Shaun Tan
Shaun Tan (* 1974 in Fremantle , Western Australia ) is an Australian writer and illustrator .
life and work
Shaun Tan specializes in picture books and graphic novels . In 2010 he was the artistic guest of honor at the 68th Worldcon in Melbourne . His award-winning book The Arrival (dt. A new country ) describes in vivid pictures the migration of a father to a foreign country, with completely foreign customs, food and animals. Shaun Tan worked on this book for four years. There is not a single readable word in this book.
He worked as a concept artist on the films Horton hears a who! and WALL · E - The Last Cleans Up Earth , both released in 2008. His film The Lost Thing , which he made with Andrew Ruhemann and which is based on his own book from 1999, has received numerous awards.
Awards
- 2000 World Fantasy Award , Best Artist
- 2001 Ditmar Award , Best Artwork, The Lost Thing
- 2002 New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Literature, The Red Tree
- 2006 New South Wales Premier's Literary Award, The Arrival
- 2007 Picture Book of the Year Award, The Arrival
- 2007 World Fantasy Award, Best Artist
- 2008 Prix du meilleur album at the Festival International de la Bande Dessinée d'Angoulême , The Arrival
- 2008 Book of the Month (October) by the Institute for Youth Literature , The Arrival
- 2008 ALA Best Books for Young Adults , '' The Arrival ''
- 2009 LUCHS 260, Tales from Outer Suburbia
- 2009 German Youth Literature Award / Picture Book Category , Tales from Outer Suburbia
- 2009 World Fantasy Award, Best Artist
- 2010 Oscar , Best Animated Short Film category , The Lost Thing
- 2011 Trickfilmfestival Stuttgart , SWR audience award for The Lost Thing
- 2011 Toad of the Month June for The Bird King and other sketches
- 2011 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Prize
- 2014 illustration prize for children's and young people's books for The Rules of Summer
- 2020 Kate Greenaway Medal for Tales from the Inner City
Works
- The Playground , 1997
- The Puppet , 1999, text by Ian Bone
- The Lost Thing , 2000 (German: The lost thing , Carlsen Verlag, Hamburg, 2009, ISBN 978-3-551-51725-8 )
- The Red Tree , 2001 (German Der Rote Baum , Carlsen Verlag, Hamburg, 2012, ISBN 978-3-551-51778-4 )
- The Rabbits , 2003 (dt. The Hare )
- The Arrival , 2006 (German Ein neue Land Carlsen Verlag, Hamburg, 2008, ISBN 978-3-551-73431-0 )
- Tales from Outer Suburbia , 2008 (German stories from the suburb of the universe , Carlsen Verlag, Hamburg, 2008, ISBN 978-3-551-58198-3 )
- The Bird King and other sketches. Templar Publishing, 2011 (German The Bird King and other sketches , Carlsen Verlag, Hamburg, 2011, ISBN 978-3-551-51759-3 )
- with Philip Pullman: Grimms Märchen , translated from English by Martina Tichy. Aladin Verlag, Hamburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-8489-2001-3 .
- The Rules of Summer , 2013 (German. The rules of summer , translated from the English by Eike Schönfeld . Aladin Verlag, Hamburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-8489-0010-7 ).
- The Singing Bones , 2016
- Tales from the Inner City , 2018 (German journey into the inner city , Aladin Verlag, Hamburg 2018, ISBN 9783848921188 ).
Web links
- Official website
- Shaun Tan in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- LYNX 260
- ComicRadioShow review for "A New Land"
- Review overview of books by Shaun Tan at Jugendbuchtipps.de
- "I don't think of the readers", interview on the occasion of the German Youth Literature Award 2009
Individual evidence
- ↑ About me on Shaun Tan’s website, accessed on July 17, 2009 (English)
- ↑ And if they haven't died, tell us today in the FAZ of October 5, 2013, page 10
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tan, Shaun |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian writer and illustrator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1974 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fremantle , Western Australia |