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Kwon Yoon-duck

In this Korean name, the family name is Kwon.

Kwon Yoon-duck (Korean: 권윤덕, born 1960 in Osan,[1] South Korea) is a Korean picture book author and illustrator. She graduated from Seoul Women's University, Department of Food Science, and majored in advertising design at Hongik University Graduate School of Industrial Art. Since 1987, Kwon has managed a citizen art school and has been active in a picture book group with children's book author and illustrator Lee Uk-bae . In 1995, she published Manhee's House. Kwon published Flower Granny as part of the "Peace Picture Book" series launched by 12 artists and publishers from Korea, China, and Japan.[2] The work won the Children and Young Adults category from the 1st Korea Publishing Book Awards in 2010, the 3rd CJ Picture Book Award in 2010, and the 2013 Ministry of Gender Equality and Family Award for the Comfort Women. In 2012, the production process of Flower Granny was made into a documentary film, The Big Picture, directed by Hyo Kwon.[3] She was also nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award to represent Korea in 2016 and the Hans Christian Andersen Award 2024 for the Illustration. Her notable works include Manhee's House, Flower Granny, Tools at Work, There Dangles a Spider, and Yong Maeng-ho.[4]

Kwon Yoon-duck
Born1960 (age 63–64)
Osan, South Korea
Occupationpicture books
LanguageKorean
NationalitySouth Korean
GenrePicture Books

Awards

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In 2008 her book My Cat Copies Me made the list of Outstanding International Books.[5]

In 2021, her book was honored with a stamp from the Korea Post.[6]

  • 2010 3rd CJ Picture Book Illustrations Award - Flower Granny
  • 2010 1st Korean Book Awards - Flower Granny[1]
  • 2013 'Korean Comfort Woman' Merit Award from Minister of Gender Equality and Family
  • 2014 7th This Year's Woman of Culture − Chung Kang Culture Award[1]
  • 2016 nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
  • 2024 the Korean nominee for the 2024 Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration[7][8][9]

Works

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  • 1995 Manhee's House, Gilbut Children Publishing, Korea ISBN 978-89-86621-10-5
    • マンヒのいえ, The Sailor Publishing Co., Japan, 1998
    • Ma maison en Corée, Editions du Sorbier, France, 2008
    • 我的新家, 二十一世紀出版社, China, 2014
  • 2000 Mommy, I Like these Clothes
  • Manhee's Letter Bugs, J'aimimage, 2000~2002, Gilbut Children Publishing, Korea, 2011 ISBN ISBN 978-89-5582-165-9
  • 2002 There Dangles a Spider ISBN 89-86565-36-6
    • 2003 There Dangles a Spider, Changbi Publishers, Korea ISBN 978-89-364-5403-6
    • しろいはうさぎ, Fukuinkan Shoten(福音館書店), Japan, 2007
  • 2005 My Cat Copies Me, Changbi Publishers, Korea ISBN 978-89-364-5446-3[10]
    • My Cat Copies Me, Kane/Miller Book Publishers, USA, 2007
    • Mon chat fait tout comme moi, Philippe Picquier, France, 2007
    • El meu gat fa el mateix que jo, Lata de Sal gatos, Spain, 2013 (Spanish)
    • O Meu Gato Sempre Me Imita, Lata de Sal gatos, Spain, 2013 (Catalan and Galician)
    • (forthcoming), Akane Shobo Publishing Co., Ltd., Japan
  • 2008 Tools at Work, Gilbut Children Publishing, Korea ISBN 978-89-5582-083-6
    • 工作與工具, Wisest Cultural Enterprise, Taiwan, 2012
    • 工作與工具, 二十一世紀出版社, China, 2014
  • 2010 Flower Granny, Sakyejul Publishing, Korea, 2010 (revised edition 2015) ISBN 978-89-5828-909-8[11]
    • 花奶奶, 译林出版社, China, 2015
    • Grandma Flora, XANADU Publishing, UK, 2017
    • 花ばぁば, コロから株式會社, Japan, 2018
  • 2013 Pikaia, Changbi Publishers, Korea ISBN 978-89-364-5444-9
  • 2016 Wooden Seal, Peace Books, Korea, ISBN 979-11-85928-08-1
  • 2019 Sixteen, Peace Books, Korea ISBN 979-11-85928-18-0
  • 2021 Yong, Mang-ho, Sakyejul Publishing, Korea ISBN 979-11-6094-757-1 As an Author
  • 2020 My Little Drawing Board, Dolbegae Publishing, Korea ISBN 978-89-7199-469-6
  • 2022 I Want to Have More Blue, Written by Kwon Yoon-duck. Ilustrated by 33 Jeju Children, Namhaebomnal Publishing ISBN 979-11-85823-84-3

References

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  1. ^ a b c Yoon-Duck, Kwon (2023). "Kwon Yoon-Duck: Illustrator–Republic of Korea". Bookbird: A Journal of International Children's Literature. 61 (4): 42. doi:10.1353/bkb.2023.a912561. ISSN 1918-6983.
  2. ^ David Jacobson; Minjie Chen; Reiko Nakaigawa Lee; Jongsun Wee (12 March 2020). Betsy Bird (ed.). "The Japan-China-Korea Peace Picture Book Project". School Library Journal. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  3. ^ "서울국제여성영화제". 서울국제여성영화제. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  4. ^ "The Most Beautiful Metaphor of the Nature of "Violence" - Interview with Kwon Yoon-duk, Author of "Yong, Maeng Ho"". Webzine-KYEOL (in Korean). Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  5. ^ Angus, Carolyn (February 2008). "A World of Stories". School Library Journal. 54 (2): 03628930 – via EBSCO.
  6. ^ "Welcome to korea stamp portal system". koreastamp.epost.go.kr. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  7. ^ Dong-hee, Hwang (19 February 2023). "Writer Lee Geum-yi, illustrator Kwon Yoon-duck nominated for Andersen Award". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  8. ^ Park, Han-sol (19 February 2023). "Korean nominees announced for celebrated children's literature awards". The Korea Times. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Kwon Yoon-duck, Korea" (PDF). International Board on Books for Young People. 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2024.
  10. ^ Reviews of My Cat Copies Me
    • Just, Julie (17 June 2007). "Bookshelf". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
    • "MY CAT COPIES ME". Kirkus Reviews; Austin (3). 1 February 2007 – via Proquest.
    • DeCandido, GraceAnne A (15 April 2007). "My Cat Copies Me". The Booklist; Chicago. Vol. 103, no. 16. p. 49 – via Proquest.
  11. ^ Review of Flower Grandma
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