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Lygia Bojunga Nunes

Brazilian children's writer

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  • Momentum9.2
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  • Age
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    Born 1932
  • Awards
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Updated 2026-06-16

Lygia Bojunga is a Brazilian writer of children's books under the name Lygia Bojunga Nunes. She is one of four people to win the two major international awards: for "lasting contribution to children's literature", she received the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1982. For her career contribution to "children's and young adult literature in the broadest sense" she won the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award in 2004.

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Momentum9.2
Historical14.3
Now attention35.6
Source confidence65.0
Completeness75.0
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