The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award is the world’s largest cash prize for children’s literature.
Administered by the Swedish Arts Council, the 5 million krona award honors the entire body of an author’s work.
It is given 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.
A total of 226 candidates from 60 countries are nominated for the 2016 award. The list was published at the Frankfurt Book Fair on October 20, 2016. The winner will be announced April 4, 2017.
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.
A & A Book Trust
Organisation
India
www.aabooktrust.org/
Abuelas Cuentacuentos: The Storytelling Grandmothers
Organisation
Argentina
abuelascuentacuentos.blogspot.se/
A.C.C.E.S.
Organisation
France
www.acces-lirabebe.fr/
Aakeson, Kim Fupz
Author
Denmark
Abdel-Fattah, Randa
Author
Australia
www.randaabdelfattah.com/
AÇEV (Anne Çocuk E?itim Vakf?, Mother and Child Education Foundation)
Organisation
Turkey
www.acev.org/en/
Ahlberg, Allan
Author
United Kingdom
www.penguin.co.uk/authors/allan-ahlberg/23863/
Aisato N’jie Solberg, Lisa
Author/illustrator
Norway
www.aisato.no/
Al Musallam, Abdulaziz
Author
United Arab Emirates
kalimat.ae/en/team/abdulaziz-al-musallam/
Albertine
Illustrator
Switzerland
www.albertine.ch/
Alemagna, Beatrice
Author/illustrator
Italy
www.beatricealemagna.com/
All of Poland Reads to Kids
Organisation
Poland
www.allofpolandreadstokids.org/all-of-poland-reads-to-kids
Almario, Virgilio
Author
Philippines
Almond, David
Author
United Kingdom
www.walker.co.uk/contributors/David-Almond-5033.aspx
Anderson, Laurie Halse
Author
United States
www.laurieanderson.com/
Andruetto, Maria Teresa
Author
Argentina
www.teresaandruetto.com.ar/
Azzopardi, Andreas
Author
Malta
Baek, Heena
Illustrator
Republic of Korea
storybowl.com/
Bányai, István
Illustrator
United States
www.ist-one.com/
Belsvik, Rune
Author
Norway
www.cappelendamm.no/forfattere/Rune%20Belsvik-scid:179
Berner, Rotraut Susanne
Illustrator
Germany
www.rotraut-susanne-berner.de/
Biblionef
Organisation
South Africa
biblionefsa.org.za/
Biblioteca Th’uruchapitas
Organisation
Bolivia
www.librarythuruchapitas.org/web/home/index.php
Blackman, Malorie
Author
United Kingdom
www.malorieblackman.co.uk/
Blake, Quentin
Illustrator
United Kingdom
www.quentinblake.com/
Blau, Aljoscha
Author/illustrator
Germany
aljoschablau.com/
Blume, Judy
Author
United States
www.judyblume.com/
Bondestam, Linda
Illustrator
Finland
www.lindabondestam.com/
Book Aid International
Organisation
United Kingdom
www.bookaid.org/
Book Art Center (BAC)
Organisation
Georgia
Brøgger, Lilian
Illustrator
Denmark
www.lilianbroegger.dk/
Budde, Nadia
Author/illustrator
Germany
www.nadiabudde.de/
Bunanta, Murti
Promoter of reading
Indonesia
www.kpba-murti.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&itemid=14
Carle, Eric
Author/illustrator
United States
www.eric-carle.com/home.html
CEDILIJ (Centro de Difusón e Investigación de Literatura Infantil y Juvenil)
Organisation
Argentina
Chambers, Aidan
Author
United Kingdom
www.aidanchambers.co.uk/
Chambers, Aidan & Nancy
Promoters of reading
United Kingdom
www.thimblepress.co.uk/about.htm
Chaud, Benjamin
Author/illustrator
France
imagiervagabond.fr/illustrateurs/benjamin-chaud
Child, Lauren
Author/illustrator
United Kingdom
www.milkmonitor.com/
Children’s Literature New England (CLNE) & The Examined Life (EXL)
Organisation
United States
www.clne.org/
Cneut, Carll
Illustrator
Belgium
Colfer, Eoin
Author
Ireland
www.artemisfowl.co.uk/site/Home.php
Cooperativa Culturale Giannino Stoppani
Organisation
Italy
cargocollective.com/gianninostoppani
Csukás, István
Author
Hungary
Da Coll, Ivar
Author/illustrator
Colombia
www.escritores.org/biografias/11674-da-coll-ivar
Dahle, Gro
Author
Norway
www.cappelendamm.no/cappelendamm/person/author-detail.action?authorId=sek:person:scid:401
Daly, Niki
Illustrator
South Africa
nikidaly.wordpress.com/
Damaschin Popa, Stela
Illustrator
Moldova
Dashevskaya, Nina
Author
Russia
Delessert, Étienne
Author/illustrator
Switzerland
www.etiennedelessert.com/
Dematons, Charlotte
Illustrator
Netherlands
www.lemniscaat.nl/Jeugd/Prentenboeken/auteurs/Charlotte%20%20Dematons
Dezsö, Andrea
Illustrator
United States
www.andreadezso.com/
Dobrescu, Irina
Illlustrator
Romania
www.irina.dobrescu.net/
Douzou, Olivier
Author/illustrator
France
www.olivierdouzou.com/
Dubosarsky, Ursula
Author
Australia
www.ursuladubosarsky.com/
Eeg, Harald Rosenløw
Author
Norway
roseeg.no/?page_id=45
Ekman, Fam
Author/illustrator
Norway
nbl.snl.no/Fam_Ekman
Ellis, Deborah
Author
Canada
deborahellis.com/
Ellis, Sarah
Author
Canada
www.sarahellis.ca/
Erdogan, Fatih
Author
Turkey
www.fatiherdogan.com/eng/index.html
Eriksson, Eva
Illustrator
Sweden
www.rabensjogren.se/Alfabetiskt/E/Eva-Eriksson/
Erlbruch, Wolf
Illustrator
Germany
www.peter-hammer-verlag.de/autoren-details/wolf_erlbruch/
EU Read
Organisation
Germany
www.euread.com/
Fanelli, Sara
Author/illustrator
United Kingdom
www.sarafanelli.com/
Federation of Pre-School Playgroups
Organisation
Mauritius
Fiske, Anna
Illustrator
Norway
annafiske.com/
Fombelle, Timothée de
Author
France
www.gallimard-jeunesse.fr/Auteur/Timothee-de-Fombelle
Foreman, Michael
Author/illustrator
United Kingdom
literature.britishcouncil.org/michael-foreman
Foreningen !les
Organisation
Norway
foreningenles.no/
Friends of African Village Libraries (FAVL)
Organisation
United States
www.favl.org/
Gaiman, Neil
Author
United Kingdom
www.neilgaiman.com/
Gardner, Sally
Author/illustrator
United Kingdom
www.sallygardner.net/
German Nicaraguan Library and the Bibliobús Bertolt Brecht
Organisation
Nicaragua
www.unesco.org/uil/litbase/?menu=4&programme=83
Geelen, Harrie
Author/illustrator
Netherlands
www.queridokinderenjeugdboeken.nl/auteur/harrie-geelen/
Germinalia A. C.
Organisation
Mexico
www.germinalia.org.mx/
Gestel, Peter van
Author
Netherlands
www.letterenfonds.nl/en/author/129/peter-van-gestel
Givargizov, Arthur
Author
Russian Federation
Gleeson, Libby
Author
Australia
www.libbygleeson.com.au/
Gogiberidze, Inga
Storyteller/promoter of Reading
Georgia
Gleitzman, Morris
Author
Australia
www.morrisgleitzman.com/
Gonzalez, Maria Teresa Maia
Author
Portugal
Gordon, Gus
Author/illustrator
Australia
www.gusgordon.com/
Gunnarsdóttir, Kristín Helga
Author
Iceland
www.forlagid.is/?tag=kristin-helga-gunnarsdottir
Hallworth, Grace
Author/oral storyteller
United Kingdom
Hasanzadeh, Farhad
Author
Iran
www.farhadhasanzadeh.com/en/
Hébert, Marie-Francine
Author
Canada
www.quebec-amerique.com/auteurs/marie-francine-hebert.html
Hein, Priya N.
Author/illustrator
Mauritius
www.priyahein.com/
Hellgren, Joanna
Author/illustrator
Sweden
www.joannahellgren.com/
Herbauts, Anne
Author/illustrator
Belgium
jeunesse.casterman.com/peoples_detail.cfm?ID=2188
Hobbs, Leigh
Author/illustrator
Australia
www.leighhobbs.com/
Hole, Stian
Author/illustrator
Norway
Hosany, Amarnath
Author
Mauritius
Hughes, Shirley
Author/illustrator
United Kingdom
www.alfiebooks.co.uk/allaboutshirleyhughes.asp
Hungarian Fairy Tale and Story Museum
Organisation
Hungary
www.budapestagent.com/mesemuzeum-story-museum.html
Huseinovi?, Andrea Petrlik
Illustrator
Croatia
Iliopoulos, Vagelis
Author/promoter of Reading
Greece
www.vagelisiliopoulos.gr/en/index.html
International Youth Library
Organisation
Germany
www.ijb.de/home.html
Iturralde, Edna
Author
Ecuador
www.ednaiturralde.com/
Jensen, Louis
Author
Denmark
www.forfatterweb.dk/oversigt/jensenlouis/print_jensenlouis
Jonge, Harm de
Author
Netherlands
www.harmdejonge.nl/
Jónsdóttir, Áslaug
Author/illustrator
Iceland
aslaugjonsdottir.com/
Kakoulli, Toula
Author
Cyprus
Kaldhol, Marit
Author
Norway
www.samlaget.no/nn-no/forfattarar/k/marit-kaldhol.aspx
Kalman, Maira
Author/illustrator
United States
www.mairakalman.com/
Karadi Path Education Company
Promoter of Reading
India
www.karadipath.com/
Kasparavicius, Kestutis
Author/Illustrator
Lithuania
www.kestutiskasparavicius.com/
Katha
Organisation
India
www.katha.org/site/
Komagata, Katsumi
Author/illustrator
Japan
www.one-stroke.co.jp/english/komagata.html
Krapivin, Vladislav
Author
Russia
www.rusf.ru/english/vk/
Kršenkovi? Brkovi?, Dragana
Author
Montenegro
Ku?uk, Fahrudin
Author
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Kwon, Yoon-duck
Illustrator
Republic of Korea
Labor Ateliergemeinschaft
Organisation
Germany
www.laborproben.de/
Lackfi, János
Author
Hungary
www.lackfi-janos.hu/
Lacombe, Benjamin
Illustrator
France
www.benjaminlacombe.com/home_e.html
Laird, Elizabeth
Author
United Kingdom
www.elizabethlaird.co.uk/
Lampedusa Library
Organisation
Italy
www.bibliotecasalaborsa.it/ibby/documenti/23895
Lecture Jeunesse
Organisation
France
www.lecturejeunesse.org/
Leeuwen, Joke van
Author/illustrator
Netherlands
www.jokevanleeuwen.com/Joke_van_Leeuwen/Home.html
Le Guin, Ursula
Author
United States
www.ursulakleguin.com/
Lester, Alison
Author
Australia
alisonlester.com/
Letria, André
Illustrator
Portugal
andreletria.pt/
Liao, Jimmy
Author/illustrator
Taiwan
Library4all
Organisation
Greece
www.library4all.com/
Lieshout, Ted van
Author
Netherlands
tedvanlieshout.info/Ted_van_Lieshout/Ted.html
Lindenbaum, Pija
Author/illustrator
Sweden
www.illustratorcentrum.se/en/portfolio/pija-lindenbaum/
Lindström, Eva
Author/illustrator
Sweden
www.illustratorcentrum.se/en/portfolio/eva-lindstrom/
Louhi, Kristiina
Illustrator
Finland
Lowry, Lois
Author
United States
www.loislowry.com/
Lubaev, Sergey
Illustrator
Russian Federation
Lubuto Library Partners
Organisation
Zambia
www.lubuto.org/
Luján, Jorge
Author
Argentina
Lynch, P J
Illustrator
Ireland
www.pjlynchgallery.com/
Maguire, Gregory
Author/promoter of reading
United States
gregorymaguire.com/
Maijala, Marika
Author/illustrator/promoter of reading
Finland
marikamaijala.squarespace.com/
Masini, Beatrice
Author
Italy
Matsuoka, Kyoko
Promoter of reading
Japan
tcl.or.jp/
Meek Spencer, Margaret
Promoter of reading
United Kingdom
Mello, Roger
Author/illustrator
Brazil
Mesghali, Farshid
Illustrator
Iran
www.farshidmesghali.com/
Mhlope, Gcina
Author/storyteller/promoter of reading
South Africa
www.gcinamhlophe.co.za/
Mirhadi, Touran
Promoter of reading
Iran
Mobile Library in Iran
Organisation
Iran
Modan, Rutu
Author/illustrator
Israel
Moeyaert, Bart
Author
Belgium
www.bartmoeyaert.com/
Moradi Kermani, Houshang
Author
Iran
Morden, Daniel
Storyteller
United Kingdom
Morpurgo, Michael
Author
United Kingdom
www.michaelmorpurgo.com/
Mourlevat, Jean-Claude
Author
France
www.jcmourlevat.com/
Muggenthaler, Eva
Author/illustrator
Germany
www.eva-muggenthaler.de/
Murail, Marie-Aude
Author
France
Murray, Kirsty
Author
Australia
kirstymurray.com/
Nadja
Illustrator
France
www.babelio.com/auteur/-Nadja/5035
Naidoo, Beverley
Author
South Africa
www.beverleynaidoo.com/
National Library of Greece
Organisation
Greece
www.nlg.gr/
Neacsu, Veronica
Illustrator
Romania
dumbravacuvulpi.blogspot.se/
Negrin, Fabian
Illustrator
Italy
Neighborhood Bridges
Organisation
United States
www.childrenstheatre.org/education/neighborhood-bridges/neighborhood-bridges
Ness, Patrick
Author
United Kingdom
patrickness.com/
Nikl, Petr
Author/illustrator
Czech Republic
www.petrnikl.cz
Nimr, Sonia
Author
Palestine
Nyhus, Svein
Author/illustrator
Norway
sveinnyhus.blogspot.se/
Paegle, Anita
Illustrator
Latvia
anitapaegle.com/
Pardi, Charlotte
Illustrator
Denmark
www.gyldendal.dk/charlotte-pardi
Parvela, Timo
Author
Finland
timoparvela.fi/en/
Pateraki, Giolanda
Author
Greece
Pearson, Luke
Author/illustrator
United Kingdom
lukepearson.com/
Pellowski, Anne
Oral storyteller
United States
Petersons, Reinis
Illustrator
Latvia
reinispetersons.com/
Pienkowski, Jan
Illustrator
United Kingdom
www.janpienkowski.com/home.htm
Place, François
Illustrator
France
www.francois-place.fr
Pratham Books
Organisation
India
prathambooks.org/
Pressler, Mirjam
Author
Germany
www.mirjampressler.de/
Rahimizadeh, Pejman
Illustrator
Iran
www.rahimizadeh.com/
Rahmandoust, Mostafa
Author
Iran
www.rahmandoost.org/biography.html
Rascal
Author
Belgium
Raud, Piret
Author
Estonia
piretraud.edicypages.com/
Read to me!
Organisation
Croatia
www.citajmi.info
Read with me
Organisation
Iran
koodiaki.org/en
Richter, Jutta
Author
Germany
www.juttarichter.de/
Riddell, Chris
Illustrator
United Kingdom
www.chrisriddell.co.uk/
Room to Read
Organisation
United States
www.roomtoread.org/
Rozman Roza, Andrej
Author/oral storyteller/promoter of reading
Slovenia
Ršumovi?, Ljubivoje
Author
Serbia
Rönns, Christel
Illustrator
Finland
www.christelronns.com/
Sandman Lilius, Irmelin
Author/illustrator
Finland
Šari?, Muhidin
Author
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Satrapi, Marjane
Author/illustrator
France
barclayagency.com/site/speaker/marjane-satrapi
Schritter, Istvansch
Illustrator
Argentina
www.istvansch.com.ar/
Sedgwick, Marcus
Author
United Kingdom
www.marcussedgwick.com/
Sfar, Joann
Author/illustrator
France
Sharafeddine, Fatima
Author
Lebanon
www.fatimasharafeddine.com/
Shihab Nye, Naomi
Author
United States
barclayagency.com/site/speaker/naomi-shihab-nye
Sierra i Fabra, Jordi
Author
Spain
www.sierraifabra.com/
Sillaste, Kertu
Illustrator
Estonia
kertu.panwagen.ee/index.php/avaleht__home
Škerl, Peter
Illustrator
Slovenia
www.peterskerl.com/
Spiridonova, Julia
Author
Bulgaria
Sta. Romana-Cruz, Flor Marie
Author/Promoter of reading
Philippines
Stark, Ulf
Author
Sweden
www.bonniercarlsen.se/forfattare/s/ulf-stark/
Taylor, Mildred
Author
United States
Teller, Janne
Author
Denmark
janneteller.com/
Tepi? Kojovi?, Jelena
Author
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tidholm, Anna-Clara
Author/illustrator
Sweden
www.alfabeta.se/forfattare/anna-clara-tidholm
Tidholm, Thomas
Author
Sweden
www.thomas.tidholm.se/
Tjong-Khing, Thé
Illustrator
Netherlands
www.thetjongkhing.nl/
Topuria, Tea
Author
Georgia
ww.poetrytranslation.org/poets/tea-topuria
Torseter, Øyvind
Illustrator
Norway
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
Russia
Trivizas, Eugene
Author
Greece
www.eugene-trivizas.com/
Tullio Altan, Fransesco
Illustrator
Italy
Tungal, Leelo
Author
Estonia
Turtschaninoff, Maria
Author
Finland
www.mariaturtschaninoff.com/Maria/In_English.html
Törnqvist, Marit
Illustrator
Netherlands
www.marittornqvist.nl/
Uk-Bae, Lee
Illustrator
Republic of Korea
Ungerer, Tomi
Author/illustrator
France
www.tomiungerer.com/
Wegelius, Jakob
Author/illustrator
Sweden
www.jakobwegelius.com
Welsh-Rabady, Renate
Author
Austria
www.goethe.de/kue/lit/prj/kju/aut/sz/wel/enindex.htm
Verplancke, Klaas
Illustrator
Belgium
www.klaas.be/
Wikland, Ilon
Illustrator
Sweden
www.ilon.se/en/index.php
Wild, Margaret
Author
Australia
www.thelitcentre.org.au/author/margaret-wild
Zak, Monica
Author/oral storyteller/promoter of reading
Sweden
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
childscapes.com/bookpages/zwerger.html
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