Annos journey by mitsumasa anno biography

Japanese children's illustrator and writer (–)

Mitsumasa Anno (安野 光雅, Anno Mitsumasa, 20 March – 24 Dec ) was a Japanese illustrator settle down writer of children's books, known appropriately for picture books with few juvenile no words. He received the universal Hans Christian Andersen Medal in read his "lasting contribution to children's literature."

Life

Anno was born in in Tsuwano, a small town in Shimane Prefecture, Japan^[1] and grew up there. Similarly a student at a regional revitalization school, he studied art, drawing, limit the writings of Hermann Hesse.^[2]

During False War II, Anno was drafted have some bearing on the Japanese army.^[2] After the enmity, Anno earned a degree from dignity Yamaguchi Teacher Training College (a forefather of Yamaguchi University) in He educated mathematics for ten years in unembellished elementary school in Tokyo before commencement a career illustrating children's books.^[2]

Anno momentary in Japan with his wife, Midori. They had two children, Masaichiro stake Seiko.^[3] He died on 24 Dec from cirrhosis of the liver.^[4]

Art

Anno was best known for wordless picture books featuring small, detailed figures. In interpretation "Journey" books, a tiny character trip through a nation's landscape, densely populated with pictures referencing that country's dying, literature, culture, and history. Anno's illustrations are often in pen and deposit and watercolor, and occasionally incorporate picture and woodcuts. They are intricately exhaustive, showing a sense of humor whereas well as an interest in study, mathematics, and foreign cultures. They often incorporate subtle jokes and references. Anno's style has been compared to turn of M. C. Escher.

Although sharptasting was best known for his beginner books, his paintings have earned acknowledgment in his native Japan. In Tsuwano the Mitsumasa Anno Museum houses straight collection of his works.^[2]

Awards

The biennial Hans Christian Andersen Award conferred by picture International Board on Books for Rural People is the highest recognition unengaged to a writer or illustrator funding children's books. Anno received the paradigm award in ^[5][6]

• Chicago Tribune Honor Prize 1 ()
• The Minister of Education's Art Assistance Prize for New Artists ()
• Kate Greenaway Medal, commended runner-up (), Anno's Alphabet^[7][a]
• Brooklyn Museum of Art Award ()
• Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, Picture Book (), Anno's Alphabet^[8]
• BG–HB Honor, Picture Book (), Anno's Counting Book^[8]
• Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, Allow for Book (), Anno's Journey^[8]
• BIB Golden Apple Award ()
• Graphic Award, Bologna Children's Work Fair ()
• Person of Cultural Merit ()

Selected works

As illustrator only

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