Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis

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Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis
Awarded for Outstanding children's literature
Presented by Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth
Country Germany
First awarded 1956
Last awarded 2009
Official website http://www.djlp.jugendliteratur.org/

The Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis (German Youth literature prize) is an annual award established in 1956 by the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth[1] to recognise outstanding works of children's literature. It is Germany's only state-funded literary award.[2] In the past, authors from many countries have been recognised, including non-German speakers. The awards for 2009 were presented on 16 October 2009,[3] and the 2010 nomineees will be announced in March.[4]

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Organisation

The award is organized by the "Arbeitskreis für Jugendliteratur", also called AKJ or The Association for Children's and Youth Literature, which receives financial support, including prize money, from the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth.

Awards are given in five categories: Best Picture Book, Best Children's Book, Best Youth Book, Best Non-Fiction Book and Choice of the Jugendjury (Youth Jury). Up to six nominations in each category are announced in March at the Leipzig Book Fair,[1] and the awards are presented during the Frankfurt Book Fair by the Federal Minister of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth.[3] In each category, the winning author receives an 8000 Euro cash prize, and a bronze statuette designed by Detlef Kraft representing Momo from the novel by Michael Ende.[1]

A special award, established in 1991, is also given every year to recognise long-term individual achievement for an author, illustrator or translator.[5] These awards generally carry a cash prize of 10,000 Euros.[1]

History

Since the award was established, many changes have been made. When the "Deutscher Jugendbuchpreis" (as the award was known until 1981) began in 1956, only two categories were recognised; Best Children's Book and Best Youth Book. In addition to these, a special prize was awarded every year in a different category. It was not until 1964 that the Best Picture Book and Best Non-fiction Book categories replaced this variable award. In 1991, to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the award, the Special prize was reintroduced to recognise individual achievement, for writers, illustrators and translators.[6] The final category recognized today, awarded by the Jugendjury, was not introduced until 2003, when it was originally called the Young People's Prize (Preis der Jugendlichen).

Jury

Awards are decided upon by two juries: the Kritikerjury (transl. Critic Jury) and the Jugendjury. The Kritikerjury decides the nominations and the majority of the prizes; the Jugendjury only decides the Jugendjury prize.

The Kritikerjury are appointed by the Arbeitsgruppe für Jugendliteratur once every two years, although jury members can serve two consecutive terms. The jury consists of nine members: the chair, and eight specialist judges - two for each award category.

The members for 2009/2010 are:[7]

The Jugendjury consists of the members of six German youth book clubs. It is also changed every two years, although some clubs serve consecutive terms. The clubs involved for 2009-2010 are:[8]

Another jury decides on the Special Prize to be awarded each year. The members for 2009 were:[9]

In 2008, the jury consisted of Chair Dr. Caroline Roeder, picture book specialists Thomas Linden and Dr. Stefan Hauck, children's book specialists Sabine Lippert and Malte Weber, youth book specialists Katrin Maschke and Walter Mirbeth and non-fiction book specialists Karen Gröning and Gustav-Adolf Schmidt.[10] The youth jury clubs were: boo(k)lub of the town library in Lüdenscheid; Do it - read a book of the town secondary school, Wermelskirchen; Jubu-Crew from Göttingen; Jugendleseclub of the town library in Landshut; Literarischer Salon of Schnepfenthal Salzmann School; and Lufti-Jury of the Mecklenburgischen Literature Company in Neubrandenburg.[11] The special prize was chosen by Dr. Andreas Bode, Dr. Susan Kreller and Miriam Gabriela Möllers.[12]

Awards

2000–2009

2009

2008[18]

2007[20]

2006[21]

2005[22]

2004[23]

2003[24]

2002[25]

2001[26]

2000[27]

1990–1999

1999[28]

1998[28]

1997[28]

1996[28]

1995[28]

1994[28]

1993[28]

1992[28]

1991[28]

1990[28]

1980–1989

1989[28]

1988[28]

1987

1986

1985

1984

1983

1982

1981

1980

1970–1979

1979

1978

1977

1976

1975

1974

1973

1972

1971

1970

1960–1969

1969

1968

1967

1966

1965

1964

1963

1962

1961

1960

1956–1959

1959

1958

1957

1956

References

  1. ^ a b c d Deutscher Jugendliteraturepreis - About
  2. ^ Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis - English Key Facts
  3. ^ a b Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis - 2009
  4. ^ Leipzig Book Fair
  5. ^ Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis - Special Award
  6. ^ Deutscher Jugendliteraturepreis - Archiv - Sonderpreisträger
  7. ^ Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis - Jury
  8. ^ Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis - Youth Jury
  9. ^ Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis - Special Prize Jury
  10. ^ 2008 Archive - Jury members
  11. ^ 2008 Archive - Jugendjury members
  12. ^ 2008 Archive - Special Prize Jury
  13. ^ Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis – Youth Jury Nominees
  14. ^ Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis - Picturebook Nominees
  15. ^ Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis - Children's Book Nominees
  16. ^ Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis - Youth Book Nominees
  17. ^ Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis - Non-fiction Book Nominees
  18. ^ 2008 Archive
  19. ^ a b c d e 2008 Nominees Archive
  20. ^ 2007 Archive
  21. ^ 2006 Archive
  22. ^ 2005 Archive
  23. ^ 2004 Archive
  24. ^ 2003 Archive
  25. ^ 2002 Archive
  26. ^ 2001 Archive
  27. ^ 2000 Archive
  28. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l 1988-2001 Winner's Archive

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