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'{{Infobox writer | name = Mitsumasa Anno (安野 光雅) | image = | caption = | birth_place = [[Tsuwano]],Japan | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1926|3|20}} | occupation = Illustrator, writer | nationality = Japanese | spouse = Midori | children = 2 | alma_mater = Yamaguchi Teacher Training College | notableworks = | genre = [[Children's literature|Children's]] [[picture books]] | period = 1968–present | awards = {{awd |[[Hans Christian Andersen Award]] |1984}} }} {{nihongo|'''Mitsumasa Anno'''|安野 光雅|Anno Mitsumasa| born 20 March 1926}} is a [[Japan]]ese [[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<ref name=JCB/> and grew up there. As a student at a regional high school, he studied art, drawing, and the writings of [[Hermann Hesse]].<ref name=ANSWERS/> During [[World War II]], Anno was drafted into the Japanese army.<ref name=ANSWERS/> 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.<ref name="ANSWERS"/> Anno lives in Japan with his wife, Midori. They have two children, Masaichiro and Seiko. <ref name=ENC>{{cite web |title=Anno, Mitsumasa 1926- |url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3433600013.html |work=Something About the Author |publisher=Encyclopedia.com |date=2005 |accessdate=2015-03-04}}</ref> ==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 [[woodcut]]s. 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.<ref name="ANSWERS"/> ==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.<ref name=andersen/><ref name=ibby-anno/> *[[Chicago Tribune]] Honor Award (1970) *The Minister of Education's Art Encouragement Prize for New Artists (1974) * [[Kate Greenaway Medal]], commended runner-up (1974), ''Anno's Alphabet''<ref name=ccsu/>{{efn|name=HC}} *[[Brooklyn Museum|Brooklyn Museum of Art Award]] (1975) * [[Boston Globe–Horn Book Award]], Picture Book (1975), ''Anno's Alphabet''<ref name=bghb/> * BG–HB Honor, Picture Book (1977), ''Anno's Counting Book''<ref name=bghb/> * Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, Picture Book (1978), ''Anno's Journey''<ref name=bghb/> *BIB Golden Apple Award (1979) *Graphic Award, [[Bologna Children's Book Fair]] (1980) *[[Person of Cultural Merit]] (2012) ==Selected works== <!-- is the first subsection a complete list of writings? does it accurately represent his career timespan? --> {{colbegin}} * ''[[Mysterious Pictures]]'' (1968) * ''[[Jeux de construction]]'' (1970) * ''[[Topsy Turvies]]'' (1970) * ''[[Upside Downers]]'' (1971) * ''[[Zwergenspuk]]'' (1972) * ''[[Dr. Anno's Magical Midnight Circus]]'' (1972) * ''[[Anno's Alphabet]]'' (1974) * ''[[Anno's Counting Book]]'' (1975) * ''[[Anno's Journey]]'' (1977) * ''[[Anno's Animals]]'' (1979) * ''[[Anno's Italy]]'' (1979) * ''[[The Unique World of Mitsumasa Anno: Selected Works, 1968-1977]]'' ([[London]]: [[Bodley Head]], [[New York]]: [[Philomel]], 1980) * ''[[Anno's Magical ABC]]'' (1981) * ''[[Anno's Counting House]]'' (1982) * ''[[Anno's Britain]]'' (1982) * ''[[Anno's USA]]'' (1983) * ''[[Anno's Flea Market]]'' (1984) * ''[[Anno's Three Little Pigs]]'' (1985) * ''[[The King's Flower]]'' (1986) * ''[[All in a Day]]'' (1986) * ''[[Anno's Sundial]]'' (1987) * ''[[Anno's Upside Downers]]'' (1988) * ''[[In Shadowland]]'' (1988) * ''[[Anno's Peekaboo]]'' (1988) * ''[[Anno's Faces]]'' (1989) * ''[[Anno's Aesop: A Book of Fables]]'' (1989) * ''[[Chyi Miaw Gwo]]'' (1990) * ''[[Anno's Medieval World]]'' (1990) * ''[[Anno's Masks]]'' (1990) * ''[[The Animals]]'' (1992) * ''[[Anno's Hat Tricks]]'' (1993) * ''[[Anno's Twice Told Tale]]'' (1993) * ''[[Anno's Magic Seeds]]'' (1995) * ''[[Anno's Journey]]'' (1997) * ''[[Anno's Math Games]]'' (1997) * ''[[Anno's Math Games 2]]'' (1997) * ''[[Anno's Math Games 3]]'' (1997) * ''[[Anno's Mysterious Multiplying Jar]]'' (1999) * ''[[The Art Of Mitsumasa Anno: Bridging Cultures]]'' (with [[Ann Beneduce]]) (2003) * ''[[Bungotai for Youths]]'' (2003) * ''[[Anno's Spain]]'' (2004) {{colend}} ===As illustrator only=== * ''[[Socrates and the Three Little Pigs]]'' by [[Tsuyoshi Mori]] (1986) * ''[[The Magic Pocket: Selected Poems]]'' by [[Michio Mado]] (1998) ==See also== {{Portal bar |Children's literature |Japan |Visual arts }} <!-- delete the word "bar" if there are enough ordinary See also --> ==Notes== {{notelist |notes= {{efn|name=HC |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.<ref name=ccsu/> }} }} ==References== {{reflist |25em |refs= <ref name=ANSWERS> {{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://www.answers.com/topic/mitsumasa-anno?cat=entertainment |title=Mitsumasa Anno |work=Gale Biographies of Children's Authors |publisher=Answers.com (reprint) |date= |accessdate=2007-05-01}}</ref> <!-- <ref name=HURST> {{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://www.carolhurst.com/authors/manno.html |title=Featured Author and Illustrator: Mitsumasa Anno |work=Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site |author=Carol Otis Hurst and Rebecca Otis |date= |accessdate=2007-05-01}}</ref> --> <ref name=JCB> {{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://www.yamaneko.org/einfo/mgzn/jcb_e0104.htm#anno |title=Interview with Mitsumasa Anno |publisher=Japanese Children's Books |date=Winter 2004 |accessdate=2007-05-01}}</ref> <ref name=andersen> [http://www.ibby.org/index.php?id=273 "Hans Christian Andersen Awards"]. [[International Board on Books for Young People]] (IBBY). Retrieved 2013-08-03.</ref> <ref name=ibby-anno> [http://www.literature.at/viewer.alo?objid=14769&viewmode=fullscreen&rotate=&scale=3.33&page=67 "Mitsumasa Anno"] (pp. 72–73, by Eva Glistrup).<br> <!-- full-page profile not used --> ''The Hans Christian Andersen Awards, 1956–2002''. IBBY. [[Gyldendal]]. 2002. Hosted by [[Austrian Literature Online]]. Retrieved 2013-08-03.</ref> <ref name=bghb> {{cite web|url=http://archive.hbook.com/bghb/past/past.asp|title= Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards Winners and Honor Books 1967 to present| work=The Horn Book| accessdate=2013-10-24}}</ref> <ref name=ccsu> [http://web.ccsu.edu/library/nadeau/award%20books/KateGreenaway.htm "Kate Greenaway Medal"]. 2005(?). Curriculum Lab. Elihu Burritt Library. [[Central Connecticut State University]] (CCSU). Retrieved 2013-10-24.</ref> }} ==External links== * {{LCAuth|n79045458|Mitsumasa Anno|83|ue}} {{Hans Christian Andersen Medal}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Anno, Mitsumasa}} [[Category:Japanese illustrators]] [[Category:Japanese children's writers]] [[Category:Japanese children's book illustrators]] [[Category:Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration winners]] [[Category:Place of birth missing (living people)]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:1926 births]]'