Grant Recipients

2023 Islands in Children's Literature

International Travel Grants

• Letterio Todaro, University of Catania, Italy

• Yoo Kyung Sung, University of New Mexico

• Gustavo Velázquez Lazcano, University of Florida

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2021 Korean Children's Literature

International Distinguished Scholar

• Jang Jeung-Hee, Seoul National University, Korea

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International Honor Award

• HyugJun Kwon, Gongju National University, Korea    

• Dafna Zur, Stanford University, California

 

2019 BAME Children's Literature from the United Kingdom

International Distinguished Scholar

• Patrice Lawrence, British writer and journalist

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International Honor Award

• Melanie Ramdarshan Bold, University College London      

• Aishwarya Subramanian, Newcastle University

 

2018 Germany

International Distinguished Scholar

• Ute Dettmar, Institut für Jugendbuchforschung, Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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International Travel Grant

• Ada Bieber, Humboldt University, Berlin                  

• Daniel Feldman, Bar-Ilan University

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2017 Cuba 

International Distinguished Scholar

• Luis Cabrera Delgado, children's writer, Havana, Cuba

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International Travel Grant

• Niall Nance-Carroll, Illinois State University

• Zeila Frade, Belen Jesuit Prepatory

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2016 Japan

• Fumiko Ganzenmueller, International Youth Library

• Junko Yokata, National Louis University

• Shino Sugimura, Kyoritsu Women’s University

• Helen Kilpatrick, University of Wollongong

 

2015 Italy

• Giorgia Grilli, University of Bologna, Italy

• Maria Rosa Truglio, Pennsylvania State University

• Lindsay Myers, The National University of Ireland, Galway

 

2014 Poland

• Dorota Michulka, University of Wroclaw, Poland

• Ada Bieber, Humboldt-University of Berlin

• Justyna Deszcz-Tryhubczak, University of Wroclaw, Poland

 

2013 Croatia

• Berlslav Majhut, University of Zagreb

• Željka Flegar, University of Osijek

• Smiljana Narančić Kovač, University of Zagreb

 

2012 Philippines

• Virgilio Almario, University of the Philippines

 

2011 Taiwan

• Min-Ling Tsai, National Taipei University of Education

 

2010 Russia

• Marina Balina, Illinois Wesleyan University

 

2009 Brazil

• Odete Burgeile, Federal University of Rondônia (UNIR/Brazil)

• Ana Maria G. C. Aguilar, Federal University of Rondônia (UNIR/Brazil)

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2008 Iceland

• Anna Heiða Pálsdóttir, University of Iceland

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2007 Mexico

• Evelyn Arizpe, University of Glasgow

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2006 Iran

• Zohreh Ghaeni, Institute for Research on the History of Children’s Literature in Iran 

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2005 South Africa

• Elwyn Jenkins, University of South Africa

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2004 Finland

• Janina Orlov, Stockholm University, Sweden

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2003 Slovenia

• Darja Mazi-Leskovar

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2002 Australia

• Clare Bradford, Deakin University, Burwood, Australia

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2001 China

• Jing Zhao, Beijing Normal University