Hans Christian Andersen Award
The Hans Christian Andersen Award (Danish: HC Andersen medaljen, English: Hans Christian Andersen Award, in its own German spelling: Hans Christian Andersen Award ) is from IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People), an international board of Trustees, awarded every two years from now 70 countries. It is named after the Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) and is considered the most important international award for children's book authors and illustrators. Therefore, this international children 's and youth literature prize will be referred to as "little Nobel Prize ". Every two years, chosen by the international IBBY Congress a new jury. The price is a mere honorary award a gold medal. Patron of the Danish Queen Margrethe II
General
The Hans Christian Andersen Award is divided into two divisions: Since 1956, the authors of children's books and from 1966, for the illustrators of children's books. It was also the beginning of a roll of honor ( Honour List) established to recognize even those authors and illustrators, which should also be honored with a ceremony. With increasing duration of the circle of the recommended author and illustrator world grew more and more. Meanwhile, each about 50 authors, artist and recently also translators are honored every two years.
This international units awarded children's and youth literature prize is not to be confused with the Danish, but internationally awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Literature Prize (Danish: Hans Christian Andersen Litteraturpris, English: Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award). It is endowed with 500,000 crowns since the 2000s and is awarded annually in Andersen's hometown Odense since 1989. The Hans Christian Andersen Priskomité awards every year since 1996 the undoped Hans Christian Andersen pinches ( Hans Christian Andersen Award ). Meanwhile ceremony will also take place in Odense and always on April 2, the birthday of Andersen. It is awarded to all individuals and institutions who have rendered outstanding services to the proliferation of Andersen's work.