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1st LD: Chinese writer Cao Wenxuan wins Hans Christian Andersen Prize

Xinhua, April 4, 2016 Adjust font size:

Chinese children's fiction writer Cao Wenxuan on Monday won the Hans Christian Andersen Prize 2016 at the Bologna Children's Book Fair in Italy.

Cao was the first Chinese writer to ever win and be shortlisted in the Hans Christian Andersen Prize, which is the highest international recognition given to an author and an illustrator of children's books.

The prize has been given since 1956 by the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), the leading international organization for the promotion of children's books, and is awarded every other year to a living author and illustrator whose complete works have made a lasting contribution to children's literature.

The selection criteria for the Hans Christian Andersen Prize, which can be awarded only once in life, include the aesthetic and literary qualities of writing and illustrating as well as the ability to see things from the child's point of view and the ability to stretch the child's curiosity and imagination. The complete works of the author and of the illustrator are taken into consideration.

For the 2016 award, 28 authors and 29 illustrators were nominated by IBBY in March. Only five authors were shortlisted as finalists, and Cao, renowned for "Grass Hut," "Fire Mark" and many other works, was among them. Enditem