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IBBY Announces the 2014 Hans Christian Andersen Award


Jury and Nominees

The International Board on Books for Young People is proud to announce the 2014 Jury and the candidates for the Hans Christian Andersen Awards.


The Hans Christian Andersen Award is the highest international distinction given to authors and illustrators of children's books. Given every other year by IBBY, the Hans Christian Andersen Awards recognize lifelong achievement and are given to an author and an illustrator whose complete works have made an important, lasting contribution to children's literature.


The 2014 Jury, selected by IBBY's Executive Committee from nominations made by its national sections, comprises the following ten distinguished members from across the globe. Jury PresidentMaría Jesús Gil (Madrid, Spain) will lead the Jury to select the winners of the 2014 Hans Christian Andersen Awards.

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


Fanuel Hanan Diaz Editor, author and researcher, Caracas, Venezuela.


Sabine Fuchs University lecturer in children's literature, Graz, Austria.


Sang-Wook Kim Professor in children's literature at the Chuncheon National University of Education, Seoul, Korea.


Enrique Pérez Díaz Author and publisher, Havana, Cuba.


Deborah Soria Book-seller and promoter of children's literature, Rome, Italy.


Susan M. Stan Professor of children's literature at the Central Michigan University, USA.


Sahar Tarhandeh Independent researcher in children's literature, freelance graphic designer and art director, Tehran, Iran.


Erik Titusson Publisher and former Director of the ALMA, Stockholm, Sweden.


Ayfer Gürdal Ünal Writer, critic, and lecturer at the Bhosphorous University, Istanbul, Turkey.


Former IBBY Vice President Elda Nogueira (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and IBBY Executive Director Liz Page are ex officio Jury members.




The following nominees have been submitted for the 2014 Hans Christian Andersen Awards by the National Sections of IBBY. For the 2014 Awards 29 authors and 31 illustrators have been nominated from 34 countries.


Argentina: author María Cristina Ramos; illustrator Isol


Australia; author Nadia Wheatley; illustrator Ron Brooks


Austria: author Renate Welsh; illustrator Linda Wolfsgruber


Azerbaijan: author Sevinj Nurugizi


Belgium: author Frank Andriat; illustrator Carll Cneut


Brazil: author Joel Rufino dos Santos; illustrator Roger Mello


Canada: author Kenneth Oppel; illustrator Philippe Béha


China: author Hongying Yang; illustrator Liang Xiong


Croatia: illustrator Svjetlan Junaković


Denmark: author Lene Kaaberbøl; illustrator Charlotte Pardi


Estonia: author Aino Pervik


Finland: author Kirsi Kunnas; illustrator Pekka Vuori


France: author Jean-Claude Mourlevat; illustrator François Place


Germany: author Mirjam Pressler; illustrator Rotraut Susanne Berner


Greece: author Sofia Madouvalou; illustrator Daniela Stamatiadi


Iran: author Houshang Moradi Kermani


Ireland: author Eoin Colfer; illustrator PJ Lynch


Italy: author Bianca Pitzorno; illustrator Fabian Negrin


Japan: author Nahoko Uehashi; illustrator Ken Katayama


Republic of Korea: author Jin-Kyung Kim; illustrator Byoung-Ho Han


Latvia: illustrator Reinis Pētersons


Netherlands: author Ted van Lieshout; illustrator Marit Törnqvist


Norway: author Bjørn Sortland; illustrator Øyvind Torseter


Portugal: author António Torrado; illustrator Teresa Lima


Russia: author Vladislav Krapivin; illustrator Igor Oleinikov


Serbia: author Ljubivoje Rsumović; illustrator Dobrosav Zivković


Slovakia: author Daniel Hevier; illustrator Peter Uchnár


Slovenia: author Polonca Kova; illustrator Alenka Sottler


Spain: illustrator Javier Zabala


Sweden: illustrator Eva Lindström


Switzerland: illustrator Albertine


Turkey: author Serpil Ural; illustrator Saadet Ceylan


UK: author Jacqueline Wilson; illustrator John Burningham


USA: author Jacqueline Woodson; illustrator Bryan Collier


The Jury President will guide the judging process and preside at the jury meeting 15-16 March 2014. The shortlist will be disseminated immediately following the Jury meeting and the winners will be announced at the IBBY Press Conference at the Bologna Children's Book Fair on Monday, 24 March 2014.



For more information about IBBY's programme and current projects please contact the IBBY Secretariat or visit: http://www.ibby.org.
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