Malaysians nominated for prestigious Swedish award
FRANKFURT: Two Malaysians have been nominated for the prestigious 2011 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA) of Sweden at the Frankfurt International Book Fair here.
They were Mohd. Yusuf Ismail, an author/illustrator and oral storyteller, and Daphne Lee Mei Lin, a promoter of reading, and are up against 173 other nominees from around the world for the Swedish award which carries a cash award of five million Swedish krones.
The fair in Frankfurt is regarded as the world’s biggest event for the publishing industry. ALMA is the world’s largest prize for children’s and young adult literature.
Linda Tan Lingard, a director of Kuala Lumpur-based Yusof Gajah Lingard Literary Agency and Mohd Yusuf, who goes by the pen name of Yusof Gajah, were exalted at the nomination.
The agency bears the name of her husband David Lingard and Yusof Gajah. It has a booth at the Malaysian pavillion.
This is the second time that a Malaysian has been nominated for ALMA, the first time being in 2008 when Margaret H.L. Lim, a children’s story writer from Kuching, was nominated although she did not get the coveted award.
Tan said her agency represents writers, illustrators and publishers, mainly, from Malaysia.
Sabri Ab. Rahman, the senior trade commissioner at the Frankfurt MATRADE office, said a total of RM4.117 million worth of business was transacted by Malaysian companies at the fair. - Bernama
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FRANKFURT: Two Malaysians have been nominated for the prestigious 2011 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA) of Sweden at the Frankfurt International Book Fair here.
They were Mohd. Yusuf Ismail, an author/illustrator and oral storyteller, and Daphne Lee Mei Lin, a promoter of reading, and are up against 173 other nominees from around the world for the Swedish award which carries a cash award of five million Swedish krones.
The fair in Frankfurt is regarded as the world’s biggest event for the publishing industry. ALMA is the world’s largest prize for children’s and young adult literature.
Linda Tan Lingard, a director of Kuala Lumpur-based Yusof Gajah Lingard Literary Agency and Mohd Yusuf, who goes by the pen name of Yusof Gajah, were exalted at the nomination.
The agency bears the name of her husband David Lingard and Yusof Gajah. It has a booth at the Malaysian pavillion.
This is the second time that a Malaysian has been nominated for ALMA, the first time being in 2008 when Margaret H.L. Lim, a children’s story writer from Kuching, was nominated although she did not get the coveted award.
Tan said her agency represents writers, illustrators and publishers, mainly, from Malaysia.
Sabri Ab. Rahman, the senior trade commissioner at the Frankfurt MATRADE office, said a total of RM4.117 million worth of business was transacted by Malaysian companies at the fair. - Bernama
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