[SKRIVA] Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award to Praesa

From: Ahrvid <ahrvid@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 14:44:17 +0200

The  2015 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, worth around 500 000  Euros  
(financed by the Swedish  government),  was today won by PRAESA, Project for 
the  Study of Alternative Education in  South Africa. It was founded in 1992, 
and is an organisation  to promote reading  among  South African children. 
Among  their  ambitions is  to develop bi/multilingual skills since South  
Africa has 11 official  languages.
   This award is probably the biggest (in terms of money) for children's 
literature in the world. More info here:
http://www.alma.se/en/

  Astrid Lindgren (1904-2002) was  among the world's most loved  children's  
author with creations like  Pippi Longstocking  and Karlsson on the Roof and 
novels like Ronja the  Robber's  daughter. A  lot of her  work has  been 
adapted for film, TV and the stage  and she has been translated to (at present) 
96 languages. See the Astrid Lindgren FAQ here:

http://www.astridlindgren.com/en/faq#faq-953

  This year 197 nominations from 61 countries were received for the jury to  go 
through. I notice that eg Neil  Gaiman, Ursula  Le Guin, Susan Cooper, Tor Åge  
Bringsvaerd (Norway) and Irmelin Sandman Lilius (Finland)  were among nominees 
- from Sweden we had eg  Lennart Hellsing and Ilon  Wikland. Personally think 
it is a bit sad  that the  ALMA,  as  the  award is known as, too often goes to 
organisations rather than persons. Organisations feel a bit "unpersonal". You 
can't read  books  by an organisation...
  I went  to  the announcement of this year's award, held in the Royal Library 
in Stockholm. The auditorium was packed to the limit, and I  had to stand near 
a  wall somewhere in the back. The Swedish minister of culture - Alice Bah 
Kuhnke - held a speech and I counted to about four TV crews there.
--Ahrvid

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