Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award

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The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award is one of the world’s largest and most prestigious international prizes for children’s and young adult literature, honoring authors, illustrators, storytellers, and reading promoters.

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Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award canonical 4

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instanceOf children's literature award
literary award
administeredBy Swedish Arts Council
aim to promote the rights of children
to strengthen and increase interest in children's and young adult literature worldwide
awardAmount 5 million Swedish kronor
awardedFor children's literature
illustration
promotion of reading
storytelling
young adult literature
country Sweden
countryOfOrigin Sweden
currency Swedish krona
eligibility authors
illustrators
living persons
organizations
reading promoters
storytellers
field literature
reading promotion
firstAwarded 2003
foundedBy Government of Sweden
linked to: Swedish government
frequency annual
genre children's and young adult literature
inception 2002
location Stockholm
motto For the right of children to great stories
namedAfter Astrid Lindgren
notableLaureate Barbro Lindgren
Isol
Jacqueline Woodson
Katherine Paterson
Laurie Halse Anderson
Maurice Sendak
Meg Rosoff
Philip Pullman
Shaun Tan
Wolf Erlbruch
officialLanguage English
Swedish
scope international
selectionProcess nominations from organizations worldwide
sponsor Swedish Arts Council
website https://alma.se

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Philip Pullman awardReceived Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
Astrid Lindgren commemoratedBy Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
Katherine Paterson awardReceived Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
Maurice Sendak awardReceived Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award