Children's Literature Archive

Every Andersen Award, with its sources

68 writers and illustrators from 28 countries, and the juries that chose them, across 36 editions of the Hans Christian Andersen Award from 1956 to 2026.

Browse the laureates
  1. ’56
  2. ’58
  3. ’60
  4. ’62
  5. ’64
  6. ’66
  7. ’68
  8. ’70
  9. ’72
  10. ’74
  11. ’76
  12. ’78
  13. ’80
  14. ’82
  15. ’84
  16. ’86
  17. ’88
  18. ’90
  19. ’92
  20. ’94
  21. ’96
  22. ’98
  23. ’00
  24. ’02
  25. ’04
  26. ’06
  27. ’08
  28. ’10
  29. ’12
  30. ’14
  31. ’16
  32. ’18
  33. ’20
  34. ’22
  35. ’24
  36. ’26

Each square is one edition, coloured by decade. Open one to see its laureates and jury.

The 2026 laureates

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Sources

  1. IBBY — Hans Christian Andersen Award (winners 1956–2022; presidents of the jury 1956–2024) . Accessed .
  2. IBBY — Hans Christian Andersen Awards 2026 . Accessed .
  3. IBBY — Congresses . Accessed .