Hans Christian Anderson Award

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Hans Christian Anderson Award

• Xin Liu
• LIS 681
• Summer 2004

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Hans Christian Anderson Award

• Is the highest international recognition
• Often referred to as the "Little Nobel Prize"
• Given to an author and an illustrator whose works
  have made a lasting contribution to childrens
  literature

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Hans Christian Anderson Award

• IBBY (International Board on Books for Young
  People) decides the winner.
• IBBY National Sections from many countries make
  their selections, submitting candidates for the
  Hans Christian Andersen Awards.
• The medal winner is selected by an international
  jury (The Hans Christian Andersen Jury)

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Hans Christian Anderson

• Born on April 2, 1805 and died on August 4, 1875
  in Copenhagen
• Unique master of the fairy tale whose stories are
  famous throughout the world

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Hans Christian Anderson Award Criteria

• Works are judged on literary and artistic merit.
• Judges look for exceptional aesthetic qualities
  in writing and illustration.
• Plot
• Character
• Style
• Structure
• Universal themes

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Hans Christian Andersen Award Author List
(Excerption)

• 2002 Aidan Chambers (United Kingdom)
• 2000 Ana Maria Machado (Brazil)
• 1998 Katherine Paterson (USA)
• 1996 Uri Orlev (Israel)
• 1994 Michio Mado (Japan)
• 1966 Tove Jansson (Finland)
• 1964 Rene Guillot (France)
• 1962 Meindert DeJong (USA)
• 1960 Erich Kastner (Germany)
• 1958 Astrik Lindgren (Sweden)
• 1956 Eleanor Farjeon (United Kingdom)

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Hans Christian Andersen Award Illustrator List
(Excerption)

• 2002 Quentin Blake (United Kingdom)
• 2000 Anthony Browne (United Kingdom)
• 1998 Tomi Ungerer (France)
• 1996 Klaus Ensikat (Germany)
• 1994 Jorg Muller (Switzerland)
• 1992 Kveta Pacovska (Czech Republic)
• 1990 Lisbeth Zwerger (Austria)
• 1988 Dusan Kallay (Czechoslovakia)
• 1970 Maurice Sendak (USA)
• 1968 Jiri Trnka (Czechoslovakia)
• 1966 Alois Carigiet (Switzerland)

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Thank You!