Yu Rong (郁蓉) is a Chinese illustrator of children's picture books, especially known for her use of

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artwork.

Biography

Born in China, Yu Rong first trained as a primary school teacher, then studied for a BA in Chinese Painting and Contemporary Art Design (

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's Art College) and an MA in Communication and Design (

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, London). She now lives near Cambridge, UK.

Awards, honours, exhibitions

* 1999 - The Folio Society Illustration Awards * 1999 - The Quentin Blake Award for Narrative Illustration * 2000 - RCA Graduating Students Book Awards, RCA Final Degree Show * 2000 - RCA Sheila Robinson Drawing Prize * 2001&2002 - Contemporary Decorative Arts Exhibition, Sotheby's * 2008 -

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(ALA) - Notable Children's Book * 2013 - Biennial of Illustration Bratislava (BIB) - Golden Apple Award - for ''Free as a Cloud'' * 2013 - China's 8th National Book Design Exhibition - Best book in children's book category - for ''Free as a Cloud'' * 2013 - Shanghai International Children's Bookfair Golden Pinwheel Awards Grand Jury Prize and Reader's Choice Prize - for ''Free as a Cloud'' * 2015 - Chen Bochui International Children's Literature Award - best picture book - for ''Smoke'' * 2015 - Chinese Original Picture Books Top 20 - first prize - for ''Summer'' * 2016 - Serbia International Bookfair - Illustration Award - for ''Smoke'' * 2016 - Shenzhen Children's Library Top 10 My Favorite Children's Books - for ''Summer'' * 2017 -

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2017 Purple Island Award - for ''Smoke''

Works

* ''A Lovely Day for Amelia Goose'' (2004) * ''Tracks of a Panda'', with Nick Dowson (2007 * ''Smoke'', with

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, tr. Duncan Poupard 《烟》 (2016) * ''Snowflake in My Pocket'', with Rachel Bright (2016) * ''Free as a Cloud'', with Bai Bing 《云朵一样的八哥》 (2017) * ''I am Hua Mulan'', with Qin Wenjun 《我是花木兰》 (Reycraft, 2019) * ''Summer'', with Cao Wenxuan, tr. Yan Ding) 《夏天》 (Macmillan, 2019) * ''Dou Dou the Panda'' series, with

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and Bai Bing 《熊猫逗逗系列》 (2019) * ''Sweet Snow'' series, with Tie Ning 《香雪系列》 (2020) * ''Gan Gan the Squirrel'' series, with Fang Suzhen 《松鼠干干系列》 (2020) * ''

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, Being a Better Me'', with A Jia 《李娜，做更好的自己》 (2020) * ''Rope'', with Cao Wenxuan) 《绳子》 (2020) * ''Footprints'', with Xue Tao) 《脚印》 (2020) * ''Shulin's Grandpa'', with Matt Goodfellow 《舒琳的外公》 (Otter-Barry, 2021) * ''The Child that Lost Its Way'', with

《迷路的小孩》 (2021) * ''The Visible Sounds''. Picture book, with

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, tr. Filip Selucky (UClan, 2021)

References

External links

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Youtube
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Chinese Books for Young Readers
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yu, Rong Living people Chinese children's book illustrators Chinese children's writers Chinese women children's writers Chinese women illustrators Alumni of the Royal College of Art Year of birth missing (living people) Nanjing Normal University alumni