The Biennial of Illustration Bratislava (BIB) is one of the oldest international honours for

children's book Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. In addition to conventional literary genres, modern children's literature is classified by the intended age of the reade ...

illustrators. First granted in 1967 to

Yasuo Segawa was a Japanese illustrator for children's books, born in Okazaki, Aichi. He won the first grand prize in Biennial of Illustration Bratislava in 1967 for written by Masako Matsuno. Segawa died on 18 October 2010 of rectal cancer at a hospit ...

(Japan), it is one of the more prestigious children's book awards today, along with the

Hans Christian Andersen Award The Hans Christian Andersen Awards are two literary awards given by the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), recognising one living author and one living illustrator for their "lasting contribution to children's literature". Th ...

. Artists are selected by an international jury, and their original artwork is exhibited in

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. From the very beginning BIB has been held under the auspices of

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and the International Board on Books for Young People ( IBBY), and with the support of the Ministry of Culture, Slovakia. There are twelve awards, including a grand prize for unique and outstanding illustration: * 1 Grand Prix * 5 Golden Apples * 5 Plaques * 1 Honorary Mention Certificate to Publisher In 1987 BIBIANA – International House of Art for Children was founded as a "cultural institution with international activity". BIBIANA now also organizes Biennial of Animation Bratislava (BAB).

List of Grand Prix winners

Winning illustrations can be seen at BIBIANA web site.B
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List of Golden Apple Prix winners

References

External links

Biennial of Illustrations Bratislava - BIB
Children's literary awards Awards established in 1967 {{lit-award-stub 1967 establishments in Czechoslovakia