The winners of the Hans Christian Andersen Award are Jacqueline Woodson of the U.S. as author and Albertine of Switzerland as illustrator. The awards, organized by the International Board on Books for Young People, "recognize lifelong achievement and are given to an author and an illustrator whose complete works have made an important, lasting contribution to children's literature."
IBBY said that Woodson "has a prolific body of writing from picture books to young adult literature, all of which feature lyrical language, powerful characters, and an abiding sense of hope." As illustrator, Albertine "creates books with multiple levels of interpretation, with drawings made with infinite precision that are lively and full of humor."
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Rachel Taube has won the 2020 Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize for her short story "The Gentle Clack of a Fox's Teeth." Final judge Randall Kenan said that the story "feels like a fresh take on the South and confronts a very serious controversial subject with humor and wit and pathos. This writer is wise."
Honorable Mention stories were "Patriotism" by Jason Gray and "The Runaway" by Sarah David.
The Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize is administered by the Great Smokies Writing Program at the University of North Carolina at Asheville.