Kiyo Tanaka (田中 清代, Tanaka Kiyo, born 1972) is a Japanese picture book author and etcher.[1][2][3][4]

She was born in Kanagawa prefecture in 1972.[1][4] She was very fond of drawing from an early age.[1][2] She studied oil painting and print making at Tama Art University Painting Department.[2][3][4]

In 1995, she won the UNICEF Award at the Bologna Children's Book Fair.[1] Her first children's picture book Mizutama no Chiwawa (みずたまのチワワ, text by Arano Inoue) was published in 1997.[1][2] Since then she has worked mainly on children's picture books including Okiniiri (おきにいり, 1997), Obakega kowai Kotoko-chan (おばけがこわいことこちゃん, 2000), Tomato-san (トマトさん, 2002), Nee dakko shite (ねえ だっこして, 2004) and The Little One (くろいの, 2018).[3][4] She won the "Purple Island Award"[5] at the Nami Island International Picture Book Illustration Concours in South Korea,[6][7] the 25th Japan Picture Book Award [ja] Grand Prize in 2020 and the 68th Shogakukan Children's Publishing Culture Award [ja] for The Little One.[1][3][8]

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  1. ^ a b c d e f 梁川淑広 (2020-11-08). "モノクロ銅版画、魅了され 日本絵本賞大賞受賞・田中清代さん(48)". Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese) (Shizuoka ed.). Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  2. ^ a b c d 加藤千絵 (2018-10-01). "田中清代さんの絵本「トマトさん」 あなたみたいな人が、ここにもいるよ". 好書好日 Good Life with Books (in Japanese). The Asahi Shimbun Company. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
  3. ^ a b c d "田中 清代 (たなかきよ)". 絵本ナビ (in Japanese). Ehon navi. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  4. ^ a b c d "絵本作家インタビュー vol.4 絵本作家 田中清代さん (前編)". mi:te (in Japanese). Kumon. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  5. ^ "【日本人作家が初受賞】世界的な絵本イラストレーションのコンクール「ナミコンクール」で、田中清代の絵本『くろいの』がパープルアイランド賞を受賞!". Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun (in Japanese). 2019-01-09. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  6. ^ "Kiyo Tanaka". Enchanted Lion Books. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  7. ^ "2019 Purple Island". Nami Concours. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  8. ^ "くろいの". Digital Daijisen Plus (in Japanese). Tokyo: Shogakukan. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
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