Honorary Members

Ms Noushin Ansari
Founder and leader of IBBY Iran (Iran)

Ms Nina Askvig (Reidarson)
Director of IBBY Documentation Centre of Books for Disabled Young People 1985-2002 (Norway)

Ms Lucia Binder
Editor of Bookbird 1969-93, President of the Andersen Jury 1974-78 (Austria)

Ms Heidi Boiesen
Director of IBBY Documentation Centre of Books for Disabled Young People 2002-2013 (Norway)

Mr Urs Breitenstein
IBBY Treasurer 2002-2008 (Switzerland)

Ms Murti Bunanta
Founder and President of IBBY Indonesia (Indonesia)

Ms Carmen Diana Dearden
President of IBBY 1994-1998 (Venezuela)

Mr Toin Duijx
Secretary and Treasurer of the Dutch IBBY Section (Netherlands)

Ms Emilia Gallego
Founder and leader of IBBY Cuba (Cuba)

Ms María Jesús Gil
Chair of the 32nd IBBY Congress in Santiago de Compostela, 2010
President of the Andersen Jury 2012-2014 (Spain)

Ms Eva Glistrup
President of the Andersen Jury 1990-1994
Author of The Hans Christian Andersen Awards 1956-2002 (Denmark)

Ms Yoko Inokuma
President of JBBY, 1988-2003 (Japan)

Ms Ana Maria Machado
President of the Andersen Jury 1988-1990
Hans Christian Andersen Award winner 2000 (Brazil)

Ms Leena Maissen
IBBY Executive Director 1970-2003, IBBY Congress Chair 2002 (Switzerland)

Ms Elda Nogueira
IBBY Vice President 2006-2008, President of the IBBY-Asahi Reading Promotion Award Jury 2008 (Brazil)

Ms Katherine Paterson
Hans Christian Andersen Author Award Winner 1998 (USA)

Ms Loty Petrovits
Author and contributor to Children's Literature (Greece)

Ms Laura Sandroni
Co-Founder of IBBY Brazil (Brazil)

Ms Somboon Singkamanen
Founder of IBBY Thailand (Thailand)

Mr Christian Stottele
Treasurer of IBBY 1990-2002 (Germany)

Ms Chieko Suemori
IBBY EC 2002-2006
Organized and coordinated the Ehron relief project (Japan)

Mr Ellis Vance
IBBY Vice President 2006-2008, and IBBY Treasurer 2008-2022 (USA)

Ms Jant van der Weg-Laverman
Author and contributor to Children's Literature (Netherlands)

 

 

Ms Julinda Abu Nasr († 2024)
Honorary President IBBY Lebanon (Lebanon)

Mr José-Miguel de Azaola († 2007)
President of the Andersen Jury 1960-70 (Spain)

Mr Richard Bamberger († 2007)
Founding member, President of IBBY 1962-66, Editor of Bookbird 1963-82 (Austria)

Mr Assen Bossev († 1997)
President and Founder of Bulgarian IBBY (Bulgaria)

Mr Fritz Brunner († 1991)
Founding member, Treasurer of IBBY 1953-73 (Switzerland)

Ms. Miep Diekmann († 2017)
Author and children's literature specialist (The Netherlands)

Mr John Donovan († 1992)
Treasurer of IBBY 1986-90 (USA)

Ms Virginia Haviland († 1988)
President of the Andersen Jury 1970-74 (USA)

Ms Bettina Hürlimann († 1983)
Founding member, Treasurer of IBBY 1973-78 (Switzerland)

Mr Juan de Isasa († 2019)
IBBY Vice President 1992-96, IBBY Foundation Board Member 2004-10 (Spain)

Ms Margaret K. McElderry († 2011)
Vice President of IBBY 1978-82 (USA)

Mr Sergei Mikhalkov († 2009)
Founder and President of Soviet IBBY (Russia)

Ms Anne-Marie Mortara-Lepman († 2006)
Daughter of Jella Lepman, Founder of IBBY (Italy)

Ms Anne Pellowski († 2023)
Life-long reading promoter and IBBY supporter (USA)

Mr Dusan Roll († 2021)
President of IBBY, 1986-90 President of the Andersen Jury 1978-82 (Slovakia)

Mr Peter Schneck († 2019)
President of the Andersen Jury 1996-1998
IBBY President 2002-2006
President IBBY Foundation Board 2007-2010 (Switzerland)

Ms Vera Soucková († 2010)
Executive Secretary of CSFR IBBY 1973-92 (Czech Republic)

Mr Ralph Staiger († 2002)
IBBY Congress Chair 1990, Chair of IBBY Fundraising Committee 1994-98 (USA)

Ms Tayo Shima († 2017)
President of IBBY 1998-2002 (Japan)

Ms Jo Tenfjord († 2007)
Founding Member, Vice President of IBBY 1964-66, Founder of Norwegian IBBY 1956 (Norway)

Mr Niilo Visapää († 1979)
President of IBBY 1970-74 (Finland)

Mr Shigeo Watanabe († 2006)
IBBY Congress Chair 1986, Vice President of IBBY 1978-80 (Japan)