At 1:00 p.m. Swedish time on October 21, 2021, the annual Astrid Lindgren Momorial Award announces the list of nominees for 2022. Chinese children's literature writer Gezhi Leqimug Black Crane nominated by shenzhen Aiyue Charity Foundation and The Action of the Responsible Person of the Children's Reading Promotion Public Welfare Organization were selected for the nomination list.
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Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
Astrid Lindgren is one of the most important writers in the world, and her works have been translated into more than 90 languages. She breathes new life into children's literature and makes an important contribution to the rights of children and adolescents.
Lindgren's representative works include "Pippi Longstocking", "Carlson the Little Flying Man", "Lionheart Brothers", "Green Forest Daughter Ronya", "Naughty Bag Emile" and so on.
Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002)
Astrid Lindgren died in 2002 at the age of 94. In order to commemorate Lindgren and her spirit, and to promote the world's attention to children's and juvenile literature, the Swedish government has established an international award under the name of Lindgren, the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Prize (hereinafter referred to as the Lindgren Memorial Prize).
The world's highest-paying prize for children's and juvenile literature, the Lindgren Memorial Prize has a prize of SEK 5 million (about 3.7 million yuan). The award has been awarded for nearly 20 years since the inaugural Lindgren Prize was awarded to maurice Sendak, a painting book master who was still alive at the time, and every year it attracts worldwide attention. The award-makers believe that every child has the right to read good stories.
Gśrălđlėmug Black Crane
Gezhilqimug Black Crane, Mongolian, is a famous contemporary Chinese children's literature writer and natural literature writer. He is the author of many works, including the novels "Black Flame", "Ghost Dog", "Children of Wolf Valley", "Reindeer Six Seasons", the picture book "Evenk's Moose", "Twelve Puppies" and so on. He has won many awards such as the "Five One Project" Award of the Central Propaganda Department, the National Outstanding Children's Literature Award, the Mao Dun Literature Newcomer Award, the Chen Bochui International Children's Literature Award, the Bianchi International Natural Literature Award Novel Award, and many works have been translated into more than ten languages and translated abroad.
Paired with two milky white Mongolian shepherds, the black crane spent its childhood at the junction of the steppe and the countryside. Now living in the Hulunbuir Grassland, he has his own herd of horses, raises large fierce dogs in his own camp, is committed to the optimal breeding of Mongolian shepherds, and gives puppies to grassland herders free of charge.
Black Crane's works take the Hulunbuir Grassland and Daxinganling Forest in northern China as the geographical background, through the expression of literature, let more children understand the cultural inheritance, lifestyle and group consciousness of northern China, and create mainly based on the customs of northern ethnic minorities such as Mongolians, Evenks, Orunchun and other northern ethnic minorities, wild animals and natural environments, reconstructing the ancient culture of the northern ethnic minorities that are about to disappear through novels, essays, picture books, videos and other forms, and seeking the possibility of peaceful coexistence between humans and nature. Construct children's literature with a natural literary theme for children.
Contact Person's Line
Founded in 2004, Person In Charge is a non-profit organization with the mission and vision of "so that every rural child can enjoy high-quality reading". For seventeen years, they have taken concrete actions to protect the reading rights of every rural child.
Rooted in the frontline of rural basic education in the county, the responsible action has built a sustainable service system through high-quality children's book donations, rural teacher growth support, children's reading activity promotion support, and children's reading curriculum support.
They unite the local government authorities, education bureaus, principals, seed principals and seed teachers to provide long-term and systematic high-quality reading education services for project service schools, support schools to create a high-quality reading environment for children on campus, and work together to make every rural child enjoy high-quality reading.
At present, the person in charge has established 49,388 class book corners, 314 aesthetic education classroom reading areas, and 21 children's reading activity centers in 546 counties and 6,490 schools in 31 provinces across the country, sending more than 3.6 million high-quality children's books to nearly 2.6 million students, with a cumulative donation amount of more than 120 million yuan.
Astrid Lindgren supports peace and justice and opposes all violence, she participates in social discussion through speeches and articles, and her work is imbued with the spirit of humanism.
The Lindgren Memorial Award selects individuals and organizations that inherit the spirit of Lindgren based on the criteria of "representing the highest artistic standards" and "conveying a profound humanistic spirit", and also hopes to inspire every worker in the field of children's literature.
Congratulations once again to all the candidates nominated.
Past winners
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