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Kiyo Tanaka (田中 清代, Tanaka Kiyo, born 1972) is a Japanese picture book author and etcher.[1][2]
She was born in Kanagawa prefecture in 1972.[2] She studied oil painting and print making at Tama Art University Painting Department.[1][2]
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. 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).[1][2] She won the "Purple Island Award"[3] at the Nami Island International Picture Book Illustration Concours in South Korea,[4][5] the 25th Japan Picture Book Award Grand Prize in 2020 and the 68th Shogakukan Children's Publishing Culture Award for The Little One.[1]
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "【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.
- ^ "Kiyo Tanaka". Enchanted Lion Books. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
- ^ "2019 Purple Island". Nami Concours. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
External links
edit- Official website (in Japanese)