The Hans Christian Andersen Awards 2014: A Bookbird Special

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Bookbird: A Journal of International Children's Literature, Volume 52, Number

2, April 2014, pp. i-ii (Article)

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 The Hans Christian Andersen Awards 2014
A Bookbird Special Issue
Hans Christian Andersen Award Nominees 2014
The Hans Christian Andersen Awards are presented every two years by IBBY (International Board on Books for Young
People) to an author and an illustrator whose complete works have made an important and lasting contribution to
children’s literature. IBBY National Sections from 33 countries submitted the following 28 authors and 30 illustrators
as candidates for the 2014 Hans Christian Andersen Awards:

Author Nominees Illustrator Nominees

Argentina: María Cristina Ramos Argentina: Isol
Australia: Nadia Wheatley Australia: Ron Brooks
Austria: Renate Welsh Austria: Linda Wolfsgruber
Azerbaijan: Sevinj Nurugizi belgium: Carll Cneut
belgium: Frank Andriat brazil: Roger Mello
brazil: Joel Rufino dos Santos Canada: Philippe Béha
Canada: Kenneth Oppel China: Liang Xiong
China: Hongying Yang Croatia: Svjetlan Junaković
denmark: Lene Kaaberbøl denmark: Charlotte Pardi
Estonia: Aino Pervik Finland: Pekka Vuori
Finland: Kirsi Kunnas France: François Place
France: Jean-Claude Mourlevat Germany: Rotraut Susanne Berner
Germany: Mirjam Pressler Greece: Daniela Stamatiadi
Greece: Sophia Madouvalou ireland: PJ Lynch
iran: Houshang Moradi Kermani italy: Fabian Negrin
ireland: Eoin Colfer Japan: Ken Katayama
italy: Bianca Pitzorno korea republic of: Byoung-Ho Han
Japan: Nahoko Uehashi Latvia: Reinis Pētersons
korea republic of: Jin-Kyung Kim Netherlands: Marit Törnqvist
Netherlands: Ted van Lieshout Norway: Øyvind Torseter
Norway: Bjørn Sortland Portugal: Teresa Lima
Portugal: António Torrado russia: Igor Oleinikov
russia: Vladislav Krapivin Slovakia: Peter Uchnár
Slovakia: Daniel Hevier Slovenia: Alenka Sottler
Slovenia: Polonca Kovač Spain: Javier Zabala
Turkey: Serpil Ural Sweden: Eva Lindström
Uk: Jacqueline Wilson Switzerland: Albertine
USA: Jacqueline Woodson Turkey: Saadet Ceylan
Uk: John Burningham
USA: Bryan Collier
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 The Hans Christian Andersen Awards
The Hans Christian Andersen Awards are the highest international awards given for children’s literature. The
International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) presents the awards biennially in recognition of a
"lasting contribution to children's literature.”

The awards are given in two categories: authors (presented since 1956), and illustrators (presented since 1966)
and the nominees are judged using the following criteria as a guide:
• The aesthetic and literary qualities of writing and illustrating
• The ability to see things from a child’s point of view
• The ability to stretch the child’s curiosity as well as the child’s literary and creative imagination
• Cultural differences in literary aesthetics are taken into account and appreciated
• Freshness and innovation are a great advantage
• The complete works of the author or illustrator, to date, are taken into consideration

The National Sections of IBBY have the privilege of nominating one candidate for each award. The nominat-
ing section is responsible for presenting an informative dossier that reveals the breadth of the candidate's work
and shows the impact of her/his contributions. In addition to a selection of representative books, the following
documentation is used to appraise each candidate:
• Biographical information on the candidate
• A statement on the candidate's contribution to literature for young people
• Selected appreciative essays, interviews or articles
• A list of awards and other distinctions
• Complete bibliography of the books for children by the candidate
• List of translated editions, and their languages
• Five of the most important titles by the candidate (even if out of print)
• (Published) reviews of the books submitted to the Jury

The Hans Christian Andersen Award Jury selects the award recipients and comprises ten members who are
nominated by the National Sections of IBBY and selected by the IBBY Executive Committee. The members
of IBBY elect a Jury President at its biennial General Assembly: María Jesús Gil was elected the President
of the 2012 and the 2014 Jury. She is currently the coordinator of Reading Programmes for Spain and Latin
America at Foundation SM. She was an elected member of the IBBY Executive Committee (1996-2000) and
Chair of the 32nd IBBY Congress in Santiago de Compostela in 2010. As Jury President she presides over the
following members of the 2014 international Jury:

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

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.

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