The Storylines Children’s Literature Trust of New
Zealand is delighted to confirm it will to be hosting the winners of the
prestigious IBBY Hans Christian Andersen Awards, announced on 4 April at the
Bologna Children’s Book Fair, at the biennial IBBY Congress in Auckland
in August.
This is the first time that New Zealand will host
the major international congress on children’s literature, to be held at
Auckland’s Aotea Centre from 18-21 August.
Cao Wenxuan from China, winner of the IBBY Hans
Christian Andersen Award for Writing, and Susanne Rotraut Berner from Germany, winner of the IBBY
Hans Christian Anderson Award for Illustration,
will accept their awards at the IBBY Congress Gala Dinner on
Saturday 20 August in Auckland.
Storylines
is the New Zealand national section of IBBY (International Board on Books
for Young People) and is one of over 70 IBBY member
countries.
Delegates from these countries will gather in Auckland to
explore the challenges of literature and literacy education in a rapidly
changing world.
Patricia Aldana, chair of the jury for the Hans Christian
Andersen Award of IBBY announced the winners on 4 April 2016.
The Hans Christian Andersen Award is considered the equivalent
of the children's literature Nobel prize. It is the highest international
recognition given to an author and an illustrator of children's
books. Every second year IBBY presents the Andersen Awards to a living
author and illustrator whose complete works have made a lasting contribution to
children's literature. The Author's Award has been given since 1956 and the
Illustrator's Award since 1966. The Award consists of a gold medal and a
diploma, presented during the biennial IBBY Congress. New Zealand’s own
celebrated author, the late Margaret Mahy, won the award in 2006.
No comments:
Post a Comment