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Laurie Halse Anderson

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Laurie Halse Anderson donerar 1,1 miljoner till Amerikanska PENs kamp mot bannlysandet av böcker

Årets mottagare av Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, den amerikanska författaren Laurie Halse Anderson, donerar 100 000 dollar av sina prispengar (ca 1,1 miljoner svenska kronor) till Amerikanska PEN och deras arbete mot bannlysandet av böcker i USA. "Censur är rädslans barn och okunnighetens far”, säger Laurie Halse Anderson.
Laurie Halse Anderson är en av USA:s främsta författare av ungdomsböck

4 October 2023 15:58

Laurie Halse Anderson donates $100,000 to PEN America’s fight against book bans

The 2023 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award laureate, American writer Laurie Halse Anderson, is donating $100,000 of her prize money to Pen America’s fight against book bans. “Censorship is the child of fear and the father of ignorance”, says Laurie Halse Anderson in her statement.
Laurie Halse Anderson is one of America’s foremost writers for young adults. In her richly expressive novels she gives

2 May 2023 21:49

Laurie Halse Anderson accepts the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 2023

The American author Laurie Halse Anderson received the world’s largest literature award for children’s and young adult literature, the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, at a ceremony in the Stockholm Concert Hall on Tuesday, May 2. The award was presented by H.R.H. Crown Princess Victoria.
− When I became an author, Astrid Lindgren's defense of children's right to read helped define my path. She

2 May 2023 21:52

Laurie Halse Anderson tog emot Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 2023

Tisdagen den 2 maj mottog den amerikanske författaren Laurie Halse Anderson världens största pris för barn- och ungdomslitteratur, Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, i Konserthuset i Stockholm. Priset överlämnades av H.K.H. Kronprinsessan Victoria.
− When I became an author, Astrid Lindgren's defense of children's right to read helped define my path. She shaped the sense of responsibility I feel t