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Lygia Bojunga Nunes

Brazilian children's writer · Brazil · Writers · Born 1932 · age 94

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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.

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2011Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil)Award2004Astrid Lindgren Memorial AwardAward1986Rattenfänger-LiteraturpreisAward1982Hans Christian Andersen AwardAward1932Born26 August 1932

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Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil)2011
Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award2004
Rattenfänger-Literaturpreis1986
Hans Christian Andersen Award1982

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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.

Country
Brazil
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
living
Dates
Born 1932 · age 94

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