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 ⓘ