Shaun Tan wins Astrid Lindgren prize 2011

The Australian author-illustrator Shaun Tan is the winner of this year's Astrid Lindgren prize – the richest children's literature prize in the world, with a purse of 5m kroner (£490,000). Tan is the second Australian to be awarded the prize in its nine-year history, following Sonya Hartnett's win in 2008.