Nationale sektioner af IBBY har indstillingsret.
“The Hans Christian Andersen Award is the highest international recognition given to an author and an illustrator of children’s books. Every other year IBBY presents the Andersen Award to a living author and illustrator whose complete works have made a lasting contribution to children’s literature.
The Author’s Award has been given since 1956 and the Illustrator’s Award since 1966. The Award consists of a gold medal and a diploma, presented at a festive ceremony during the biennial IBBY Congress.
The Awards are sponsored by Nami Island Inc. Nominations for the Andersen Award are made by the National Sections of IBBY. The Award recipients are selected by a distinguished international jury of children’s literature specialists.
The selection criteria include the aesthetic and literary qualities of writing and illustrating as well as the ability to see things from the child’s point of view and the ability to stretch the child’s curiosity and imagination. The complete works of the author and of the illustrator will be taken into consideration.”
Herunder prismodtagerne siden 1956, fordelt mellem forfattere og illustratorer. Bemærk årene 1972 (Ib Spang Olsen fik illustratorprisen), 1976 (Cecil Bødker fik forfatterprisen) og 1978 (Svend Otto S. fik illustratorprisen).
Hans Christian Andersen Award for Writing 2016 – 1956
2020 Jacqueline Woodson (USA)
2018 Eiko Kadono (Japan)
2016 Cao Wenxuan (China)
2014 Nahoko Uehashi (Japan)
2012 Maria Teresa Andruetto (Argentina)
2010 David Almond (UK)
2008 Jürg Schubiger (Switzerland)
2006 Margaret Mahy (New Zealand)
2004 Martin Waddell (Ireland)
2002 Aidan Chambers (UK)
2000 Ana Maria Machado (Brazil)
1998 Katherine Paterson (USA)
1996 Uri Orlev (Israel)
1994 Michio Mado (Japan)
1992 Virginia Hamilton (USA)
1990 Tormod Haugen (Norway)
1988 Annie M. G. Schmidt (Netherlands)
1986 Patricia Wrightson (Australia)
1984 Christine Nöstlinger (Austria)
1982 Lygia Bojunga Nunes (Brazil)
1980 Bohumil Riha (Czechoslovakia)
1978 Paula Fox (USA)
1976 Cecil Bødker (Denmark)
1974 Maria Gripe (Sweden)
1972 Scott O’Dell (USA)
1970 Gianni Rodari (Italy)
1968 James Krüss (Germany) og José Maria Sanchez-Silva (Spain)
1966 Tove Jansson (Finland)
1964 René Guillot (France)
1962 Meindert DeJong (USA)
1960 Erich Kästner (Germany)
1958 Astrid Lindgren (Sweden)
1956 Eleanor Farjeon (UK)
Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration 2016–1966
2020 Albertine Zullo (Svejts)
2018 Igor Oleynikov (Rusland
2016 Rotraut Susanne Berner (Germany)
2014 Roger Mello (Brazil)
2012 Peter Sís (Czech Republic)
2010 Jutta Bauer (Germany)
2008 Roberto Innocenti (Italy)
2006 Wolf Erlbruch (Germany)
2004 Max Velthuijs (The Netherlands)
2002 Quentin Blake (UK)
2000 Anthony Browne (UK)
1998 Tomi Ungerer (France)
1996 Klaus Ensikat (Germany)
1994 Jörg Müller (Switzerland)
1992 Kveta Pacovská (Czech Republic)
1990 Lisbeth Zwerger (Austria)
1988 Dusan Kállay (Czechoslovakia)
1986 Robert Ingpen (Australia)
1984 Mitsumasa Anno (Japan)
1982 Zbigniew Rychlicki (Poland)
1980 Suekichi Akaba (Japan)
1978 Svend Otto S. (Denmark)
1976 Tatjana Mawrina (USSR)
1974 Farshid Mesghali (Iran)
1972 Ib Spang Olsen (Denmark)
1970 Maurice Sendak (USA)
1968 Jirí Trnka (Czechoslovakia)
1966 Alois Carigiet (Switzerland)
