Lee Jihyeon

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Lee Jihyeon
Born (1981-10-20) October 20, 1981 (age 42)
Seoul, South Korea
OccupationAuthor, illustrator
LanguageKorean
GenrePicture Books
Notable awardsAmadora BD Prize for Best Foreign Illustrator(2019), IBBY Silent Book Collection(2019), The New York Times Notable Children’s Book(2015)
Website
jihyeon2.blogspot.com

instagram.com/jihyeonlee_picturebook/

facebook.com/seno.jhlee

Lee Jihyeon (이지현; born October 20, 1981) is a South Korean illustrator. Her first original picture book, Pool, won the gold medal at the 2015 Society of Illustrators’ Original Art Show,[1] was an NPR.org Best Book of the Year for 2015,[2] a New York Times Notable Book of the Year for 2015,[3] and one of the best-translated books of the year chosen by the IBBY in Sweden in 2016.[4] Her best-known works include Pool, Door, Strange House, and The Last Island.

Career[edit]

Lee Jihyeon's first book, Pool, was published in translation in many countries including the U.S., France, Spain, Italy, and Sweden, won the gold medal at the 2015 Society of Illustrators’ Original Art Show,[1] and was chosen as an NPR.org Best Book of the Year for 2015,[2] a New York Times Notable Book of the Year for 2015,[3] and one of the best-translated books of the year by the IBBY in Sweden in 2016.[4] Door, published in 2017, was exported to the U.S., Italy, and China. It was selected as one of the Most Astonishingly Unconventional Children's Books of 2018 by the School Library Journal (SLJ) of America[5] and as an IBBY Silent Book of 2019.[6] In 2023 she participated in the Brisbane Writers Festival, Australia.[7]

Awards[edit]

  • 2019 IBBY Silent Book Collection, La porta (Door)[6]
  • 2018 The Most Astonishingly Unconventional Children's Books selected by the School Library Journal (SLJ), Door [5]
  • 2016 IBBY Sweden's List of Best Translated Books, Pool [4]
  • 2015 The New York Times Notable Children's Book of 2015, Pool [3]
  • 2015 NPR.org Best Book of the Year, Pool [2]
  • 2015 Junior Library Guild Selection, Pool[8]
  • 2015 Gold Medal Winner - Society of Illustrators' Original Art Show, Pool[1]

Works[edit]

  • 2021 The Last Island (Changbi) ISBN 978-8936455651
  • 2018 Strange House, (Iyagikot Publishing) ISBN 978-8998751326
  • 2017 Door (Iyagikot Publishing) ISBN 978-8998751203
  • 2013 Pool (Iyagikot Publishing) ISBN 978-8998751029

Collaborations with other authors[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "JiHyeon Lee (Gold Medal) – Society of Illustrators". Retrieved 2023-08-23.
  2. ^ a b c Allen, Annette Elizabeth; Eads, David; Lettenberger, Becky; Lindamood, Wes (December 8, 2015). "NPR's Book Concierge". NPR. Retrieved 2023-08-23.
  3. ^ a b c "Notable Children's Books of 2015 (Published 2015)". 2015-11-30. Retrieved 2023-08-23.
  4. ^ a b c "K-Book Trends - A deeper world told through picture books 'Iyagikot Publishing (Story Flower)'". www.kbook-eng.or.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 2023-08-23.
  5. ^ a b comments, Travis Jonker 7 (2018-07-17). "The Most Astonishingly Unconventional Children's Books of 2018". 100 Scope Notes. Retrieved 2023-08-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ a b "Silent Books Collection 2019". International Board on Books for Young People. Retrieved 2023-08-23.
  7. ^ "Dive into the Storytelling Pool". Brisbane Writers Festival. 2023-05-10. Retrieved 2023-08-23.
  8. ^ "2015 Junior Library Guild Winners". www.fictiondb.com. Retrieved 2023-08-23.
  9. ^ "In These Stunning Picture Books, Children Navigate a Big, Wide World (Published 2018)". 2018-11-09. Retrieved 2023-08-23.
  10. ^ "Gary Clement's 'Swimming, Swimming,' and More (Published 2015)". 2015-05-29. Retrieved 2023-08-23.