Zhu Chengliang 朱成梁 is a prizewinning Chinese author and illustrator of children's books, often using traditional Chinese painting styles.

Biography

Zhu Chengliang was born in

Shanghai Shanghai, Shanghainese: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the ...

in 1948, and spent his childhood in

Suzhou Suzhou is a major prefecture-level city in southern Jiangsu province, China. As part of the Yangtze Delta megalopolis, it is a major economic center and focal point of trade and commerce. Founded in 514 BC, Suzhou rapidly grew in size by the ...

. He studied at the Department of Fine Art,

Nanjing University Nanjing University (NJU) is a public university in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. It is affiliated and sponsored by the Ministry of Education. The university is part of Project 211, Project 985, and the Double First-Class Construction. The univers ...

, and has worked as an author, illustrator, editor and designer. He is currently Deputy Chief Editor of the Jiangsu Fine Arts Publishing House.

Awards and honours

* '' Grandpa's Tinderbox'' was nominated for the IBBY Honour List 2014 * '' A New Year's Reunion'' (Chinese edition) won first prize in the Feng Zikai Children's Book Award 2010 * '' A New Year's Reunion'' (English translation) was listed as one of the 2011 Ten Best Illustrated Books by the

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* '' The Sparkling Rabbit-Shaped Lamp'' was a Runner Up in the 4th

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Noma Concours for Picture Book Illustrations The Noma Concours for Picture Book Illustrations (Japanese: 野間国際絵本原画コンクール) was organised by Asia/Pacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO (ACCU) supported by the Noma International Book Development Fund from 1978 to 2008. It was ...

(1984)

Works

* ''

All in a Day ''All in a Day'' is a 1986 children's literature, children's picture book written and illustrated by Mitsumasa Anno. It features illustrations by Anno and several other internationally known illustrators: Eric Carle, Raymond Briggs, Nicolai Ye. ...

'' (author: Mitsumasa Anno), 1986 * '' The Story of the Kitchen God'', 1988 * ''

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'' (author: Xi Dun= ET Seton), 2007 * '' A New Year's Reunion'' (author: Yu Li-qiong), 2008 * '' Grandpa's Tinderbox'', 2013 * '' Sweet Laba Congee'' (author: Zhang Qiusheng), Reycraft Books, 2020

References

External links

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Goodreads

IBBY dossier for Zhu Chengliang (nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen Award)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zhu, Chengliang 1948 births Living people Chinese children's book illustrators Chinese children's writers 20th-century Chinese illustrators 21st-century Chinese illustrators Chinese editors Nanjing University alumni