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 in 1948, and spent his childhood in Suzhou. He studied at the Department of Fine Art, Nanjing University, and has worked as an author, illustrator, editor and designer. He is currently Deputy Chief Editor of the Jiangsu Fine Arts Publishing House.

Zhu Chengliang

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 New York Times The Sparkling Rabbit-Shaped Lamp was a Runner Up in the 4th UNESCO Noma Concours for Picture Book Illustrations (1984)

Zhu Chengliang

Works

All in a Day (author: Mitsumasa Anno), 1986

The Story of the Kitchen God, 1988

Flame (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

Zhu Chengliang on Goodreads

IBBY dossier for Zhu Chengliang (nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen Award)

Zhu Chengliang

1948 births

Living people

Chinese children's book illustrators

Chinese children's writers

Nanjing University alumni