Zhu Chengliang

Zhu Chengliang is a prizewinning Chinese author and illustrator of children's books, often using traditional Chinese painting styles.^[1][2]

Biography

Zhu Chengliang was born in Shanghai in 1948, and spent his childhood in Suzhou. He studied at the Department of Fine Art, Nanjing University, and has worked as an author, illustrator, editor and designer. He is currently Deputy Chief Editor of the Jiangsu Fine Arts Publishing House.^[3]

Awards and honours

• Grandpa's Tinderbox was nominated for the IBBY Honour List 2014^[4]
• A New Year's Reunion (Chinese edition) won first prize in the Feng Zikai Children's Book Award 2010^[5]
• A New Year's Reunion (English translation) was listed as one of the 2011 Ten Best Illustrated Books by the New York Times^[6]
• The Sparkling Rabbit-Shaped Lamp was a Runner Up in the 4th UNESCO Noma Concours for Picture Book Illustrations (1984)^[7]

Works

• The Story of the Kitchen God, 1988
• Flame (author: Xi Dun), 2007
• Grandpa's Tinderbox, 2013
• A New Year's Reunion (author: Yu Li-qiong), 2008
• December Porridge^[8]

References

1. "Zhu Chengliang: Illustrator – China", Bookbird: A Journal of International Children's Literature, Vol.54, No.2 (2016), p. 20.
2. http://www.ibby.org/1202.0.html?&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=162&cHash=3797970f3f41a1b77c585694dfbfe303
3. http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4907456.Zhu_Cheng_Liang
4. "Zhu Chengliang: Illustrator – China", Bookbird: A Journal of International Children's Literature, Vol.54, No.2 (2016), p. 20.
5. http://fengzikaibookaward.org/en/winners/zhu-chengliang/
6. http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2011/11/09/books/bkr-illo-ss-19.html?_r=0
7. http://www.accu.or.jp/noma/english/map/e_index.html
8. "An interview with Chinese children’s book artist Zhu Chengliang", by Tom Carter, Global Times, 11 August 2016. http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/999848.shtml

External links

• Zhu Chengliang on Goodreads