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Hans Christian Andersen Award
The Hans Christian Andersen Awards are given by the International Board on Books for Young People every two years to an author and an illustrator whose complete works have made an important, lasting contribution to children's literature". The writing award was first given in 1956, the illustration award in 1966.
The awards are named after Hans Christian Andersen, the 19th-century Danish author of fairy tales, and each winner receives the Hans Christian Andersen Medal, a gold medal with the head of Andersen, and a diploma.
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Winner |
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1956 |
Eleanor Farjeon (for The Little Bookroom) |
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1958 |
Astrid Lindgren (for Rasmus på luffen) |
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1960 |
Erich Kästner (for Als ich ein kleiner Junge war) |
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1962 |
Meindert DeJong |
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1964 |
René Guillot |
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1966 |
Tove Jansson |
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1968 |
James Krüss |
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José Maria Sanchez-Silva |
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1970 |
Gianni Rodari |
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1972 |
Scott O'Dell |
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1974 |
Maria Gripe |
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1976 |
Cecil Bødker |
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1978 |
Paula Fox |
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1980 |
Bohumil Říha |
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1982 |
Lygia Bojunga Nunes |
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1984 |
Christine Nöstlinger |
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1986 |
Patricia Wrightson |
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1988 |
Annie M. G. Schmidt |
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1990 |
Tormod Haugen |
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1992 |
Virginia Hamilton |
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1994 |
Michio Mado |
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1996 |
Uri Orlev |
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1998 |
Katherine Paterson |
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2000 |
Ana Maria Machado |
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2002 |
Aidan Chambers |
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2004 |
Martin Waddell |
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2006 |
Margaret Mahy |
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2008 |
Jürg Schubiger |
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2010 |
David Almond |
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2012 |
María Teresa Andruetto |
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2014 |
Nahoko Uehashi |
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2016 |
Cao Wenxuan |
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2018 |
Eiko Kadono |
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2020 |
Jacqueline Woodson |
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