Written and illustrated by liu xun, it won the outstanding chinese childrens picture book award in the feng zikai chinese childrens picture book award, 2015. Feng applied chinese brush painting to cartoon work, breathing liveliness into the tradition of high art and injecting a. Should the author and the illustrator be different, the grant will be shared equally. Literary and artistic traditions in chinese picture books. Activities china shanghai international childrens book fair. Organizers release 2017 book list to promote childrens reading.
Coorganized by tongxiang municipal peoples government and meiwen magazine, the literary contest has been receiving entries since may last year, with more than 5,000 chinese works and 500 foreign pieces being sent in overall. Feng zikai 1898 1975 was an educationist, man of letters and artist who excelled in painting, chinese calligraphy, music and architecture. View qing cais profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Kindhearted granny lin has a beautiful peach tree growing in her front yard. One best childrens picture book award, which the winner will be awarded a cash prize of usd 20,000 and a feng zikai chinese childrens picture book award trophy. Popular content 2019 feng zikai chinese childrens picture book award winning books about the award. Since he began to devote himself to picture books, he has published more than 50 works in all. The award is sponsored by the chen yetsen family foundation, a hong kongbased charitable institution, which supports childhood literacy projects. By eric abrahamsen, published february 18, 2017, 12. She gives one to the squirrel, who tells the goats about it. The beauty riding a donkey on changan avenue 2 with a book cover supposed. Feng zikai chinese childrens picture book award is the first international chinese picture book award with the aims to honour distinctive writers and illustrators.
It became popular in japan as manga in the late 18th century. Its incredibly movingthe little girl in the book maomao only sees her father a migrant worker once a year during chinese new years. Bei lynn, the 2015 feng zikai chinese children picture book award winning author of kata kata kata, will read aloud her book and share with audience how and why she created this story. The real treat that little rabbits questions offers is illustrations that are influenced by the brushpen cartoon art of feng zikai, 18981975, after whom the chinese childrens picture book award is named.
Fo guang shan monastery has converted feng zikai s paintings for the preservation of life into religious murals. Xiaomin huang graduated from xian academy of fine arts in shaanxi. Chin is a biannual award aimed at promoting original, quality chinese childrens books and recognising the efforts of authors, illustrators and publishers. She creates illustrations that capture a childlike sense of aesthetics and perspectives.
If the writing and the illustration are not produced by the same person, the cash prize shall be split equally between the writer and illustrator. For the third feng zikai chinese childrens picture book award, 227 eligible entries were received. All titles featured are eligible for the national museum of taiwan literatures translation and. Hsukung liu uses orange and blue as his main colors throughout the book. Student corner current students prospective students. Outstanding childrens picture book award jimmy began creating illustrated books in 1998, expanding the readership of picture books beyond children to general audiences. The word manhua, literally impromptu sketches, is originally an 18thcentury term used in chinese literati painting. These last months, mo yan has been on the top of the news. The preliminary judging took six days to shortlist 27 books. Books from taiwan is a new initiative funded by the taiwanese ministry of culture to introduce fiction and nonfiction to foreign publishers and readers alike.
His brushstrokes are simple and of childlike fun, and by using lively lines and large areas of color, he successfully presents a sense of vibrancy. The latest, and 5th, awards were announced last summer and ive recently read two of the books on that list one that won an award, and one that had to make do with getting included in the shortlist no small feat. Chinese childrens books that make adults emotional too. See more of the education university of hong kong on facebook. See more ideas about chinese, chinese book and foreign language teaching. One of the many chinese awards for picture books is the feng zikai childrens picture book award. Chinese original illustrations exhibition bologna childrens book fair. Reunion won the first prize of the feng zikai childrens picture book award.
Celebrations and traditions might differ, but the story of missing distant family is universal. Drama education and my favourite book character competition to encourage. This poignant, vibrantly illustrated tale, which won the prestigious feng zikai chinese childrens picture book award in 2009, is sure to resonate with every child who misses relatives when they are awayand shows how a familys love is strong enough to endure over time and distance. Feng zikai chinese childrens picture book awards 2009 the. Steven also happens to be the director of the feng zikai research society, and on behalf of the society invited me to take part in next years feng zikai award for comic art. Born in anqing, anhui in 1980, yu liqiong received her bachelor in literature from nanjing university and is a candidate for masters. In 2008, the feng zikai chinese childrens picture book award was established after su and james chen noticed that the number of original chinese childrens books was greatly outnumbered by translated childrens books from the us, uk, japan, among other countries.
It is the only fair fully dedicated to books and specific contents for children aged from 0. Recently was published a collection of short stories with the evocative title. All this uncertainty meant that the new concept composition contest, when it. Furthermore, professor chen xing has founded and is now currently running a master hong yi and feng zikai research center at the hangzhou normal university. The feng zikai chinese childrens picture book award trad. This poignant, vibrantly illustrated tale, which won the prestigious feng zikai chinese children s picture book award in 2009, is sure to resonate with every child who misses relatives when they are away and shows how a familys love is strong enough to endure over time and distance. Its not only the story of a new years reunion but in a childrens book no less. The education university of hong kong shared a photo. The feng zikai chinese childrens picture book award is a biannual award aimed at promoting original, quality chinese childrens books and recognising the efforts of authors, illustrators and publishers. The fifth feng zikai chinese childrens picture book award will organise a book exhibition at eduhk in october 2017, and talks by winners. As the first international prize of its kind, the feng zikai chinese. After the blossoms fall and the fruit ripens, everyone wants a peach.
Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to. Feng zikai cared about children in his entire life. Feng created cartoons using a style that was a hybrid of chinese and western techniques, with subject matters drawn from everyday life. The feng zikai chinese childrens picture book award, launched in 2009 to promote chinese childrens picture books, is named in honor of the artist a china dream poster featuring feng zikai s work found in qufu, shandong. Ceremony and forum were held from 21 to 24 september, 2017 in hefei, anhui province, to celebrate the best chinese childrens picture books published between 2015 and 2016. Tongxiang hosts 2nd feng zikai international prose awards. But all too soon it is time for papa to go away again. Chen bochui international childrens literature award ceremony.
The 2nd feng zikai international prose awards were held in tongxiang, zhejiang province on nov 8. Feng yiyin, the award is honored to be named after mr. Their interlocution reminds us of the loving contest between little nutbrown hare and. The feng zikai chinese childrens picture book award. Qing cai executive director feng zikai international. The feng zikai chinese childrens picture book award is a biannual award aimed at promoting original, quality chinese childrens books and recognising the. With the short stories by shi zhecun 2, published a few months ago, in a. This book is published by the china welfare institute publishing house. Feng zikai, in his 1925 series of cartoons entitled zikai manhua, reintroduced the term into chinese in the modern sense. On this website you will find information about authors and books, along with who to contact in order to license translation rights.
The feng zikai chinese childrens picture book award was. The feng zikai chinese childrens picture book award was established in 2008 after our founder noticed that the number of original chinese childrens books was greatly outnumbered by translated childrens. Organizers release 2017 book list to promote childrens. Feng zikai childrens picture book award the first international chinese childrens picture book award. With the support and permission of his daughter, ms. Yu liqiong will share the story behind the creation of her award winning book, a new years reunion. Sep 14, 2017 going to the bathroom authorillustrator.
This is a very unique book, both in terms of its style of writing and its content. Feng zikai cotsen childrens library princeton university. The organizer will purchase 3,000 copies of the award winner to schools for education and reading promotion. The book was planned by shanghai zhaowen business consulting co. One of her works, fox devil in the wilderness, won the golden apple award at. Feng zikai chinese childrens picture book award wikipedia. The award is named after one of chinas bestknown illustrators, feng zikai. The frog and the boy is a 2011 feng zikai chinese childrens picture book award winner. Qing cai executive director at feng zikai international cultural association hong kong 105 connections. She will also introduce her new books and will be happy to sign books too. Med graduate of eduhk won the fifth feng zikai chinese. The award is named after one of chinas bestknown illustrators, feng zikai 18981975.
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