Lee Myung-ae

South Korean picture book author and illustrator

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LanguageKoreanGenrePicture bookWebsiteinstagram.com/myungaelee

Lee Myung-ae (Korean: 이명애 is a South Korean picture book author and illustrator. Her best-known works include Plastic Island, 10 Seconds, Tomorrow Will Be a Sunny Day, Vacation, and Flower.

Lee's first original picture book, Plastic Island won the 2015 Nami Concours Green Island Award^[1] and the 2015 BIB Golden Apple Award for its creative approach.^[2]

Awards

2015 Nami Concours Green Island Award for Plastic Island^[3]
2015 BIB Golden Plaque Award for Plastic Island^[2]
2017 Nami Concours Green Island Award for Tomorrow Will Be a Sunny Day^[3]
2020 Shortlisted for the AOI World Illustration Awards 2020^[4]
2021 Won the BIB Golden Apple Award for Tomorrow Will Be a Sunny Day^[5]^[6]

Works

2021 Flower (Munhakdongne)ISBN 9788954684217
2021 Vacation (Morae-al)ISBN 9791157854981
2020 Plastic Island (Sang Publishing)ISBN 9788991126527
- 2022 МУСОРный OCTPOB (Самокат, Russia)^[7]ISBN 978-5-00167-397-2
- 2019 塑料岛 (山东教育出版社 Shandong Education Publishing, China)ISBN 978-7532895670
- 2019 Sur mon île (De La Martinière Jeunesse, France)^[8]ISBN 9782732490564
- 2018 塑膠島 (字畝文化, Taiwan)ISBN 9789869550864
- 2017 いろのかけらのしま (Poplar Corporation, Japan)^[9]ISBN 978-4-591-15618-6
2020 Tomorrow Will Be a Sunny Day (Munhakdongne)ISBN 9788954660075
2015 10 Seconds (Bandal)ISBN 9788956186641
2014 Plastic Island (Sang Publishing)ISBN 9788991126428

Activities

2022 Exhibition of original artwork at the Jeonju International Picture Book Fair^[10]
2021 Invited to the Asian Festival of Children's Content in Singapore^[11]
2020 Online exhibition, Picture Books as Everyday Art, at the Seoul Design Foundation^[12]

References

^ "NAMI CONCOURS - 나미콩쿠르". namiconcours.com. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
^ ^a ^b "BIB Winners!". International Centre for the Picture Book in Society. 13 September 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
^ ^a ^b "NAMI CONCOURS - 나미콩쿠르". namiconcours.com. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
^ "The AOI - Lee Myung ae". The AOI. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
^ "Korean picture books win international illustration awards". koreatimes. 17 October 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
^ "Evaluations of the Jury of awarded illustrations on BIB 2021". bibiana.sk. 29 October 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
^ "Мусорный остров". bibliogid.ru. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
^ "Sur mon île - Myung-Ae Lee". Babelio (in French). Retrieved 25 June 2023.
^ "いろのかけらのしま". ポプラ社. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
^ Communication, Orange. "전주다움". 전주다움 (in Korean). Retrieved 25 June 2023.
^ "[Singapore] Children's picture book writer Lee Myung-ae invited to Asian Festival of Children's Content(AFCC) : Korea.net : The official website of the Republic of Korea". www.korea.net. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
^ "일상의 예술, 그림책 전". play-link.gitlab.io. Retrieved 25 June 2023.