Canada’s Jon Klassen Wins Swedish Children’s Lit Prize

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With his deadpan, minimalist picture books, Canadian writer and illustrator Jon Klassen has won the prestigious Astrid Lindgren Memorial...

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The Astrid Lindgren Youth Literature Award was awarded to Jon Klassen, a Winnipeg-born but Los Angeles-based student.

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The Astrid Lindgren Prize was awarded for his way of portraying the difficulties of life with emotion and humour.

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Canadian author and illustrator Jon Klassen is this year's recipient of the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, the most prestigious award for children's and young adult literature. The jury said his work is characterized by its effortless elegance and sophisticated depth.

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The Canadian author and illustrator gets the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Prize. He is famous for a weird trilogy about a bear and a lost hat.