Tamer Institute for Community Education
The Tamer Institute for Community Education is a non-profit non-governmental educational organization working in Palestine. It was established in 1989 in response to Palestinian needs during the first intifada. Tamer runs a publishing unit, publish a newsletter, hold courses for librarians, arranges workshops, donate books to local libraries and arranges an annual reading - and writing campaign.
Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
In 2009, the Tamer Institute won the biggest prize in children's literature (five million SEK, approximately 460,000 EUR), the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award from the Swedish Arts Council, recognising its "long-term sustainable work" as a promoter of reading. It is one of two institutions to win the award (2003 to 2012).[1]
See also
References
- ^ "2009: Tamer Institute: Perseverance, audacity and resourcefulness". The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. Retrieved 2012-08-14.
External links
- Official website
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- 2003: Maurice Sendak (United States) / Christine Nöstlinger (Austria)
- 2004: Lygia Bojunga Nunes (Brazil)
- 2005: Philip Pullman (United Kingdom) / Ryōji Arai (Japan)
- 2006: Katherine Paterson (United States)
- 2007: Banco del Libro (Venezuela)
- 2008: Sonya Hartnett (Australia)
- 2009: Tamer Institute for Community Education (Palestine)
- 2010: Kitty Crowther (Belgium)
- 2011: Shaun Tan (Australia)
- 2012: Guus Kuijer (Netherlands)
- 2013: Isol (Argentina)
- 2014: Barbro Lindgren (Sweden)
- 2015: PRAESA (South Africa)
- 2016: Meg Rosoff (United States/United Kingdom)
- 2017: Wolf Erlbruch (Germany)
- 2018: Jacqueline Woodson (United States)
- 2019: Bart Moeyaert (Belgium)
- 2020: Baek Hee-Na (South Korea)
- 2021: Jean-Claude Mourlevat (France)
- 2022: Eva Lindström (Sweden)
- 2023: Laurie Halse Anderson (United States)
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