tidholm.se/
Tjong-Khing, Thé
Illustrator
Netherlands
http://www.thetjongkhing.nl/
Topuria, Tea
Author
Georgia
http://www.poetrytranslation.org/poets/tea-topuria
Torseter, Øyvind
Illustrator
Norway
https://www.cappelendamm.no/cappelendamm/person/author-detail.action?authorId=sek:person:scid:9556
Torudd, Cecilia
Author/illustrator
Sweden
Tóth, Krisztina
Author
Hungary
Traugot, Alexander
Illustrator
Russian Federation
Trivizas, Eugene
Author
Greece
Tullio Altan, Francesco
Illustrator
Italy
Turtschaninoff, Maria
Author
Finland
https://www.mariaturtschaninoff.com/
Uk-Bae, Lee
Illustrator
Republic of Korea
Wabbes, Marie
Author/illustrator
Belgium
https://www.mariewabbes.com/
Vasko, Anne
Author/illustrator
Finland
http://www.annevasko.com/
Wegelius, Jakob
Author/illustrator
Sweden
http://www.jakobwegelius.com
Welsh-Rabady, Renate
Author
Austria
http://www.goethe.de/kue/lit/prj/kju/aut/sz/wel/enindex.htm
Verplancke, Klaas
Illustrator
Belgium
http://www.klaas.be/
Weve, Sylvia
Illustrator
Netherlands
http://www.sylviaweve.com/?home
Wikland, Ilon
Illustrator
Sweden
http://www.ilon.se/en/index.php
Wild, Margaret
Author
Australia
http://www.thelitcentre.org.au/author/margaret-wild
Wilkón, Józef
Illustrator
Poland
http://culture.pl/pl/tworca/jozef-wilkon
Woodson, Jacqueline
Author
United States
http://www.jacquelinewoodson.com/
Zak, Monica
Author/oral storyteller/promoter of reading
Sweden
http://www.barnensbibliotek.se/F%C3%B6rfattare/ForfattareA%C3%96/zak/tabid/292/Default.aspx
Zhilu, Zhang
Author
China
Zidarov, Lyuben
Illustrator
Bulgaria
Zwerger, Lisbeth
Illustrator
Austria
http://childscapes.com/bookpages/zwerger.html
I think “krona” is singular. The Swedish plural is “kronor”. (I assume we’re talking Swedish. I hadn’t realized before this year’s Worldcon trip, but at least four countries use the term “kronor” or cognate terms. There are Danish kroner, Norwegian kroner, Icelandic krónur, and Swedish kronor. I needed three for my trip. It made me really appreciate the benefits, at least to tourists, of a common currency.)