Meet the author, illustrator and translator nominees of the Honour List 2020!
The IBBY Honour List is a biennial selection of outstanding, recently published books, honouring writers, illustrators and translators from IBBY member countries. The IBBY Honour List is one of the most widespread and effective ways of furthering IBBY's objective of encouraging international understanding through children's literature. The titles are selected by the National Sections, which can nominate one book for each of the three categories. For a country with a substantial and continuing production of children's books in more than one language, one book may be submitted for writing and translation in each official language.
Usually, the catalogue is introduced and the books are shown for the first time at the 37th IBBY Congress, which was originally to be held in Moscow last September. Sadly, because of the pandemic, the 37th IBBY Congress was postponed to 10-12 September 2021. The books should have been exhibited at the IBBY stand at the 2021 Bologna Children’s Book Fair, but the Fair had to cancel its in-person event. We feel terribly sorry that the 2020 HL books and the nominees are not getting the visibility that they normally should receive during this time. All the books will be shown and officially presented in September in Moscow. Meanwhile, we wanted to find a way to share and highlight the books and honour the nominees.
This is why we’ve asked all the authors, illustrators and translators nominated in the 2020 selection to send us a picture of themselves with their selected book – book selfies! Enjoy this compilation and meet the creators behind these outstanding books!
Authors
1. Viktor Canosinaj, "Djali qe shikonte detin" (The boy of the seaside), Albania
5. Jef Aerts, "De blauwe vleugels" (The blue wings), Belgium
7. Marina Colasanti, "Quando a primavera chegar" (When spring comes), Brazil
8. Kakada Soerm, "Kar Proyuth York Teukdorm Phka" (Fighting for nectar), Cambodia
8. Heng Srey Oun, "Kar Proyuth York Teukdorm Phka" (Fighting for nectar), Cambodia
9. Cherie Dimaline, "The Marrow Thieves", Canada
13. Byron Espinoza, "Estos pequeños milagros" (These little miracles), Costa Rica
15. Andri Antoniou, "To kalokeri pou meyalosa" (The summer that I grew up), Cyprus
16. Marek Toman, "Cukrárna U Silhavého Juma" (Cross-eyed Jim's confectionary), Czech Republic
17. Sandra de la Torre Guarderas, "Tormenta de arroz" (Rice storm), Ecuador
18. Samah Abu Bakr, "Al Da'irah Al Ha'erah" (The confused circle), Egypt
20. Salla Symukka, "Sytytä valot! - Sammuta valot!" (Turn on the lights! - Turn off the lights!), Finland
22. Jean-Claude Mourlevat, "Jefferson", France
23. Stefanie Höfler, "Der grosse schwarze Vogel" (The big black bird), Germany
25. Vagelis Iliopoulos, "Thomas Q. Bit. Taxidiōtēs sto katoptro tu chronu" (Thomas Q. Bit: A traveller through the looking glass of time), Greece
26. Dóra Gimesi, "A Macskaherceg kilencedik élete" (A cat prince's ninth life), Hungary
29. Ahmad Fuadi, "Anak Rantau" (Little nomads), Indonesia
131. Susan Ouriou, "The Courage of Elfina" (orig. French), Canada
133. Zhao Wenwei, "Zui Bang de Ji Mi" (Jimmy the Greatest, orig. Spanish), China
134. María Mercedes Correa, "Nora" (orig. French), Colombia
135. Daniel González Muniz, "La tortuga y el monstruo" (The Turtle and the Monster, orig. English), Costa Rica
136. Marko Kovačić, "Knjiga o prahu: Divlja ljepotica" (The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage, orig. English), Croatia
140. Raija Rintamäki, "Nähdään kun nähdään" (See you when I see you, orig. Swedish), Finland
143. Andrea Kluitmann, "Für immer Alaska" (Forever Alaska, orig. Dutch), Germany
145. Anastasia Deligianni, "To kokalino spourgiti" (The Bone Sparrow, orig. English), Greece
146. Zsófia Molnár, "A Tükörjáró - 1. Könyv: A tél jegyesei" (The mirror visitor: A winter's promise, orig. French), Hungary
149. Usy Izzani Faizti, "Penyihir pada Zaman Dahulu Kala" (The Wizards of Once, orig. English), Indonesia
Keyvan Abidi Ashtiani, "Hame-ye anha yek gorbeh didand" (They All Saw a Cat, orig. English), Iran
151. Anna Patrucco Becchi, "Il nostro avvenire dorato" (Fing's War, orig. Dutch), Italy
152. Yumi Nishimura, "Ahoi tsuki no ishi" (Blue moonstone, orig. Dutch), Japan
153. Sujung Kim Inae, "Baek. Insaeng Geurimchaek" (Hundred. What you learn in a lifetime, orig. German), Republic of Korea
157. Ivan Pilchin, "Istorioarele unui dud bătrân" (The stories of the old mulberry tree, orig. Russian), Moldova
159. Anne Tjerk Popkema, "Teltsjes fan Tellegen. Alventritich bisteferhalen" (Tellegen's Tales: Forty-one animal stories, orig. Dutch), Netherlands
160. Evelyn Tobin, "Tu Meke Tūī! Koni atu kē ngā āhua o te manu rērere" (Tu Meke Tūī! There's more to being a bird than flying, orig. English), New Zealand
165. L'ubor Matejko, "Kto nám z neba sype sneh?" (Who creates the snow?, orig. Ukrainian), Slovakia
166. Ana Barič Moder, "Zavetje vode" (The Weight of Water, orig. English), Slovenia
168. Lorato Trok, "Dijo tse di Monate go Gaisa!" (The Best Meal Ever, orig. English), South Africa
169. Xolisa Guzula, "Ilitye eliculayo" (The Singing Stone, orig. English), South Africa
172. David A. Álvarez Martinez, "Pippi Mediaslongas" (Pippi Longstocking, orig. Swedish), Spain
173. Julio Hermoso, "Refugiado" (Refugee, orig. English), Spain
Congratulations to all the all the 2020 nominees! The Honour List will be officially presented online and in-person on Saturday, 11 September 2021 at the 37th IBBY World Congress. The nominees who are able to travel to Moscow will receive their diplomas in-person. The rest of the diplomas will be sent to the IBBY National Sections, which will honour their nominees on a more local level. Four out of seven parallel sets of the books are already circulating around the world.
The full list of the IBBY Honour List 2020 nominees can be viewed here.
The IBBY Honour List 2020 catalogue can be ordered from the IBBY Secretariat. The 2020 catalogue can also be downloaded as a PDF (2.9MB) here.