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The nominees for the 2016 Hans Christian Andersen International Prize have been announced. Writer Andrei Usachev and artist Mikhail Fedorov were nominated for the award from Russia.
The Andersen Prize is the most prestigious award in the field of children's literature, unofficially it is also called the "Minor Nobel Prize", it is awarded every two years, the next event will take place in 2016. Not a single writer from our country has yet managed to get the Andersen gold medal, but in the field of illustrations we were nevertheless recognized as the best once - in 1976, Tatyana Mavrina received the Andersen Prize for her contribution to illustrating a children's book.
Tatiana Mavrina Is one of the most famous and beloved illustrators of Russian folk tales. Her heroes are like epic heroes, beautiful girls are real Russian beauties, and fairy-tale characters are like people from an ancient melodious legend. Everyone is familiar with Mavrina's illustrations to Pushkin's tales, a poem "Ruslan and Ludmila", fairy tales "Princess Frog", "On the Buyan Island" and many others. Let's not forget to add to this list about a hundred books of Russian and foreign classics, illustrated by Tatyana Mavrina.
In 2014, the nominees were writer Vladislav Krapivin and artist Igor Oleinikov.
The list of nominees for the 2016 Prize includes 28 authors and 29 illustrators from 34 countries.
Argentina: writer Maria Laura Devetach; illustrator Bianchi
Australia: the writer Ursula Dubossarski; illustrator Bronwyn Bancroft
Austria: writer Renate Welsh; illustrator Linda Wolfsgruber
Belgium: writer Bart Muyart; illustrator Raskal
Brazil: writer Marina Kolasanti; illustrator Sisa Fittipaldi
United Kingdom: writer Elizabeth Laird; illustrator Chris Riddell
Denmark: writer Louis Jensen; illustrator Lillian Brugger
Germany: writer Miriam Pressler; Rotraut illustrator Suzanne Berner
Holland: writer Ted van Leeshout; illustrator Marit Turnqvist
Greece: writer Elena Dikayu; illustrator Lida Varvarusi
Egypt: writer Affa Tobbala
Spain: writer Agusti Fernandez Paz; illustrator Miguel Anjo Prado Plana
Italy: the writer Chiara Carminati; illustrator Alessandro Sanna
Iran: illustrator Peyman Rahimzade
Canada: writer Kenneth Oppel; illustrator Pierre Pratt
China: writer Cao Wen-Xuan; illustrator Zhu Chen-Liang
Colombia: illustrator Claudia Rueda
Latvia: illustrator Anita Paegle
Mexico: illustrator Gabriel Pacheco
New Zealand: writer Joy Cowley
Norway: writer Thor Age Bringsvard; illustrator Lisa Aisato
Palestine: writer Sonia Nimr
Russia: writer Andrey Usachev; illustrator Mikhail Fedorov
Slovakia: writer Daniel Hevier; illustrator Peter Uchnar
Slovenia: writer Svetlana Makarovich; illustrator Marian Manchek
USA: the writer Lois Lowry; illustrator Chris Raska
Turkey: writer Gulchin Alpoge; illustrator Ferit Avci
France: writer Timote de Fombel; illustrator François Plaza
Croatia: writer Miro Gavran
Switzerland: the writer Franz Hohler; illustrator Etienne Delesser
Sweden: illustrator Eva Lindström
Estonia: writer Piret Raud
South Korea: illustrator Suzie Lee
Japan: writer Eiko Kadono; illustrator Ken Katayama
Until January 2016, the jury under the leadership of its president will evaluate the work of the nominees and select candidates for the short-list, which will be announced in January, after the final meeting of the jury. The winners of the 2016 Hans Christian Andersen Prize will be announced at the IBBY press conference during the Bologna Children's Book Fair in March 2016. Solemn presentation of the Prize
ANDREY USACHEV- nomineefor the 2016 International Andersen Prize.
One of the most amazing Russian children's writers. Poet, playwright, screenwriter and contemporary author of rare talent. There are no genres in literature for children in which he would not work. Usachev writes poetry, songs, fairy tales, fantastic stories and funny textbooks for children.
Published in 1985. Member of the Writers' Union of Russia. The textbook "Fundamentals of Life Safety" for grades 1-4, the books "Declaration of Human Rights" and "My Geographical Discoveries" were recommended for study in schools by the Ministry of Education of Russia.
He worked on television - he wrote scripts and songs for the program "Kvarete Merry Kvampaniya" (together with Peter Sinyavsky), for the serial feature film "Drakosha and Company". For several years he was conducting children's radio programs "Merry Radio Company" and "Flying Sofa". Various studios of the country made cartoons based on his scripts: "Papovoz", "Smart Dog Sonya" and others. More than 100 books by Andrey Usachev for children have been published in Russia. His works have been translated into several languages of the world. Andrei Usachev is also known as the author of popular plays for the children's theater, screenwriter for the Kremlin New Year trees. Among other things, he pays great attention to songwriting - to date, more than a dozen of his author's collections have been released. More than 50 songs for children with poetry and music by Usachev sounded on television. Released 20 audiocassettes with his songs and fairy tales.
Andrey Usachev is a laureate of the Golden Ostap festival, the Book of the Year national competition for the book 333 cats, and the Petya and the Wolf 2006 international prize for the best work for children. In 1990, the book of poems "If you throw a stone up" won the first prize at the All-Russian competition of young writers for children. In addition to poetry and prose, he writes for the puppet theater. More than 10 plays have been written individually and in co-authorship. The plays are shown in 20 theaters in Russia.
Dear Readers!
ASK BOOKS BY ANDREY USACHEV IN LIBRARIES:
THE ABC OF GOOD BEHAVIOR
There are some children who do not know how to behave. At the table they eat with their hands, on the tram they do not give way to grandmothers, and these children never say "thank you" and "please"! Do you think these boys and girls are incorrigible?
Nothing like this!
They just think that reading about the rules of good behavior is terribly boring! And all because they did not have such a wonderful book by Andrey Usachev! How to receive and give gifts, how to talk on the phone? You will find these and many other answers to questions in this wonderful book.
Even about the most boring rules, Andrei Usachev composed funny poems. One has only to read them, as soon as you become polite and courteous. After all, being rude is ridiculous! Read it!
And the pictures are just class!
Read the book in libraries: F23, F3
BATTLE ON THE PILLOWS
In Usachev's poems "for the holidays" there is no vulgar officialdom, boring pathos. So, in honor of the Defender of the Fatherland Day, a poem is proposed 
A "pillow battle" with the most peacemaking appeal:
It's high time to forget
About guns or guns.
And if there are still wars,
Then the pillow wars.
Funny and witty poems by the beloved children's writer Andrei Usachev. And what funny illustrations that everyone will definitely like! ...
Read the book in libraries: TsDYUB, F14, F15, F3
FAIRY TALES
Complete collection of poems and fairy tales. And what amazing texts that I don't want to let go of the book! The collection also includes two especially favorite 
all the stories - "Buka from the planet Buk" and "Malusya and Rogoped", and wonderful illustrations were drawn by Elena Stanikova.
Read a book in libraries: Central City Hospital, F1, F3
HEDGEHOGS LIVE AND WERE
Once upon a time there were hedgehogs: father Hedgehog, mother Hedgehog and hedgehog - Vovka and Veronika. As with all children, funny, touching and instructive stories happen to little hedgehogs. Getting acquainted with their neighbors - hares, squirrels, beavers and hamsters - hedgehogs begin to understand what friendship is and learn to value it.
Read a book in libraries: Central City Hospital,F15, F3, TsDYUB, F10, F14, F22, F1, F2, F23
FUNNY SOUND
For reading in the family and at school,
In the garden, in the forest, in the mountains and in the field
This beginning of this book is already promising, isn't it?
This fun book about sounds and syllables is written in verse. Not simple verses, but hint verses.
Read a book in libraries: Central City Hospital, TsDYuB, F 1, F10, F14.
CITY OF LAUGHTER
A typical book is done like this: a writer or poet composes a text and gives it to an artist to draw illustrations. And with the book "City of Laughter" 
it turned out the opposite! For more than half a century, the Honored Artist of Russia Viktor Chizhikov painted in the magazines Murzilka, Vesyolye Kartinki, Pioneer, as well as in the adult editions Vokrug Sveta and Krokodil. Andrei Usachev collected these drawings and wrote funny poems to them together with Galina Dyadina, and the book "Musical tree" with the subtitle "music lessons for the whole family" was obtained.
So they built a whole CITY OF LAUGHTER, on the pages of which the children will find riddles and counting rhymes, funny confusion and absurdities and even ... funny drawing lessons! For primary school age.
Read a book in libraries : Central City Hospital, F 1, F3, TsDYUB, F14
MUSIC TREE
Poems and music, like siblings, are always drawn to each other. Perhaps that is why the amusing and melodious, mischievous and informative poems of the professor AU so easily and naturally formed into a whole musical alphabet. Professor AU, as always, thoroughly approached the subject under study: he found the eighth note of MU lost in time immemorial (it was lying around the cow), grew a musical tree and talked about many of the most amazing musical instruments.
That's about the flute!
But about the jew's harp!
A short story is told about each instrument, the plot of which is "developed and refined" in detail and unexpectedly in funny pictures by Alexander Zudin. Poets talk about the yodel shepherd's tool, and the artist depicts a cow dancing selflessly on alpine meadows. Poets talk about a magical instrument called the flute, and the artist illustrates its magical abilities by depicting a flock of birds in flight, into which an inspired flutist has “wedged himself in”. Fascinatingly?
Read a book in libraries:F 1, F2, F3, F14, F15.
UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
IN REALIZATION FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS
One day the Little Man found out that there is Declaration of Human Rights, in which it is written that Man has the Right. And the Little Man realized that he had the right to live according to his conscience and defend the rights of other people, small and others. And that other people, small and others, also have the right to do so. Andrey Usachev told the inspired story about the Declaration of Human Rights, about the struggle of the Little Man for his rights and that a person in this world is not at all defenseless if he believes that he, the Little Man, is not just a cog in a complex and meaningless machine, but has the right (as well as the obligation) to be decent and noble! ideas: Lyudmila Ulitskaya.
Read a book in libraries: TsDYuB, F3, F10, F14, F15, F22
THE GREAT POWERFUL RUSSIAN LANGUAGE
Winged words in poems and pictures for children of all ages
Cheerfully and intelligently explains the meanings of winged words and expressions. The well-known and widespread turns of speech become winged, because they quickly fly "from mouth to mouth." The meaning of such an expression is not easy to guess, since it does not consist of the meanings of the words included in it. The author gives us a key to the secret of meaning "between the lines", a key to riddles and semantic puzzles of the figurative Russian language. Verbal play and humor are perfectly supported by the artist, offering unexpected, funny and memorable images. Funny and mischievous poems and drawings help you to understand the winged words well and just use them in speech. 
Usachev writes figuratively and easily!
What is an idiom?
If people say
That you DO NOT have EVERYTHING, they say, at home ...
Answer: - Me and brother!
Do you have straw in your head?
Or a mess in your head?
This is also an idiom,
Or rather, as many as two.
All life is a struggle! -
The wrestler said.
Hurry-mowing! -
The mower said.
The actor spoke:
The whole world is theater!
Madhouse! -
noticed the psychiatrist.
Life is a cross! -
corrected the pop.
Ditch!-
The digger grunted.
The artist shouted:
Life is a picture!
The ballerina squeaked.
Life is a dark forest! -
sighed the forester.
Beef, ”the butcher yawned.
Is there life?
The philosopher said.
Here is the most important of the questions.
A certain scientist
He began to make an elephant out of a fly:
Inflated, inflated -
The people called to have a look.
Read a book in libraries: F1
"Smart Dog Sonya" is one of the most famous books for young children. The smart dog Sonya lives in an apartment of a multi-storey building, its owner is Ivan Ivanovich Korolev (because of this, the janitor called the dog "royal mongrel"). And despite the fact that Sonya is a very small and polite dog, she constantly gets into some incredible stories. But Sonya draws conclusions for the future from each situation.
Curious little Sonya asks many questions: Where does Echo live? Can you catch a whale in the bathtub? Who made a puddle on the street, and will someone scold this? .. Sonya will surely find an answer to all these questions and become much smarter. And together with her, you guys, when you hear this funny and touching story. 
Sonya loves to smell flowers and sneeze at her pleasure, loves to eat cherries and cherry jam. And he learns good manners, understanding why they eat a little tasty, and eat not tasty, and why being small is much better ...
Read only good books, guys!
Read a book in libraries:: Central City Hospital, F1. F2, F3, F10, F14, F15, F22, F23
LULLABY BOOK
Poet Andrei Usachev and artist Igor Oleinikov - created a delightful book of lulling poems and paintings. "Lullaby" 
will help your baby fall asleep sweetly and see a colorful and kind fairy tale in a dream. Bayun the Cat invites you to dive into 
a pleasant nap in the zoo or in the starry sky - in a dream we are not surprised at anything!
Read a book in libraries: Form 23
TRAFFIC LAWS
This is another fun and entertaining "textbook" for children of primary and secondary school age. Home in 
in the forest, in the courtyard, at the dacha, we are just people, but entering or leaving the road, we immediately become participants in the road traffic - pedestrians, passengers, drivers.
On the rules for crossing the road, rules for passengers, rules for future and current drivers, for cyclists and moped drivers. Get acquainted with road signs, get practical advice, read funny anecdotes, almost fabulous and extraordinary stories that now and then happened to the hero of the book, the car inspector Protektorov. Poems, riddles, answers to travel questions and solving fabulous and poetic puzzles!
Fascinating, interesting, informative!
Read a book in libraries: F14, F3, TsDYUB, F10, F15, F22, F1, F2, F18, F23.
And if, nevertheless, you are interested in the work of this author, you can contact the city libraries.
Little readers are always welcome there!
Bibliographic list of books by Andrey Usachev read
CLASSIC OF CHILDREN'S BOOK GRAPHICS MIKHAIL FEDOROV -
NOMINANT FOR THE ANDERSEN AWARD IN 2016
Graduated from the Faculty of Applied Arts of the Moscow Textile University. He began to work with the poster in his student days - he drew posters for cinema, theater, circus. Illustrated a large number of books - from biblical stories to fairy tales of the peoples of the world; designed the works of Charles Perrault, Lewis Carroll, Ivan Turgenev, Hans Christian Andersen, Alexander Pushkin and many other authors.
M. Fedorov's works have been exhibited at the Tretyakov Gallery, the State Museum of Fine Arts named after V.I. A.S. Pushkin, Russian Museum; his solo exhibitions were held in Russia, Holland and Germany. The artist is the winner of many Russian and international competitions. His works have been published in periodicals and special Russian and foreign editions, they are in private collections in Russia and abroad.
The collections of the Nakhodka libraries contain editions with illustrations by the famous Soviet graphic artist Mikhail Fedorov.
Those who saw the tales of Andersen and Perrault in his performance know what magic the artist can do.
Illustrations by Mikhail Fedorov are sophisticated miniatures that are distinguished by grace and smoothness of lines, careful drawing of details, brightness in color reproduction. All this immerses the reader in the amazing atmosphere of a fairy tale, forcing him to take a fresh look at his favorite characters.
Marina Boroditskaya. Milk escaped.
Illustrations by Mikhail Fedorov
The Hans Christian Andersen Author Award is a literary award that recognizes the best children's writers and illustrators. It was established in 1956 by the International Council for Literature for Children and Youth UNESCO, awarded once every two years, presented on April 2. This date, the birthday, was declared by UNESCO in 1967 the International Children's Book Day.
History
The HK Andersen Prize is considered one of the most prestigious international awards in the field of children's literature, it is often called the "Minor Nobel Prize".
The award is given to living writers and artists only.
The idea to establish the prize belongs to Elle Lepman (1891-1970), a cultural figure in the field of world children's literature. Well-known phrase E. Lepman: "Give our children books, and you will give them wings."
Candidates for the award are nominated by the National Sections of the IBBY International Children's Book Council. The laureates - writer and artist - are awarded gold medals with the profile of Hans-Christian Andersen. In addition, IBBY awards Honorary Diplomas to the best books for children and youth recently published in the countries that are members of the International Council.
The Russian Council for Children's Books has been a member of the International Council of the Competition since 1968. In 1976, the Andersen Prize was awarded to a Russian illustrator and artist. Many children's writers and illustrators from Russia were also awarded honorary diplomas.
In 1974, the International jury especially noted creativity, and in 1976 -. In different years, honorary diplomas were awarded to writers Shaukat Galiev for the children's Tatar book translated into Russian "A Hare on Exercising" ("Physical Exercise Yasy Kuyan"), Anatoly Aleksin for the story "Characters and Performers", Valery Medvedev for the poem "Barankin's Fantasies" , for the book of novellas and short stories "The lightest boat in the world", Eno Raud for the first part of the tetralogy of fairy tales "Muff, Polbotinka and Mokhovaya Beard" and others; illustrators, Evgeny Rachev and others; translators, Lyudmila Braude and others. In 2008 and 2010 the artist was nominated for the prize.
List of award winning writers
1956 (Eleanor Farjeon, UK)
1958 (Astrid Lindgren, Sweden)
1960 Erich Kästner, Germany
1962 Meindert DeJong (USA)
1964 René Guillot, France
1966 Tove Jansson (Finland)
1968 (James Krüss, Germany), Jose Maria Sanchez-Silva (Spain)
1970 (Gianni Rodari, Italy)
1972 Scott O'Dell (USA)
1974 Maria Gripe (Sweden)
1976 Cecil Bødker, Denmark
1978 Paula Fox (USA)
1980 Bohumil Riha (Bohumil Říha, Czechoslovakia)
1982 Lygia Bojunga (Brazil)
1984 Christine Nöstlinger, Austria
1986 Patricia Wrightson, Australia
1988 (Annie Schmidt, Netherlands)
1990 (Tormod Haugen, Norway)
1992 Virginia Hamilton, USA
1994 Michio Mado (ま ど ・ み ち お, Japan)
1996 Uri Orlev (אורי אורלב, Israel)
1998 Katherine Paterson, USA
2000 Ana Maria Machado, Brazil
2002 Aidan Chambers, UK
2004 (Martin Waddell, Ireland)
2006 Margaret Mahy, New Zealand
2008 Jürg Schubiger, Switzerland
2010 David Almond, UK
2012 María Teresa Andruetto, Argentina
List of Illustrator Award Winners
1966 Alois Carigiet, Switzerland
1968 (Jiří Trnka, Czechoslovakia)
1970 (Maurice Sendak, USA)
1972 Ib Spang Olsen, Denmark
1974 Farshid Mesghali (Iran)
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The Hans Christian Andersen Award is a literary award that recognizes the best children's writers (Hans Christian Andersen Author Award) and illustrators (Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration).
History and essence of the award
Organized in 1956 by the International Board on Books for Young People - IBBY. Awarded once every two years. The prize is awarded on April 2, the birthday of Hans Christian Andersen. On the initiative and decision of the International Council, as a sign of deep respect and love for G. H. Andersen, in 1967 April 2 was declared the International Children's Book Day. Every year one of the national sections of IBBY is the organizer of this holiday.
The idea to establish the prize belongs to Elle Lepman (1891-1970), a cultural figure in the field of world children's literature. Well-known phrase E. Lepman: "Give our children books, and you will give them wings."
Candidates for the award are nominated by the National Sections of the IBBY International Children's Book Council. The laureates - writer and artist - are awarded gold medals with the Hans-Christian Andersen profile during the IBBY congress. In addition, IBBY awards Honorary Diplomas to the best books for children and youth recently published in the countries that are members of the International Council.
Andersen Prize and Russians
The Russian Children's Book Council has been a member of the International Children's Book Council since 1968.
Many Russians - writers, illustrators, translators - were awarded honorary diplomas. The prize was awarded to a representative of the USSR only once - in 1976, the medal was awarded to Tatyana Alekseevna Mavrina, an illustrator of children's books.
In 1974, the International jury especially noted the work of Sergei Mikhalkov, and in 1976 - Agniya Barto. Over the years, honorary diplomas were awarded to writers Anatoly Aleksin for the story "Characters and Performers", Valery Medvedev for the poem "Barankin's Fantasies", Yuri Koval for the book of stories and short stories "The Lightest Boat in the World", Eno Raud for the first part of the tetralogy of stories - fairy tales "Muff, Polbotinka and Mokhovaya Beard" and others; illustrators Yuri Vasnetsov, Viktor Chizhikov, Evgeny Rachev and others; translators Boris Zakhoder, Irina Tokmakova, Lyudmila Braude and others. In 2008 and 2010, the artist Nikolai Popov was nominated for the prize.
List of award winning writers
* 1956 Eleanor Farjeon, Great Britain
* 1958 Astrid Lindgren (Swedish Astrid Lindgren, Sweden)
* 1960 Erich Kästner (German Erich Kästner, Germany)
* 1962 Meindert De Jong (English Meindert DeJong, USA)
* 1964 René Guillot (French René Guillot, France)
* 1966 Tove Jansson (fin. Tove Jansson, Finland)
* 1968 James Krüss (German James Krüss, Germany), Jose-Maria Sanchez-Silva (Spain)
* 1970 Gianni Rodari (Italian Gianni Rodari, Italy)
* 1972 Scott O "Dell (English Scott O" Dell, USA)
* 1974 Maria Gripe (Swedish Maria Gripe, Sweden)
* 1976 Cecil Bødker (date Cecil Bødker, Denmark)
* 1978 Paula Fox (English Paula Fox, USA)
* 1980 Bohumil Riha (Czech Bohumil Říha, Czechoslovakia)
* 1982 Ligia Bojunga (port Lygia Bojunga, Brazil)
* 1984 Christine Nöstlinger (German Christine Nöstlinger, Austria)
* 1986 Patricia Wrightson, Australia
* 1988 Annie Schmidt (Netherlands. Annie Schmidt, Netherlands)
* 1990 Tormod Haugen (Norwegian Tormod Haugen, Norway)
* 1992 Virginia Hamilton (English Virginia Hamilton, USA)
* 1994 Michio Mado (Japanese ま ど ・ み ち お, Japan)
* 1996 Uri Orlev (Hebrew אורי אורלב, Israel)
* 1998 Katherine Paterson, USA
* 2000 Ana Maria Machado (port.Ana Maria Machado, Brazil)
* 2002 Aidan Chambers, UK
* 2006 Margaret Mahy, New Zealand
* 2008 Jürg Schubiger (German Jürg Schubiger, Switzerland)
* 2010 David Almond, UK
List of Illustrator Award Winners
* 1966 Alois Carigiet (Switzerland)
* 1968 Jiri Trnka (Czechoslovakia)
* 1970 Maurice Sendak (USA)
* 1972 Ib Spang Olsen (Denmark)
* 1974 Farshid Mesgali (Iran)
* 1976 Tatiana Mavrina (USSR)
* 1978 Svend Otto S. (Denmark)
* 1980 Suekichi Akaba (Japan)
* 1982 Zbigniew Rychlicki (Polish Zbigniew Rychlicki, Poland)
* 1984 Mitsumasa Anno (Japan)
* 1986 Robert Ingpen (Australia)
* 1988 Dusan Kallay (Czechoslovakia)
* 1990 Lisbeth Zwerger (Austria)
* 1992 Kveta Pacovskaya (Czech Republic)
* 1994 Jörg Müller (Switzerland)
* 1996 Klaus Ensikat (Germany)
* 1998 Tomi Ungerer (fr.Tomi Ungerer, France)
* 2000 Anthony Brown (UK)
* 2002 Quentin Blake, UK
* 2004 Max Velthuijs (Dutch Max Velthuijs, Netherlands)
* 2006 Wolf Erlbruch (Germany)
* 2008 Roberto Innocenti (Italy)
* 2010 Jutta Bauer (German Jutta Bauer, Germany)
April 2, on the birthday of G.H. Andersen, every two years, children's writers and artists are awarded the main award - the International Prize named after the great storyteller with the presentation of the Gold Medal. This is the most prestigious international award, often referred to as the "Minor Nobel Prize". The gold medal with the profile of a great storyteller is awarded to the laureates at the regular congress of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), which was founded in 1953. G.H. Prize Andersen is patronized by UNESCO, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and is awarded only to living writers and artists. The International Council for Children's Books is the most authoritative organization in the world, uniting writers, artists, literary critics, librarians in more than sixty countries. IBBY is committed to promoting good children's books as a means of promoting international understanding.
The idea to establish the prize belongs to Elle Lepman (1891-1970), an outstanding cultural figure in the field of children's literature. She was born in Stuttgart, Germany. During the Second World War, she emigrated to the United States, but Switzerland became her second homeland. From here, from Zurich, her ideas and deeds proceeded, the essence of which was to build a bridge of mutual understanding and international cooperation through a book for children. Well-known phrase E. Lepman: "Give our children books, and you will give them wings." It was Ella Lepman who initiated the establishment in 1956 of the International Prize. G.Kh. Andersen. Since 1966, the same prize has been awarded to the illustrator of children's books. Ella Lepman made sure that, starting in 1967, by UNESCO's decision, Hans Christian Andersen's birthday, April 2, became International Children's Book Day. On her initiative and with her direct participation, the world's largest International Youth Library in Munich was founded, which is today the world's leading research center in the field of children's reading.
Candidates for the G.Kh. Andersen are nominated by the National Sections of the IBBY International Children's Book Council. The laureates - writer and artist - are awarded Gold medals with the profile of G.Kh. Andersen during the IBBY Congress. In addition, IBBY awards Honorary Diplomas to the best books for children and youth recently published in the countries that are members of the International Council.
The Council for Children's Books of Russia has been a member of the International Council for Children's Books since 1968. But so far, there are still no Russian writers among the laureates of this organization. But there is such a laureate among illustrators. In 1976, the Andersen Medal was awarded to Tatyana Alekseevna Mavrina, an illustrator of children's books (1902-1996).
In 1974, the International jury especially noted the work of the Russian children's writer Sergei Mikhalkov, and in 1976 - Agniya Barto. Over the years, honorary diplomas were awarded to writers Anatoly Aleksin for the story "Characters and Performers", Valery Medvedev for the story "Barankin's Fantasies", Yuri Koval for the book of stories and short stories "The Lightest Boat in the World", Eno Raud for the first part of the tetralogy of stories - fairy tales "Muff, Polbotinka and Mokhovaya Beard" and others.
Over the years, 32 writers from 21 countries of the world have become laureates of the Andersen Prize. Among those who have been awarded this high award, there are names that are well known to readers of Russia.
The first laureate in 1956 was the English storyteller Eleanor Farjon, known to us for translating the fairy tales I Want the Moon, The Seventh Princess and many others. In 1958, the prize was awarded to the Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren. Many generations of Russia's readers know and love its literary heroes. To one degree or another, the Russian-speaking reader is familiar with the work of the award winners - German writers Erich Kestner and James Krüss, Italian Gianni Rodari, Tove Jansson from Finland, Bohumil Rihy from Czechoslovakia, Austrian writer Christine Nöstlinger ...
Unfortunately, the work of the twelve Andersen laureates is completely unknown to us - their books have not been translated into Russian. So far, the Spaniard Jose Maria Sanchez-Silva, the Americans Paula Fox and Virginia Hamilton, the Japanese Michio Mado and Nahoko Uehashi, the writers from Brazil Lijie Bojunga and Maria Machado, the Australian children's writer Patricia Wrightson, the Swiss Marigettin and Arrgue Schubkerez to UK authors Aidan Chambers and Martin Waddell. The works of these writers are waiting for Russian publishers and translators.
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