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Graphic Award, Bologna Children's Book Fair (1980).Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, Picture Book (1978), Anno's Journey.BG–HB Honor, Picture Book (1977), Anno's Counting Book.Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, Picture Book (1975), Anno's Alphabet.Kate Greenaway Medal, commended runner-up (1974), Anno's Alphabet.The Minister of Education's Art Encouragement Prize for New Artists (1974).Anno received the illustration award in 1984. 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.
In Tsuwano the Mitsumasa Anno Museum houses a collection of his works. Escher.Īlthough he was best known for his children's books, his paintings have earned recognition in his native Japan. Anno's style has been compared to that of M. They frequently incorporate subtle jokes and references. They are intricately detailed, showing a sense of humor as well as an interest in science, mathematics, and foreign cultures. Anno's illustrations are often in pen and ink and watercolor, and occasionally incorporate collage and woodcuts. 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. ArtĪnno was best known for wordless picture books featuring small, detailed figures. He died on 24 December 2020 from cirrhosis of the liver.
They had two children, Masaichiro and Seiko. He taught mathematics for ten years in an elementary school in Tokyo before beginning a career illustrating children's books.Īnno lived in Japan with his wife, Midori. After the war, Anno earned a degree from the Yamaguchi Teacher Training College (a predecessor of Yamaguchi University) in 1948. During World War II, Anno was drafted into the Japanese army.
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