Yōko Imoto

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Yōko Imoto ( Japanese い も と よ う こ , actually 井 本 蓉 子 , Imoto Yōko ; born October 20, 1944 in Hyōgo Prefecture ) is a Japanese picture book author and illustrator.

Imoto has published over 200 books that have been translated into multiple languages ​​including English, German, French, Finnish and Korean. Her best-known works in Japan include a series specifically aimed at babies who come into contact with picture books for the first time; the 24 books in the series have sold over four million times. Other books from her pen are also bestsellers in Japan, such as the illustrated hiragana learning book AIUEO no Ehon , of which 2.4 million copies have been sold. In addition to her own stories mostly about animals, she has also implemented European and Japanese fairy tales, for example by Kenji Miyazawa , as picture books.

Awards

  • Bologna Ragazzi Award as Honorable Mention for Neko no Ehon , 1985
  • Bologna Ragazzi Award as Honorable Mention for Soba no hana saita hi , 1986
  • Bologna Ragazzi Award as Honorable Mention for Uta no Ehon , 1987
  • 17th Sanrio Art Prize, 1991

Works (selection)

  • Odenwa rururu ( お で ん わ る る る ), 1980; together with Asao Sakurai
    • The red phone , 1987
  • Fusen matte ~ ( ふ う せ ん ま っ て ～ ), 1980
  • Kitsune to tsukimisō ( き つ ね と つ き み そ う ), 1981; together with Tamami Kowase
    • The happy little fox , 1994
  • Boku wa Onii-chan ( ぼ く は お に い ち ゃ ん ), 1981; together with Yoko Ono
    • I'm a big brother now , 1989
  • Kitsune-iro no Jitensha ( き つ ね い ろ の じ て ん し ゃ ), 1983; together with Yoko Ono
    • The little fox and the bicycle , 1986
  • Neko no Ehon ( ね こ の 絵 本 ), 1984
  • Soba no Hana saita Hi ( そ ば の は な さ い た ひ ), 1985; together with Tamami Kowase
    • The Path of the White Flowers , 1987
  • Uta no Ehon ( う た の 絵 本 ), 1986
  • Kurisumasu no Inu ( く り す ま す の い ぬ ), 1988
    • Happy Christmas to Jonas , 1998
  • Hariwazumi no Pikkuru ( は り ね ず み の ピ ッ ク ル ), 1988; together with Yōko Yamazaki
    • Muck the hedgehog , 1993
  • Boku ha kimi ga suki ( ぼ く は き み が す き ), 1991
    • "I love you" , 1997
  • To-mo-da-chi ( と ・ も ・ だ ・ ち ), 1995
    • Three little anglers , 1995
  • AIUEO no Ehon ( あ い う え お の え ほ ん ), 2004 (together with Kiyoshi Yokota )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information page at Kodansha Children's Books ( Memento of the original from January 25, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / monitor.kodansha.co.jp
  2. ↑ http://www.ehonnavi.net/ehon00.asp?no=29058
personal data
SURNAME Imoto, yōko
ALTERNATIVE NAMES い も と よ う こ (Japanese); 井 本 蓉 子 (Japanese, real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese picture book author and illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH October 20, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Hyogo Prefecture , Japan