Zhu Chengliang 朱成梁 is a prizewinning Chinese author and illustrator of children's books, often using traditional Chinese painting styles."Zhu Chengliang: Illustrator – China", Bookbird: A Journal of International Children's Literature, Vol.54, No.2 (2016), p. 20.
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 2014"Zhu Chengliang: Illustrator – China", Bookbird: A Journal of International Children's Literature, Vol.54, No.2 (2016), p. 20. 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)
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
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Zhu Chengliang on Goodreads IBBY dossier for Zhu Chengliang (nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen Award)