Iranian head-judge of Hans Christian Andersen's literary Award, Zohreh Ghaeni will announce the 2010 laureates on 22 March. Laureates of Andersen's literary Award will be announced in a press conference a day before Bologna International Book Fair.

IBNA: The press conference of announcing laureates of Andersen's literary Award will be held a day before Bologna International Book Fair which is the biggest fair event in the children's field.

The 1st Hans Christian Andersen's literary Award was presented to Eleanor Farjeon in 1956, this year Iranian poet and author, Ahmad reza Ahmadi will compete with 27 authors.
The Hans Christian Andersen Award, sometimes known as the "Little Nobel Prize", is an international award given biennially by the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) in recognition of a "lasting contribution to children's literature". There are two categories of award winners: authors, and illustrators.

The prize is named after the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen, and winners receive a gold medal from the hand of the Queen of Denmark.

In addition to the Award, IBBY publishes a biennial "Honor List" of excellent new children's books, which are selected by the different national sections of IBBY, and recognize excellence in writing, illustration and translation of children's books.

This year ibby's representative in Iran, Children's Book Council has introduced Almad reza Ahmadi, the noted Iranian author and poet, as the award's nominee. In line with introducing him, an abstract of his works have been rendered into English, German and French.

The 2010 ibby final list holds names of 28 authors and 27 illustrators from 32 countries and countries as Iran, China, Uganda and Mongolia haven’t introduced any nominees for the illustration section.

In 1974 Farshid Mesghali received the award in the illustration section as Houshang Moradi Kemani was admired by the juries.

Children's Book Council has announced Ahmadi for the 2010 award as it had previously introduced Farshid Mesghali in 1974(illustration), Houshang Moradi kermani in 1992(writing), Mohammad Reza Yousefi in 2000(writing) and Nasrin Khosrawi in 2002 (illustration).

As the previous editions, Zohreh Ghaeni, Iranian expert will be the head of the juries.

Moreover Touran Mirhadi was a jury member in 1976, 1978, 1986 and 1988 in which Mesghali received the award. Moreover in 1992 Soraya Ghezel Iyagh was a jury member and Mansoureh Raee another Iranian expert was Andersen's judge in 1998 and 2000.

In 2001 Zohreh Ghaeni was among Andersen Award's juries.

Totally 10 literature and illustration experts of children's books alongside the head-judge assess the nominees works.

Besides Amhad reza Ahmadi authors as Belgian Pierre Coran, Muzaffer İzgü from Turkey, Louis Jensen from Denmark and Alberto Blanco from Mexico are the awards nominees (Writing section).

Hans Christian Andersen (April 2, 1805 – August 4, 1875) was a Danish author and poet noted for his children's stories. These include "The Steadfast Tin Soldier", "The Snow Queen", "The Little Mermaid", "Thumbelina", "The Little Match Girl", and the "The Ugly Duckling".

During his lifetime he was acclaimed for having delighted children worldwide, and was feted by royalty. His poetry and stories have been translated into more than 150 languages. They have inspired motion pictures, plays, ballets, and animated films.

In the English-speaking world, stories such as "Thumbelina", "The Snow Queen", "The Ugly Duckling", "The Little Mermaid", "The Emperor's New Clothes", and "The Princess and the Pea" remain popular and are widely read. "The emperor's new clothes" and "ugly duckling" have both passed into the English language as well-known expressions.

In the Copenhagen harbor there is a statue of The Little Mermaid, placed in honor of Hans Christian Andersen. April 2, Andersen's birthday, is celebrated as International Children's Book Day.

The year 2005 was the bicentenary of Andersen's birth and his life and work was celebrated around the world. In Denmark, particularly, the nation's most famous son has been feted like no other literary figure.

In the United States, statues of Hans Christian Andersen may be found in Central Park, New York, and in Solvang, California. The Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division holds a unique collection of Andersen materials bequeathed by the Danish-American actor Jean Hersholt. Of particular note is an original scrapbook Andersen prepared for the young Jonas Drewsen.

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