Στην Έκθεση Βιβλίου της Φρανκφούρτης χθες, 11 Οκτωβρίου 2018, ανακοινώθηκαν οι υποψηφιότητες των χωρών για το βραβείο Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 2019. Οι υποψήφιοι παρουσιάστηκαν από τον πρόεδρο της επιτροπής ALMA Boel Westin.
Πρόκειται για 246 υποψηφίους από 64 χώρες. Ανάμεσα τους πέντε σημαντικοί Έλληνες συγγραφείς καθώς και μία Κύπρια. Πρόκειται για τον Ευγένιο Τριβιζά , τον Βαγγέλη Ηλιόπουλο, τον Αντώνη Παπαθεοδούλου, την Γιολάντα Πατεράκη και την Κύπρια Μαρία Πυλιώτου. Κοντά τους, συνυποψήφιος, ο οργανισμός Library4All με την σπουδαία φιλαναγνωστική δράση σε όλη την Ελλάδα.
Πέρα από τις πολύ σημαντικές ελληνικές συμμετοχές, μπορεί κανείς να δει ονόματα παγκόσμιου βεληνεκούς: Έρικ Καρλ, Γκρέγκορι Μαγκουάιρ, Ντέμπορα Έλις, Μπερνάρ Φριό, Μπεατρίτσε Αλεμάνια, Κουεντίν Μπλέικ, Όλιβερ Τζέφερς, Κρις Ριντέλ και πολλοί άλλοι
Το βραβείο Memorial Astrid Lindgren αποτελεί ένα από τα σημαντικότερα βραβεία παιδικής λογοτεχνίας, το οποίο θεσπίστηκε από την κυβέρνηση της Σουηδίας το 2002 για να τιμήσει τη Σουηδή συγγραφέα βιβλίων παιδικής λογοτεχνίας Άστριντ Λίντγκρεν (Πίπη Φακιδομύτη). Συντάκτες, εικονογράφοι, προφορικοί αφηγητές και υποστηρικτές της ανάγνωσης επιλέγονται για το σύνολο του έργου τους και επιβραβεύονται για την σταθερή και ποιοτική τους πορεία η οποία αντανακλά το πνεύμα της Άστριντ Λίντγκρεν.
Σκοπός του βραβείου είναι να αυξήσει το ενδιαφέρον για την παιδική- νεανική λογοτεχνία και να προωθήσει το δικαίωμα των παιδιών στον πολιτισμό.
Το βραβείο Memorial Astrid Lindgren απονέμεται κάθε χρόνο σε έναν ή περισσότερους ζώντες δημιουργούς και συνοδεύεται από χρηματικό έπαθλο που ανέρχεται στο ποσό των πέντε εκατομμυρίων κορόνων Σουηδίας (περίπου 580.000 ευρώ).
Ο νικητής θα ανακοινωθεί στις 2 Απριλίου 2019.
Αναλυτικά όλες οι υποψηφιότητες:
Antigua and Barbuda
Joy Lawrence, Promoter of reading
Argentina
Maria Teresa Andruetto, Author
CEDILIJ, Organisation
Jorge Luján, Author
Istvansch Schritter, Author/Illustrator/Promoter of reading
Australia
Randa Abdel-Fattah, Author
Ursula Dubosarsky, Author
Mem Fox, Author
Susanne Gervay, Author
Morris Gleitzman, Author
Indigenous Literary Foundation, Organisation
Robert Ingpen, Illustrator
Margo Lanagan, Author
Melina Marchetta, Author
Margaret Wild, Author
Austria
Renate Welsh-Rabady, Author
Linda Wolfsgruber, Illustrator
Lisbeth Zwerger, Illustrator
Azerbaijan
Gasham Isabayli, Author
Sevinj Nurugizi, Author
Belgium
Carll Cneut, Illustrator
Anne Herbauts, Author/Illustrator
Bart Moeyaert, Author
Prix Bernard Versele, Organisation
Marie Wabbes, Author/Illustrator
Klaas Verplancke, Author/Illustrator
Bolivia
Biblioteca Thurucapitas, Organisation
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Šimo Ešić, Author
Fahrudin Kučuk, Author
Brazil
Ana Maria Machado, Author
Roger Mello, Author/Illustrator
Bulgaria
Maya Dalgacheva, Author
Viktor Samuilov, Author
Julia Spiridonova, Author
Lyuben Zidarov, Illustrator
Canada
Deborah Ellis, Author
Sarah Ellis, Author
Marie-Francine Hébert, Author
Troy Kent, Promoter of reading
Jon Klassen, Author/Illustrator
China
Zhang Zhilu, Author
Democratic Republic of Congo/United Kingdom
Dominique Mwankumi, Author/Illustrator
Croatia
Andrea Petrlik Huseinović, Illustrator
Read to Me Campaign, Organisation
Cyprus
Maria Pyliotou, Author
Czech Republic
Petr Nikl, Author/Illustrator
Květa Pacovská, Illustrator
Denmark
Kim Fupz Aakeson, Author
Lilian Brøgger, Illustrator
Louis Jensen, Author
Dorte Karrebaek, Illustrator
Ecuador
Edna Iturralde, Author
Estonia
Piret Raud, Author
Ulla Saar, Illustrator
Leelo Tungal, Author
Faroe Islands
Rakel Helmsdal, Author/Illustrator/Oral storyteller/Promoter of reading
Finland
Linda Bondestam, Illustrator
Marika Maijala, Author/Illustrator
Timo Parvela, Author
Laura Ruohonen & Erika Kallasmaa, Author and Illustrator
Salla Savolainen, Author/Illustrator
Maria Turtschaninoff, Author
France
A.C.C.E.S., Organisation
Benjamin Chaud, Author/Illustrator
Les Doigts qui rêvent, Organisation
Olivier Douzou, Author/Illustrator, Timothée de Fombelle, Author
Bernard Friot, Author
Jean-Claude Mourlevat, Author
Marie-Aude Murail, Author
Geneviéve Patte, Promoter of reading
Marjane Satrapi, Author/Illustrator
Joann Sfar, Author/Illustrator
Georgia
Bondo Matsaberidze, Author
Tea Topuria, Author
Germany
Aljoscha Blau, Illustrator
Nadia Budde, Author/Illustrator
Cornelia Funke, Author/Illustrator
Nikolaus Heidelbach, Illustrator
International Youth Library, Organisation
Janosch, Author/Illustrator
Labor Ateliergemeinschaft, Organisation
Eva Muggenthaler, Author/Illustrator
Mirjam Pressler, Author
Stiftung Lesen/German Reading Foundation, Organisation
Greece
Vagelis Iliopoulos, Author/Promoter of reading
Library4all, Organisation
Antonis Papatheodoulou, Author
Yolanda Pateraki, Author
Eugene Trivizas, Author
Greenland
Naja Rosing-Asvid, Author/Illustrator
Lene Therkildsen, Promoter of reading
Hungary
Istvan Csukas, Author
Hungarian Fairy Tale and Story Museum, Organisation
János Lackfi, Author
Tibor Zalán, Author
Iceland
Ævar Þór Benediktsson, Promoter of reading
India
A & A Book Trust, Organisation
Katha, Organisation
Pratham Books, Organisation
Indonesia
Murti Bunanta, Promoter of reading
Iran
Children’s Book Council, Organisation
Farhad Hassanzadeh, Author
Jamshid Khanian, Author
Mobile Library of Iran, Organisation
Narges Mohammadi, Illustrator
Houshang Moradi Kermani, Author
Read with Me, Organisation
Aliasghar Seidabadi, Promoter of reading
Ireland
Chris Judge, Author
PJ Lynch, Illustrator
Sheena Wilkinson, Author
Israel
Rutu Modan, Author/Illustrator
Italy
Beatrice Alemagna, Author/Illustrator
Chiara Carminati, Author
Lampedusa Library, Organisation
Sarolta Szulyovszky, Illustrator
Ivory Coast
Fatou Keita, Author/Promoter of Reading
Japan
Kyoko Matsuoka, Promoter of reading
Jordan
Taghrid al-Najjar, Author
Republic of Korea
Heena Baek, Illustrator
Lee Juyoung, Promoter of reading
Lee Uk-Bae, Illustrator
Latvia
Gundega Muzikante, Illustrator
Inese Zandere, Author
Lebanon/Belgium
Fatima Sharafeddine, Author
Lithuania
Kestutis Kasparavicius, Author/Illustrator
Mexico
Silvia Dubovoy, Author
Netherlands
De Schrijverscentrale, Organisation
Joke van Leeuwen, Author/Illustrator
Gideon Samson, Author
Toon Tellegen, Author
Thé Tjong-Khing, Illustrator
Marit Törnqvist, Author/Illustrator
Edward van de Vendel, Author
Sylvia Weve, Illustrator
New Zealand
Joy Cowley, Author/Promoter of reading
Nicaragua
German Nicaraguan Library and the Bibliobús Bertold Brecht, Organisation
Norway
Lene Ask, Illustrator
Rune Belsvik, Author
Gro Dahle, Author
Harald Rosenløw Eeg, Author
Fam Ekman, Author/Illustrator
Anna Fiske, Author/Illustrator
Foreningen !les, Organisation
Stian Hole, Author/Illustrator
Marit Kaldhol, Author
Gry Moursund, Author/Illustrator
Svein Nyhus, Author/Illustrator
Maria Parr, Author
Bjørn Rørvik, Author
Øyvind Torseter, Illustrator
Palestine
Sonia Nimr, Author
Philippines
Virgilio Senadren Almario, Author
Neni Sta. Romana Cruz, Promoter of reading
Poland
All of Poland Reads to Kids, Organisation
Ola Cieślak, Illustrator
Małgorzata Musierowicz, Author
Paweł Pawlak, Illustrator
Marcin Szczygielski, Author
Józef Wilkoń, Illustrator
Portugal
Andante, Organisation
Bernardo P. Carvalho, Illustrator
Maria Teresa Maia Gonzales, Author
Luísa Ducla Soares, Author
Catarina Sobral, Illustrator
Romania
Silviu Baias, Illustrator
Andrea Kürti, Illustrator
Cristiana Radu, Illustrator
Russian Federation
Anastasia Arkhipova, Illustrator
Nina Dashevskaya, Author
Russian State Children´s Library, Organisation
Alexander Traugot, Illustrator
Mikhail Yasnov, Author
Serbia
Ljubivoje Ršumović, Author
Slovenia
Slavko Pregl, Author
Anja Štefan, Author
South Africa
Biblionef, Organisation
Niki Daly, Author/Illustrator
Gcina Mhlope, Author/Oral storyteller/Promoter of reading
Beverley Naidoo, Author
The Bookery, Organisation
Spain
Fundaciò Jordi Sierra i Fabra, Organisation
Alfredo Gómez Cerdá, Author
Elena Odriozola, Illustrator
Sweden
Eva Eriksson, Illustrator
Joanna Hellgren, Illustrator
Olof Landström, Illustrator
Pija Lindenbaum, Author/Illustrator
Eva Lindström, Author/Illustrator
Frida Nilsson, Author
Anna-Clara Tidholm, Illustrator
Thomas Tidholm, Author
Cecilia Torudd, Author/Illustrator
Jakob Wegelius, Author/Illustrator
Ilon Wikland, Illustrator
Monica Zak, Author
Switzerland
Albertine, Illustrator
Franz Hohler, Author
Taiwan
Jimmy Liao, Author/Illustrator
Turkey
Çocuk Vakfı (Children’s Foundation), Organisation
Fatih Erdoğan, Author/Promoter of reading
Ukraine
Kost Lavro, Illustrator
Zirka Menzatiuk, Author
United Kingdom
Allan Ahlberg, Author
David Almond, Author
Malorie Blackman, Author
Quentin Blake, Illustrator
Book Aid International, Organisation
Aidan Chambers, Author
Aidan & Nancy Chambers, Promoters of reading
Michael Foreman, Author/Illustrator
Daniel Hahn, Promoter of reading
Shirley Hughes, Author/Illustrator
Oliver Jeffers, Author/Illustrator
Elizabeth Laird, Author
Michelle Magorian, Author
Margaret Meek Spencer, Promoter of reading
Daniel Morden, Author/Oral storyteller
Michael Morpurgo, Author
Patrick Ness, Author
Luke Pearson, Author/Illustrator
Jan Pienkowski, Illustrator
Chris Riddell, Illustrator
Katherine Rundell, Author
Marcus Sedgwick, Author
John Shelley, Illustrator
David Wood, Author
United States
Laurie Halse Anderson, Author
Judy Blume, Author
LeVar Burton, Promoter of reading
Eric Carle, Author/Illustrator
Children’s Literature New England, Organisation
Kate DiCamillo, Author
Margarita Engle, Author
Maira Kalman, Author/Illustrator
Stephen Krashen, Promoter of reading
Gregory Maguire, Author/Promoter of reading
Christopher Myers, Author/Illustrator
Neighborhood Bridges, Organisation
Peter Sís, Illustrator
Tim Tingle, Oral storyteller
Mildred Taylor, Author
Jack Zipes, Author/Promoter of reading
Zambia
Lubuto Library Partners, Organisation
