Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award

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Laureates
Year Laureate Country
2008 Sonya Hartnett Flag of Australia Australia
2007 Banco del Libro Flag of Venezuela Venezuela
2006 Katherine Paterson Flag of the United States United States
2005 Philip Pullman Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
Ryôji Arai Flag of Japan Japan
2004 Lygia Bojunga Nunes Flag of Brazil Brazil
2003 Maurice Sendak Flag of the United States United States
Christine Nöstlinger Flag of Austria Austria

The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award is a Swedish children's literature award, established by the Swedish government in 2002 in honour of the Swedish children's books writer Astrid Lindgren. The prize is awarded annually to an amount of five million SEK.

The Astrid Lindgren Award may be awarded to writers, illustrators, narrators and/or promoters of reading whose work reflects the spirit of Astrid Lindgren. The object of the award is to increase interest in children’s and young people’s literature, and to promote children’s rights to culture on a global level. The award is administered by The Swedish Arts Council. Unlike most similar awards in literature, the Astrid Lindgren Award does only rely on government funds. It has been critizised for using taxpayers' money on awarding already established and internationally successful writers.

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