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BolognaRagazzi Award 2020: the winning books

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Since 1966, the BolognaRagazzi Award is given to a book that excels in terms of production quality, visual text and the unique way it broadens the imaginative powers and knowledge of children and adolescents. Special attention is paid not only to the graphic and formal aspects of the book, but also to its semantic features and communicative impact. It is an award designed to acknowledge the excellent balance of technical, artistic and communicational elements, and harmony of written and visual texts.

There are four main Award categories: FictionNon FictionOpera Prima (for unpublished authors and illustrators) and, from this year, the new permanent BCBF category Comics, divided into 3 sections: Early Reader, Middle Grade, and Young Adult.

The jury is also asked to give a special New Horizons award to a particularly innovative book, which opens its eyes to new horizons. Every year, the BRAW features also one or two special categories.

The special category of the BolognaRagazzi Award 2020 is dedicated to CINEMA.

Let’s take a look at the 2020 winners:   check out the special book trailers we created to celebrate them! 

FICTION
MEINE LIEBSTEN DINGE MÜSSEN MIT

Text by Sepideh Sarihi
Illustrations by Julie Völk
Beltz & Gelberg, Germany, 2018

NON FICTION
MARIE CURIE. NEL PAESE DELLA SCIENZA         

Text by Irène Cohen-Janca
Illustrations by Claudia Palmarucci
Orecchio Acerbo, Italy, 2019

OPERA PRIMA
WHERE IS YOUR SISTER?          

Text and illustrations by Puck Koper
Two Hoots, UK, 2019

NEW HORIZONS
LULLABY FOR GRANDMOTHER    

Text and illustrations by Iwona Chmielewska         
BIR Publishing , South Korea, 2019 

COMICS - EARLY READER
WRITTEN AND DRAWN BY HENRIETTA

Text and art by Ricardo Liniers
Colours and lettering by Rémi Chaurand
Toon Books, USA, 2015

COMICS - MIDDLE GRADE
IMBATTABLE. JUSTICE ET LÉGUMES FRAIS

Text and art by Pascal Jousselin
Dupuis, Belgium, 2017

COMICS - YOUNG ADULT
THE SHORT ELEGY

Text and art by Animo Chen
Locus Publishing, Taiwan, 2019

CINEMA
MVSEVM

Script by Javier Sáez Castán 
Illustrations by Manuel Marsol
Fulgencio Pimentel, Orfeu Negro, Orecchio Acerbo; Spain, Portugal, Italy; 2019

 

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