Zhu Chengliang

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.

Awards and honours

Grandpa's Tinderbox was nominated for the IBBY Honour List 2014A New Year's Reunion won first prize in the Feng Zikai Children's Book Award 2010A New Year's Reunion was listed as one of the 2011 Ten Best Illustrated Books by the New York TimesThe Sparkling Rabbit-Shaped Lamp was a Runner Up in the 4th UNESCO Noma Concours for Picture Book Illustrations

Works

All in a Day, 1986The Story of the Kitchen God, 1988Flame, 2007A New Year's Reunion, 2008Grandpa's Tinderbox, 2013Sweet Laba Congee, Reycraft Books, 2020