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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

IBBY announces nominees for the Hans Christian Andersen Awards 2012

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 have made their selections, submitting the following 28 authors and 31 illustrators as candidates for the 2012 Hans Christian Andersen Awards:

* Argentina: Author: María Teresa Andruetto; Illustrator: Pablo Bernasconi
* Australia: Author: Christobel Mattingley; Illustrator: Bob Graham
* Austria: Author: Monika Pelz; Illustrator: Renate Habinger
* Belgium: Author: Bart Moeyaert; Illustrator: Louis Joos
* Brazil: Author: Bartolomeu Campos de Queirós; Illustrator: Roger Mello
* Canada: Author: Tim Wynne-Jones; Illustrator: Stéphane Jorisch
* Cyprus: Author: Elli Peonidou
* Czech Republic: Illustrator: Peter Sís
* Denmark: Author: Lene Kaaberbøl; Illustrator: Charlotte Pardi
* Finland: Author: Sinikka Nopola/Tiina Nopola; Illustrator: Virpi Talvitie
* France: Author: Jean-Claude Mourlevat; Illustrator: Henri Galeron
* Germany: Author: Paul Maar; Illustrator: Rotraut Susanne Berner
* Greece: Author: Christos Boulotis; Illustrator: Effie Lada
* Iran: Illustrator: Mohammad Ali Baniasadi
* Ireland: Author: Eoin Colfer
* Italy: Author: Bianca Pitzorno; Illustrator: Francesco Tullio-Altan
* Japan: Author: Masamoto Nasu; Illustrator: Satoshi Kako
* Republic of Korea: Author: Hwang Sun-mi; Illustrator: Hong Seong-Chan
* Latvia: Illustrator: Anita Paegle
* Netherlands: Author: Tonke Dragt; Illustrator: Annemarie van Haeringen
* Norway: Author: Bjørn Sortland; Illustrator: Øyvind Torseter
* Romania: Author: Silvia Kerim; Illustrator: Valeria Moldovan
* Russia: Illustrator: Gennadij Spirin
* Serbia: Author: Ljubivoje Ršumoviċ; Illustrator: Dobrosav Živkoviċ
* Slovak Republic: Author: Daniel Hevier Illustrator: Peter Uchnár
* Slovenia: Author: Tone Pavček; Illustrator: Alenka Sottler
* Spain: Author: Agustín Fernández Paz; Illustrator: Javier Zabala Herrero
* Sweden: Lennart Hellsing; Illustrator: Anna-Clara Tidholm
* Switzerland: Author: Franz Hohler; Illustrator: Kathrin Schärer
* Turkey: Author: Sevim Ak; Illustrator: Feridun Oral
* United Kingdom: Author: Philip Pullman; Illustrator: John Burningham
* USA: Author: Paul Fleischman; Illustrator: Chris Raschka
* Venezuela: Illustrator: Arnal Ballester

The elected Chair of the International Hans Christian Andersen Award Jury, María Jesús Gil (Spain) and Jury members from Argentina, Austria, Brazil, France, Greece, Iran, Russia, Sweden, Turkey and the United States of America, will meet on 10-11 March 2012 and the shortlist will be disseminated immediately. The winners will be announced at the IBBY Press Conference at the Bologna Children's Book Fair on Monday, 19 March 2012

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