The shortlist for the 2014 Hans Christian Andersen Award has been announced.  From 58 candidates from 33 countries, the shortlist has been narrowed to six illustrators and six authors.  The award is given biennially by the International Board on Books for Young People “to an author and illustrator whose complete works have made lasting contributions to children’s literature.”

AUTHOR SHORTLIST

  

Ted van Lieshout (The Netherlands)

  

Houshang Moradi Kermani (Iran)

  

Mirjam Pressler (Germany)

  

Nahoko Uehashi (Japan)

  

Renate Welsh (Austria)

  

Jacqueline Woodson (USA)

 

ILLUSTRATOR SHORTLIST

  

Rotraut Susanne Berner (Germany)

 

John Burningham (UK)

 

Eva Lindstrom (Sweden)

  

Roger Mello (Brazil)

  

Francois Place (France)

 

Oyvind Torseter (Norway)