FIT has an international translation prize designed to promote the translation of children’s literature, improve the quality thereof and draw attention to the role of translators in bringing the peoples of the world closer together in terms of culture. The prize is sponsored by the Astrid Lindgren Fund, based on a generous donation made by the author herself.
2017 winner
Francesca Novajra
nominated by the Italian Association of Translators and Interpreters (AITI)
Winners of the Astrid Lindgren Prize
Year | Winner | Work |
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2017 | Francesca Novajra | Translator of children’s and juvenile books – from science and nature books to picture books, from novels to fantasy series – from English and French into Italian |
2014 | Julia Lydia Calzadilla Núñez | Translator of children’s and juvenile literature from Portuguese, English, French and Italian into Spanish |
2011 | Kaisa Kattelus | Translator of 65 children’s books in 15 years into Finnish |
2008 | Torstein Bugge Høverstad | Translator of children’s books from Swedish, Danish and English into Norwegian, including The Lord of the Rings trilogy of J.R.R. Tolkien and J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series. |
2005 | Wolf Harranth | Translator of children’s books from English into German, including Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn |
2002 | Jaana Kapari | Translator of children’s books from Swedish and English into Finnish |
1999 | Gunnel Malmstrøm | Translator of children’s books from Swedish and Danish into Norwegian |
1996 | Senta Kapoun | Translator of children’s books from Scandinavian languages into German |
1993 | Jo Tenfjord | Translator of children’s books from Swedish, German and Danish into Norwegian, translator of Astrid Lindgren |
1990 | Anthea Bell | Translator of children’s books from German, French and Danish into English |
1990 | Lyudmïla Braude | Translator of classic Scandinavian children’s literature and German fairy tales and legends into Russian |
1987 | Liselotte Remané | Translator of children’s books from English and Russian into German |
1984 | Patricia Crampton | Translator of children’s books into English |
1981 | Åke Holmberg | Translator of children’s books into Swedish |