Maria Nikolajeva

Maria Nikolajeva is Professor of Education at the University of Cambridge and director of the Cambridge Research and Teaching Centre for Children's Literature. She was the president of the International Research Society for Children's Literature 1993-97 and received the International Grimm Award for lifetime achievement in children's literature research. Her most recent books are Power, Voice and Subjectivity in Literature for Young People (2010) and Reading for Learning: Cognitive Approaches...See more

Maria Nikolajeva is Professor of Education at the University of Cambridge and director of the Cambridge Research and Teaching Centre for Children's Literature. She was the president of the International Research Society for Children's Literature 1993-97 and received the International Grimm Award for lifetime achievement in children's literature research. Her most recent books are Power, Voice and Subjectivity in Literature for Young People (2010) and Reading for Learning: Cognitive Approaches to Children's Literature (2014). See less