This year's renowned Astrid Lindgren Memorial Prize for children's and young adult literature goes to the Swedish illustrator and author Eva Lindström.
This was announced by the responsible award jury this Tuesday in Stockholm.
The jury praised the mysterious pictorial world of the artist, who was born in 1952, as it changes constantly, while trees move, dogs assume enormous proportions and objects disappear and reappear.
Children, adults and animals deal with the big questions of life in their works.
The only work in German translation to date is “So ein Glück!
- Tales of Mats and Roj” published by Hanser Verlag.
The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award – often simply abbreviated to ALMA – is the world's most valuable award for children's and young adult literature, with prize money totaling five million Swedish crowns (around 480,000 euros).
Last year it went to the French children's book author Jean-Claude Mourlevat.
A total of 282 candidates and organizations from 71 countries were nominated for the award this time.
The Swedish government created the award twenty years ago after the death of world-famous children's book author Astrid Lindgren ("Pippi Longstocking").