South Africa: Reading Project Wins Astrid Lindren Prize

The Project for the Study of Alternative Education in South Africa (Praesa) has won the 2015 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award - the largest award for children's literature, with a prize of 5m kroner - more than R7-million.

The award was founded by the Swedish government in 2003 to honour Astrid Lindgren, the author of the Pippi Longstocking books. The prize aims to promote literature for children and young people that displays "a profound respect for democratic values and human rights".

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