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Five Russians are among the candidates for a literary prize in memory of Astrid Lindgren, TASS reports. Our country is represented by children's writers Nina Dashevskaya and Ilga Ponornitskaya (real name is Evgenia Basova), artists Anastasia Arkhipova and Alexander Traugot and poet Mikhail Yasnov.
The list contains almost two hundred and forty applicants from 68 countries. The Russian State Children's Library is also on the list. The names of the winners will be announced next spring. The ceremony will traditionally be held in Stockholm.
Note that the Swedish authorities established the prize for the memory of Astrid Lindgren one and a half decades ago, after the death of the outstanding children's writer. In addition to giving deep respect to the famous author, whose books are loved all over the world, the essence of the award is to promote the development of literature for children and youth. The money prize of the award exceeds five hundred thousand euros. It is awarded to writers or artists for personal contribution to the development of children's literature. In addition, an organization may also receive an award for its work in popularizing reading. The winners are selected by a jury, which includes writers, artists, critics and librarians. Together with them, the contestants are also evaluated by the great-grandson of the writer.
Nina Dashevskaya began to write children's books about ten years ago but has already been awarded several awards. Evgenia Basova, which publishes her books under the pseudonym Ilga Ponornitskaya, began to write poetry and short stories at school.
Anastasia Arkhipova worked on illustrations for Andersen's tales, Moliere's plays and other classical works. The illustrator Alexander Traugot, along with his father and brother, illustrated the tales of Andersen, Perrot, the Brothers Grimm, the editions of Pushkin, Tolstoy, Homer, Ovid and other writers. The poet and translator Mikhail Yasnov released the first book for children in the late seventies.
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