Draft:Lee Young-kyung

Lee Young-kyoung
Born (1966-11-23) 23 November 1966 (age 57)
Daegu, South Korea
OccupationIllustrator
LanguageKorean
NationalitySouth Korean
GenrePicture Books

Lee Young-kyung (Korean이영경; RRLee Young-kyung, born 1966 in Daegu, South Korea) is a Korean picture book author and illustrator. Born as the youngest of five children, Lee studied oriental painting at Seoul National University College of Fine Arts. In 1998, Lee published The Seven Friends in a Lady's Chamber, a rewritten version of the Korean classic, Gyujung chilwu jaengnongi (Chinese: 閨中七友爭論記)[1], for children. The Seven Friends in a Lady's Chamber won a gold medal in the creative picture book category at the 2001 SBS Children's Media Awards and was included in Korean language textbooks for Korean elementary schools. The work was also selected for the White Ravens 2006 “Special Mention" category in 2006. In 2004, she published a poetry picture book, Half Past Four, providing illustrations for the poems by Yun Seok-jung. In 2020, she published A Cat's Life, a philosophical tale about human condition through the lens of a stray cat. In 2022, Lee was nominated as the candidate for Korea in ALMA 2022. Lee’s notable works include The Seven Friends in a Lady's Chamber, Half Past Four, Kong-suk and Pat-suk, Plastic Bag Princess and Envelope Prince, and A Cat's Life.

Awards

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  • 2022 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award Nominee - Illustrator
  • 2008 Japan Sankei Children’s Literature Award for Translated Fiction - Half Past Four
  • 2006 “The White Ravens 2006” Special Mention
  • 2001 SBS Children’s Media Award - The Seven Friends in a Lady’s Chamber

Works

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  • 2020 Molang and Dolang’s Day in the Nutty Woods (NCsoft) ISBN 979-1165512446
  • 2020 A Cat’s Life (Goraebook Library) ISBN 979-1189239275
  • 2018 Plastic Bag Princess and Envelope Prince (Sakyejul Publishing) ISBN 979-1160943368
  • 2016 Barefoot Exercises in Bed! (Sakyejul Publishing) ISBN 978-8998465865
  • 2011 Kong-suk and Pat-suk (BIR Publishing) ISBN 978-8949101668
  • 2008 Oro and Odo (BIR Publishing) ISBN 978-8990025616
  • 2002 The Curious Wall Scroll (BIR Publishing) ISBN 978-8949100302
  • 1998 The Seven Friends in a Lady’s Chamber (BIR Publishing) ISBN 978-8949100203
    • 2002 French edition Les 7 petites mains (Editions du Pépin) ISBN 978-2930263076
    • 1999 Japan edition あかてぬぐいのおくさんと7にんのなかま (Fukuinkan Shoten) ISBN 978-4834016338

Collaborations with other authors

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  • 2019 The Shepherd Who Become a King (Hollym Publishing); Nanao Matsuse(Author), Hwang Jin-hee(Translator) ISBN 9788970942865
    • 2018 Japanese edition 王さまになった羊飼い チベットの昔話 (福音館書店) ISBN 978-4834083446
  • 2019 Gourd Flower (Wisdomm House Collaborated with a digital video artist); Moon Young-suk (Author) ISBN 9788962471939
  • 2018 Hello, Night School (Hanulim Kids); Hong Jin-suk(Author) ISBN 9791187517443
  • 2017 Poetry Collection by Yoon Dong-ju (Goindol); Yoon Dong-ju (Author) ISBN 9788994372839
  • 2014 Might Geum-Geum’s Experience Nursing Her Sick Mother (Hankyoreh Kids), Kim Hye-won (Author) ISBN 9788984318458
  • 2010 Why Can’t I Talk Back (Changbi Publishers); Bae Bong-ki(Author) ISBN 9788936442552
  • 2007 Hurrah Hurrah for Rice Cakes (Borim Press); Lee Miae(Author) ISBN 9788943306991
  • 2006 The Apple Pear Kids (Woongjin Junior); Rhee Hye-sun(Author) ISBN 9788901059884
  • 2004 Half Past Four (Changbi Publishers); Yoon Suk-joon(Author) ISBN 9788936495282
  • 1996 The Photographer Pig King (BIR Publishing); Zheng Yuanjie(Author) ISBN 9788949130415

References

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  1. ^ "Seven Companions in Ladies' Rooms". KBS World. Retrieved 15 August 2024.



Category:1966 births Category:Living people Category:South Korean illustrators Category:South Korean women illustrators Category:South Korean children's book illustrators