- Overview
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The easiest and most beautiful book to learn and memorize the history of Japanese Military Sexual Slavery 'comfort women' victims!
- Book Intro
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Grandmothers, our Grandmothers
- We remember our Grandmothers, who were forced to be “comfort women” for the Japanese Imperial Army.
'What you remember doesn't go away'
Among the elderly victims of 'comfort women' in the Japanese military, the number of survivors is gradually decreasing.
On certain days, the media often introduce grandmothers, but most of us don't know their lives very well. Or, they just glimpse a short story of a life that went through a difficult time. Can't we meet grandmothers as 'our grandmothers' rather than 'special grandmothers'? How about introducing their dreams and daily lives, not just their painful past? Can't we give peace and comfort even with pictures? Artist Han Sung-won's archive of paintings of the victims of 'Japanese Military Sexual Slavery (known as 'Comfort Women)' began with this mind.
- About the Author
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Han Sungwon
(French) Diplômé en beaux-arts à l'Université nationale de Séoul et en illustration à l'École supérieure de design de l'Université nationale de Séoul. En 2019, il est sélectionné dans un projet de Naver de soutien la création pour la première moitié de l’année, ainsi qu’il illustre régulièrement les histoires des victimes qui ont souffert de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. En 2020, il réalise “souvenir ensemble projet” (organisé par la ville de Séoul) pour mémoriser les femmes de réconfort,victimes par l’armée japonaise.
(English) Han Sungwon majored in Western painting at Seoul National University and illustration at the Graduate School of Design at the University of Seoul. He has mainly drawn pictures used in books, performances, and commercial videos. Han works as a freelance illustrator, and has worked on various advertisements, magazines, text books, teaching materials and picture book illustrations, as well as videos for performances and broadcasting. Currently, he works as a video designer at the Korea Creative Contents Agency, engaging in various forms of research to develop new global content. In the first half of 2019, He was selected in Naver's creative support project and published a series of pictures of old women who suffered damage from the war. In 2020, the 〈Remember Together Project〉 (sponsored by the city of Seoul) was planned and carried out to remember the victims of “comfort women” in the Japanese military. He wants readers to be able to understand and sympathize with the meaning of this book. He drew pictures in the picture books Automobile and Ddalgi Byori (Strawberry & Star).
(Russian) Автор изучал западную живопись в Сеульском национальном университете и иллюстрацию в Высшей школе дизайна Сеульского городского университета. В основном рисовал картинки, которые использовались в книгах, спектаклях и рекламных роликах. В первой половине 2019 года Naver выбрал автора в рамках проекта поддержки творческих людей и художник опубликовал серию фотографий пожилых женщин, пострадавших от войны, а в 2020 году возглавил проект “Помним вместе”“ (спонсируемый администрацией Сеула) в память о жертвах насилия японских военных.
- Recommendation
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School Library Journal Recommendation (2021)
Gorae Book Recommendation (2021)
- Selection
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Nominated as Youth Book of KBBY, Korean Board on Books for Young People (2021)
Nominated in Excellence Publishing Contents of Gyeonggi-do (2020)
