Awards & Winners

David Almond

Date of Birth 15-May-1951
Place of Birth Newcastle upon Tyne
(United Kingdom, England, Tyne and Wear, North East England, United Kingdom, with Dependencies and Territories)
Nationality United Kingdom
Profession Novelist, Writer, Author
David Almond is a British author who has written several novels for children or young adults from 1998, each one to critical acclaim. He is one of thirty children's writers, and one of three from the U.K., to win the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award, "the world's most prestigious prize in children's literature". For the 70th anniversary of the British Carnegie Medal in 2007, his debut novel Skellig was named one of the top ten Medal-winning works, selected by a panel to compose the ballot for a public election of the all-time favourite. It ranked third in the public vote from that shortlist.

Awards by David Almond

Check all the awards nominated and won by David Almond.

2013


Nominations 2013 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Guardian Children's Fiction Prize The Boy Who Swam with Piranhas

2011


Nominations 2011 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Guardian Children's Fiction Prize My Name Is Mina
Carnegie Medal in Literature The Boy Who Climbed into the Moon
Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award

2010


Hans Christian Andersen Award for Writing

Nominations 2010 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
Carnegie Medal in Literature Jackdaw Summer

2009


Nominations 2009 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Carnegie Medal in Literature My Dad's A Birdman
Carnegie Medal in Literature The Savage
Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award

2008


Nominations 2008 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award

2007


Nominations 2007 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award

2006


Nominations 2006 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Guardian Children's Fiction Prize Clay
Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award

2005


Nominations 2005 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Carnegie Medal in Literature Clay
Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award

2004


Nominations 2004 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award

2003


Nestlé Smarties Book Prize
Honored for : The Fire-Eaters
(Gold Award, 9-11 years )

Nominations 2003 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Carnegie Medal in Literature The Fire-Eaters
Guardian Children's Fiction Prize The Fire-Eaters
Nestlé Smarties Book Prize The Fire-Eaters
Gold Award, 9-11 years

2001


Michael L. Printz Award
Honored for : Kit's Wilderness

Nominations 2001 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Michael L. Printz Award Kit's Wilderness

2000


Nominations 2000 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Michael L. Printz Award Skellig
Honor Book
Guardian Children's Fiction Prize Kit's Wilderness
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature Skellig

1999


Nominations 1999 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Guardian Children's Fiction Prize Kit's Wilderness
Nestlé Smarties Book Prize Kit's Wilderness
Silver Award, 9-11 years

1998


Carnegie Medal in Literature
Honored for : Skellig