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Kwon Yoon-duck | |
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| Born | 1960 (age 63–64) Osan, South Korea |
| Occupation | picture books |
| Language | Korean |
| Nationality | South Korean |
| Genre | Picture Books |
Kwon Yoon-duck (Korean: 권윤덕, born 1960 in Osan,[1] South Korea) is a Korean picture book author and illustrator. She graduated from Seoul Women's University, Department of Food Science, and majored in advertising design at Hongik University Graduate School of Industrial Art. Since 1987, Kwon has managed a citizen art school and has been active in a picture book group with children's book author and illustrator Lee Uk-bae . In 1995, she published Manhee's House. Kwon published Flower Granny as part of the "Peace Picture Book" series launched by 12 artists and publishers from Korea, China, and Japan.[2] The work won the Children and Young Adults category from the 1st Korea Publishing Book Awards in 2010, the 3rd CJ Picture Book Award in 2010, and the 2013 Ministry of Gender Equality and Family Award for the Comfort Women. In 2012, the production process of Flower Granny was made into a documentary film, The Big Picture, directed by Hyo Kwon.[3] She was also nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award to represent Korea in 2016 and the Hans Christian Andersen Award 2024 for the Illustration. Her notable works include Manhee's House, Flower Granny, Tools at Work, There Dangles a Spider, and Yong Maeng-ho.[4]
- ^ Yoon-Duck, Kwon (2023). "Kwon Yoon-Duck: Illustrator–Republic of Korea". Bookbird: A Journal of International Children's Literature. 61 (4): 42. doi:10.1353/bkb.2023.a912561. ISSN 1918-6983.
- ^ David Jacobson; Minjie Chen; Reiko Nakaigawa Lee; Jongsun Wee (12 March 2020). Betsy Bird (ed.). "The Japan-China-Korea Peace Picture Book Project". School Library Journal. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
- ^ "서울국제여성영화제". 서울국제여성영화제. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
- ^ "The Most Beautiful Metaphor of the Nature of "Violence" - Interview with Kwon Yoon-duk, Author of "Yong, Maeng Ho"". Webzine-KYEOL (in Korean). Retrieved 10 May 2024.