Events
Arrival - to the New World: Shaun Tan speaks about his work
22 October 2011
Shaun Tan, a well-known Australian illustrator and author of various award-winning children's books, will give a talk and presentation at the Japanese Board on Books for Young People on 22 October. He has been developing an international reputation as an outstanding and original illustrator and this year he won the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award in Australia. His works have been translated and published world-wide, including in Japan.
The event has two parts. First, his short film "The Lost Thing", which won this year's Academy Award for Short Animated Film, will be screaned with Japanese subtitles. Second part will be a dialogue with Mr Motoyuki Shibata (translator).
Shaun Tan's work highlights the story of the hidden beauty in life, surprises we find in the world, and even draws out a page of history by also questioning the meaning of self-existence, loneliness and anxiety with his definite storytelling skills. He shows the new possibility of children's books and leads it to a whole new world. Please come to encounter and hear his stories about his childhood and his sensibility as an artist at the talk.
- "Assuming someone try to draw the world, anyone would discover how this world is filled with confusions."
- " There is no need to set out for a journey to find some strage creatures. You just need to awaken in this strage world." (Shaun Tan)
Ahead of the talk at the Tsuda Hall in Tokyo, Tan will give a talk and workshop at the Osaka Prefectural Central library under the sponsorship of the International Institute for Children's Literature, Osaka.
Shaun Tan:
He was born in Fremantle, Western Australia, in 1974 and currently lives and works in Melbourne. At the University of Western Australia he completed an honours degree in English literature and art history, theory and criticism.
Books as Author and Illustrator:
Tales from Outer Suburbia (2008) / The Arrival (2006) / The Red Tree (2001) / The Lost Thing (2000) etc.
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| Date |
22 October 2011 - 22 October 2011 * Reservation: |
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18:00 - * Open from 17:30. |
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| Venue |
Tsuda Hall 1-18-24 Sendagaya, Shibuya-ku Phone: 03-3402-1851 Website: Email: |
| Admission |
1000yen |
| Enquiries |
Japan Board on Books for Young People Phone: 03-5228-0051 Fax: 03-5228-0053 Website: http://www.jbby.org Email: info@jbby.org |
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Credit line for the above image in center:© Tan Shaun Portrait 2008, Inari Kiuru |
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