Monday, October 20, 2025

Ignatius Mabasa nominated for the 2026 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award for Storytelling

 

Renowned Zimbabwean author and storyteller
Ignatius Mabasa has been nominated for the 2026 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award for storytelling. 

The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award is an international children's literary award established by the Swedish government in 2002 to honour the Swedish children's author Astrid Lindgren (1907–2002) and to promote every child's right to great stories. This global award is given annually to a person or organisation for their outstanding contribution to children's and young adult literature.

The prize is five million SEK (about US$500,000), making it the richest award in children's literature and one of the richest literary prizes in the world.

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