Baek Hee-na | |
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 Baek at her Atelier in 2020 | |
| Born | 1 December 1971 Seoul, South Korea |
| Occupation | Author, Illustrator and Animator |
| Language | Korean |
| Nationality | South Korean |
| Genre | Picture Books |
| Notable awards | Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award |
Baek Hee-na (Korean: 백희나; RR: Baek Hui-na, born 1 December 1971 in Seoul) is a South Korean author of picture books, an illustrator and animator. She writes picture books with characters that have distinct personalities and with charming storytelling based on various illustration production experiences. Her representative work, Magic Candies, was selected as a recommended work and included on the IBBY Honour List in 2018[1] and produced as a musical in South Korea. Baek is the first South Korean to win the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA) in 2020.[2][3] Her picture books have been translated and published in several languages, including English, German, Chinese, Japanese, Swedish and Norwegian.
- ^ "IBBY Honour List – 2018". IBBY – International Board on Books for Young People. Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ "2020 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award". Archived from the original on 5 December 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ^ "Baek Hee-na first Korean to win Astrid Lindgren children's book award". YouTube. Archived from the original on 28 June 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2020.