- Overview
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An encounter between Cao Wenxuan, who won the Hans Christian Andersen Award, and Suzy Lee, who is garnering attention across the globe!
- Book Intro
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"An encounter between Cao Wenxuan, who won the Hans Christian Andersen Award, and Suzy Lee, who is garnering attention across the globe!“
Dad wanted his daughter, Uro, to become a painter. In dad's view, Uro is a genius without doubt. According to dad's wishes, Uro began to draw a self-portrait on canvas material that the famous painter Seo Chang ordered before passing away. However, the next day...... the self-portrait became a mess, with paints running down. Uro drew again and again several times, but the result was the same. Will Uro be able to complete the self-portrait?
- About the Author
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Cao Wenxuan
Suzy Lee
(English) Suzy Lee studied painting and book art in Korea and Britain. She graduated with a BFA in Painting from Seoul National University and earned an MA in Book Arts in 2001 from Camberwell College of Arts in London.
Her picture books have been published in many countries and are highly acclaimed by critics and loved by readers. She has won Korean Publishing Culture Awards, The New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Books Award, and the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award (Honor). The books she has written and illustrated include Shim Chung; River; Lines; Mirror; Wave; Shadow; and The Zoo. Lee has also illustrated for books, including Dream of Becoming Water; This Beautiful Day; and Open This Little Book. Currently, she is participating in the Vacance Project and running Hintoki Press.
* Learn more about her at www.suzyleebooks.com
(French) Elle est née à Séoul en 1974. Elle a étudié la peinture et l'art du livre en Corée et en Angleterre. Elle a remporté le prix du plus beau livre de Suisse pour "La nuit du lapin" et a été nommée illustratrice de l'année à la Foire internationale du livre pour enfants de Bologne. "Let's Play Fado" a été sélectionné comme meilleur livre d'images du New York Times en 2008. Elle a remporté le Boston Globe Hon Book Honor Award pour "Ouvrez ce petit livre '' et a été la première Coréenne à être nommée pour le prix Hans Christian Andersen 2016. Ses œuvres comprennent "ZOO", "My Myongwon Painter" et "Open, door !". Il y a des portes, des oiseaux noirs, et "Into the Mirror".