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*Mysterious Pictures (1968)
* ''[[Mysterious Pictures]]'' (1968)
*Jeux de construction (1970)
* ''[[Jeux de construction]]'' (1970)
*Topsy Turvies (1970)
* ''[[Topsy Turvies]]'' (1970)
*Upside Downers (1971)
* ''[[Upside Downers]]'' (1971)
*Zwergenspuk (1972)
* ''[[Zwergenspuk]]'' (1972)
*Dr. Anno's Magical Midnight Circus (1972)
* ''[[Dr. Anno's Magical Midnight Circus]]'' (1972)
*Anno's Alphabet (1974)
* ''[[Anno's Alphabet]]'' (1974)
*Anno's Counting Book (1975)
* ''[[Anno's Counting Book]]'' (1975)
*Anno's Journey (1977)
* ''[[Anno's Journey]]'' (1977)
*Anno's Animals (1979)
* ''[[Anno's Animals]]'' (1979)
*Anno's Italy (1979)
* ''[[Anno's Italy]]'' (1979)
* ''The Unique World of Mitsumasa Anno: selected works, 1968-1977'' (London: Bodley Head, New York: Philomel, 1980)
* ''[[The Unique World of Mitsumasa Anno: Selected Works, 1968-1977]]'' ([[London]]: [[Bodley Head]], [[New York]]: [[Philomel]], 1980)
*Anno's Magical ABC (1981)
* ''[[Anno's Magical ABC]]'' (1981)
*Anno's Counting House (1982)
* ''[[Anno's Counting House]]'' (1982)
*Anno's Britain (1982)
* ''[[Anno's Britain]]'' (1982)
*Anno's USA (1983)
* ''[[Anno's USA]]'' (1983)
*Anno's Flea Market (1984)
* ''[[Anno's Flea Market]]'' (1984)
*Anno's Three Little Pigs (1985)
* ''[[Anno's Three Little Pigs]]'' (1985)
*The King's Flower (1986)
* ''[[The King's Flower]]'' (1986)
*All in a Day (1986)
* ''[[All in a Day]]'' (1986)
*Anno's Sundial (1987)
* ''[[Anno's Sundial]]'' (1987)
*Anno's Upside Downers (1988)
* ''[[Anno's Upside Downers]]'' (1988)
*In Shadowland (1988)
* ''[[In Shadowland]]'' (1988)
*Anno's Peekaboo (1988)
* ''[[Anno's Peekaboo]]'' (1988)
*Anno's Faces (1989)
* ''[[Anno's Faces]]'' (1989)
*Anno's Aesop: A Book of Fables (1989)
* ''[[Anno's Aesop: A Book of Fables]]'' (1989)
*Chyi Miaw Gwo (1990)
* ''[[Chyi Miaw Gwo]]'' (1990)
*Anno's Medieval World (1990)
* ''[[Anno's Medieval World]]'' (1990)
*Anno's Masks (1990)
* ''[[Anno's Masks]]'' (1990)
*The Animals (1992)
* ''[[The Animals]]'' (1992)
*Anno's Hat Tricks (1993)
* ''[[Anno's Hat Tricks]]'' (1993)
*Anno's Twice Told Tale (1993)
* ''[[Anno's Twice Told Tale]]'' (1993)
*Anno's Magic Seeds (1995)
* ''[[Anno's Magic Seeds]]'' (1995)
*Anno's Journey (1997)
* ''[[Anno's Journey]]'' (1997)
*Anno's Math Games (1997)
* ''[[Anno's Math Games]]'' (1997)
*Anno's Math Games 2 (1997)
* ''[[Anno's Math Games 2]]'' (1997)
*Anno's Math Games 3 (1997)
* ''[[Anno's Math Games 3]]'' (1997)
*Anno's Mysterious Multiplying Jar (1999)
* ''[[Anno's Mysterious Multiplying Jar]]'' (1999)
*The Art Of Mitsumasa Anno: Bridging Cultures (with Ann Beneduce) (2003)
* ''[[The Art Of Mitsumasa Anno: Bridging Cultures]]'' (with [[Ann Beneduce]]) (2003)
*Bungotai for Youths (2003)
* ''[[Bungotai for Youths]]'' (2003)
*Anno's Spain (2004)
* ''[[Anno's Spain]]'' (2004)
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===As illustrator only===
===As illustrator only===
* ''Socrates and the Three Little Pigs'' by [[Tsuyoshi Mori]] (1986)
* ''[[Socrates and the Three Little Pigs]]'' by [[Tsuyoshi Mori]] (1986)
* ''The Magic Pocket: Selected Poems'' by [[Michio Mado]] (1998)
* ''[[The Magic Pocket: Selected Poems]]'' by [[Michio Mado]] (1998)


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 01:30, 26 May 2017

Mitsumasa Anno (安野 光雅)
Born (1926-03-20) March 20, 1926 (age 98)
Tsuwano,Japan
OccupationIllustrator, writer
NationalityJapanese
Alma materYamaguchi Teacher Training College
Period1968–present
GenreChildren's picture books
Notable awardsHans Christian Andersen Award
1984
SpouseMidori
Children2

Mitsumasa Anno (安野 光雅, Anno Mitsumasa, born 20 March 1926) is a Japanese illustrator and writer of children's books, known best for picture books with few or no words. He received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1984 for his "lasting contribution to children's literature."

Life

Anno was born in 1926 in Tsuwano, a small town in Shimane Prefecture, Japan[1] and grew up there. As a student at a regional high school, he studied art, drawing, and the writings of Hermann Hesse.[2]

During World War II, Anno was drafted into the Japanese army.[2] After the war, Anno earned a degree from the Yamaguchi Teacher Training College in 1948. He taught mathematics for ten years in an elementary school in Tokyo before beginning a career illustrating children's books.[2]

Anno lives in Japan with his wife, Midori. They have two children, Masaichiro and Seiko. [3]

Art

Anno is best known for wordless picture books featuring small, detailed figures. In the "Journey" books, a tiny character travels through a nation's landscape, densely populated with pictures referencing that country's art, literature, culture, and history. Anno's illustrations are often in pen and ink and watercolor, and occasionally incorporate collage and woodcuts. They are intricately detailed, showing a sense of humor as well as an interest in science, mathematics, and foreign cultures. They frequently incorporate subtle jokes and references. Anno's style has been compared to that of M. C. Escher.

Although he is best known for his children's books, his paintings have earned recognition in his native Japan. In Tsuwano the Mitsumasa Anno Museum houses a collection of his works.[2]

Awards

The biennial Hans Christian Andersen Award conferred by the International Board on Books for Young People is the highest recognition available to a writer or illustrator of children's books. Jansson received the illustration award in 1984.[4][5]

Selected works

As illustrator only

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Today there are usually eight books on the Greenaway Medal shortlist. According to CCSU, some runners-up were Commended (from 1959) or Highly Commended (from 1974). There were 99 distinctions of both kinds in 44 years, including two for 1974.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Interview with Mitsumasa Anno". Japanese Children's Books. Winter 2004. Retrieved 2007-05-01.
  2. ^ a b c d "Mitsumasa Anno". Gale Biographies of Children's Authors. Answers.com (reprint). Retrieved 2007-05-01.
  3. ^ "Anno, Mitsumasa 1926-". Something About the Author. Encyclopedia.com. 2005. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
  4. ^ "Hans Christian Andersen Awards". International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY). Retrieved 2013-08-03.
  5. ^ "Mitsumasa Anno" (pp. 72–73, by Eva Glistrup).
    The Hans Christian Andersen Awards, 1956–2002. IBBY. Gyldendal. 2002. Hosted by Austrian Literature Online. Retrieved 2013-08-03.
  6. ^ a b "Kate Greenaway Medal". 2005(?). Curriculum Lab. Elihu Burritt Library. Central Connecticut State University (CCSU). Retrieved 2013-10-24.
  7. ^ a b c "Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards Winners and Honor Books 1967 to present". The Horn Book. Retrieved 2013-10-24.
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