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UK Authors Have Strong Presence on Astrid Lindgren Award Shortlist
Quentin Blake, Neil Gaiman, Meg Rosoff and Michael Rosen are competing for the world’s richest children’s prize, the Astrid Lindgren Memorial award.
The UK has mustered one of its strongest-ever showings for the SEK5m prize, with 17 candidates nominated for bodies of work “in the spirit of Astrid Lindgren”. In total 184 candidates from around the world are in the running for the award, a mix of authors, illustrators, promoters of reading and oral storytellers.
“184 candidates or not, it feels very good to be nominated,” said the former children’s laureate Rosen. “It means that there are some people who think that what I’m doing is worthwhile. Producing children’s books is full of complicated emotions about worth and being nominated for the Astrid Lindgren is a very clear way to feel a bit less complicated about it.”
Rosoff, whose novels have won the Guardian children’s fiction prize and the Carnegie medal, agreed. “There aren’t many awards where I’d be excited about being on a 184-member longlist, but the Astrid Lindgren prize is more like being invited to join an exclusive worldwide club. Some of the people I most admire in the world are on the list – Wolf Ehrlbruch, Jutta Bauer, Maira Kalman, Peter Sís, Ulf Stark, Morris Gleitzman, not to mention David Almond and Michael Rosen from the UK. And of course Shaun Tan holds the current title – a thrilling and brilliant choice.”
Sitting alongside fellow British nominees including Allan Ahlberg, Michael Foreman, David Almond, Michael Morpurgo and Shirley Hughes, “it’s a great feeling to be a contender,” said Rosoff. “I was so pleased to be longlisted – though I wouldn’t say I’m exactly worrying about spending the money.”
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