Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis |
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| Presented by | Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth |
| Country | Germany |
| First awarded | 1956 |
| Last awarded | 2017 |
The Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis, which means German Youth Literature Award, is a famous prize given out every year. It was started in 1956 by the German government to celebrate the best books for children and teenagers. It is the only book award in Germany that is funded by the government. Authors from many different countries, even those who don't speak German, have won this award.
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How the Award Works
The award is managed by a group called the Arbeitskreis für Jugendliteratur (Association for Children's and Youth Literature). They get money from the German government to run the event and give out the prizes.
There are five main categories for the awards:
- Best Picture Book
- Best Children's Book
- Best Youth Book
- Best Non-Fiction Book
- Choice of the Youth Jury
For each category, up to six books are nominated. The nominations are announced in March at the Leipzig Book Fair. The winners are revealed in October during the Frankfurt Book Fair. The winners in each category get a €10,000 prize. They also receive a cool bronze statue of the character Momo from a famous book by Michael Ende.
There are also two special awards given to German authors, illustrators, or translators. One is for lifetime achievement, which comes with €12,000. The other is for new talents, which has a prize of €10,000.
History of the Award
The award has changed a lot since it first started. When it began in 1956, it was called the Deutscher Jugendbuchpreis (German Youth Book Award). Back then, there were only two categories: Best Children's Book and Best Youth Book.
In 1964, the award grew to include prizes for the Best Picture Book and Best Non-fiction Book. A very exciting category, the Choice of the Youth Jury, was added much later in 2003. This allows teenagers to pick their own winner.
In 1991, a special award for lifetime achievement was added to honor the amazing careers of writers, illustrators, and translators. Another special award for new talents was created in 2017 to celebrate the award's 60th anniversary.
Who Decides the Winners?
Three different groups, called juries, choose the winners.
- The Critics' Jury (Kritikerjury): This jury is made up of nine experts, like literary critics and professors. They choose the nominees and winners for the main categories.
- The Youth Jury (Jugendjury): This is a special jury made up of teenagers from six different book clubs across Germany. They get to pick the winner for the "Choice of the Youth Jury" prize.
- The Special Award Jury (Sonderpreisjury): This small jury of three people decides who gets the special awards for lifetime achievement and new talent.
Recent Award Winners
2020–2024
| Book Title | Author | Illustrator | Translator | Source Country | Award Category |
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| Wünsche (Engl. orig.: Wishes) | Mượn Thị Văn | Victo Ngai | Petra Steuber | USA | Picture book |
| Wolf | Saša Stanišić | Regina Kehn | Germany | Children's book | |
| Kurz vor dem Rand | Eva Rottmann | Germany | YA book | ||
| Games. Auf den Spuren der Flüchtenden aus Afghanistan | Patrick Oberholzer | Switzerland | Non-fiction | ||
| Durch das große Feuer (orig.: In Memoriam) | Alice Winn | Ursula Wulfekamp and Benjamin Wildner | USA | Youth jury | |
| Möge der Tigris um dich weinen | Astrid Bührle-Gallet | Germany | New talent (Translator) | ||
| Rolf Erdorf | Germany | Lifetime Achievement (Translator) |
| Book Title | Author | Illustrator | Translator | Source Country | Award Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spinne spielt Klavier | Benjamin Gottwald | Benjamin Gottwald | Germany | Picture book | |
| Boris, Babette und lauter Skelette | Tanja Esch | Germany | Children's book | ||
| Die Sonne, so strahlend und Schwarz | Chantal-Fleur Sandjon | Germany | YA novel | ||
| Queergestreift | Kathrin Köller | Irmela Schautz | Germany | Non-fiction | |
| Als die Welt uns gehörte (orig.:When the World was Ours) | Liz Kessler | Eva Riekert | Great Britain | Youth jury | |
| Nordstadt | Annika Büsing | Germany | New talent (Writer) | ||
| Alois Prinz | Germany | Lifetime Achievement (Writer) |
| Book Title | Author | Illustrator | Translator | Source Country | Award Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unsere Grube (orig.:Gropen ) | Emma Adbåge | Emma Adbåge | Friederike Buchinger | Sweden | Picture book |
| Die Suche nach Paulie Fink (orig.:The Next Great Paulie Fink) | Ali Benjamin | Jessika Komina, Sandra Knuffinke | USA | Children's book | |
| Dunkelnacht | Kirsten Boie | Germany | YA novel | ||
| Der Duft der Kiefern – Meine Familie und ihre Geheimnisse | Bianca Schaalburg | Germany | Non-fiction | ||
| Hard Land | Benedict Wells | Switzerland | Youth jury | ||
| Anna | Mia Oberländer | Germany | New talent (Illustrator) | ||
| Hans Ticha | Germany | Lifetime Achievement: Hans Ticha |
| Book Title | Author | Illustrator | Translator | Source Country | Award Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unsichtbar in der großen Stadt (orig.:Small in the city) | Sydney Smith | Sydney Smith | Bernadette Ott | Canada | Picture book |
| Irgendwo ist immer Süden (orig.: Syden) | Marianne Kaurin | Franziska Hüther | Norway | Children's book | |
| Sibiro Haiku (orig.:Sibiro haiku) | Jurga Vilė | Lina Itagaki | Saskia Drude | Lithuania | YA novel |
| 100 Kinder | Christoph Drösser | Nora Coenenberg | Germany | Non-fiction | |
| After the Fire (orig.: Moonrise) | Will Hill | Wolfram Ströle | Great Britain | Youth jury | |
| Tippo und Fleck. Über Fleckenteufel und andere Kobolde | Lena Dorn | Germany | New talent (Translator) | ||
| Lifetime Achievement: not awarded in 2021 |
| Book Title | Author | Illustrator | Translator | Source Country | Award Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dreieck Quadrat Kreis | Mac Barnett | Jon Klassen | Thomas Bodmer | USA | Picture book |
| Freibad – Ein ganzer Sommer unter dem Himmel | Will Gmehling | Germany | Children's book | ||
| Wie der Wahnsinn mir die Welt erklärte | Dita Zipfel | Rán Flygenring | Germany | YA novel | |
| A wie Antarktis – Ansichten vom anderen Ende der Welt (orig.: A jako Antarktida : pohled z druhé strany) | David Böhm | David Böhm | Lena Dorn | Czech Republic | Non-fiction |
| Wer ist Edward Moon? (engl.: Moonrise) | Sarah Crossan | Cordula Setsman | Ireland | Youth jury | |
| Forschungsgruppe Erbsensuppe oder wie wir Omas großem Geheimnis auf die Spur kamen | Rieke Patwardhan | Germany | New talent (Author) | ||
| Cornelia Funke | Germany | Lifetime achievement as Writer |
See also
In Spanish: Premio Alemán de Literatura Juvenil para niños
