Song Nan Zhang


Song Nan Zhang is a Canadian-Chinese artist, illustrator and author of children's books.

Education

Zhang was born in Shanghai in 1942. He has undergraduate and postgraduate degrees from the Central Institute of Fine Arts, and attended the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.

Career

After graduating from the Central Institute of Fine Arts, Zhang became a staff member there: art professor, deputy director, and dean of the mural department. Zhang moved to Canada in 1988.
Zhang's paintings have been exhibited at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; throughout China; Hong Kong; Tokyo; Paris; and Seoul.

Awards and honors

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Publications

As author-illustrator
  • 1993 - A Little Tiger in the Chinese Night: An Autobiography in Art, Tundra Books
  • 1994 - Five Heavenly Emperors: Chinese Myths of Creation, Tundra Books
  • 1995 - The Children of China: An Artist's Journey, Tundra Books
  • 1997 - Cowboy on the Steppes, Tundra Books
  • 1998 - The Ballad of Mulan, Pan Asian Publications - retelling old story
  • 2000 - A Time of Golden Dragons, Tundra Books
  • 2005 - The Great Voyages of Zheng He, Pan Asian Publications
Works by Zhang have been translated into Spanish, Vietnamese, and Chinese.
As illustrator