terça-feira, 27 de janeiro de 2009

PRÉMIO NEWBERY 2009


The Graveyard Book, de Neil Gaiman, publicado em Outubro de 2008 pela Bloomsbury, ganhou o prestigiado prémio Newbery 2009. No site da Amazon encontra-se uma lista dos livros distinguidos desde 1990. Em síntese:

“The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. The medal was established in 1922 and is presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States.”

Depois do Newbery, o prémio mais importante – que contempla apenas picture books – é o Caldecott Medal, instituído em 1938:

“Awarded annually by the American Library Association to the illustrator of the most distinguished American picture book for children.”

Quanto ao prémio Printz, destina-se à escrita para adolescentes:

“The Michael L. Printz Award, first given in 2000, is an award for a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature. The honor was named for a Topeka, Kansas, school librarian who was a long-time active member of the Young Adult Library Services Association”

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