Lee Uk-bae

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Lee Uk-bae
Lee at the Library in 2016
Born	1960 (age 63–64) Yongin, South Korea
Occupation	Author, illustrator
Language	Korean
Nationality	South Korean
Genre	Picture Books

Lee Uk-bae (Korean: 이억배; born 1960) is a South-Korean writer and illustrator of children's books. Lee, known as an artist who produces picture books that effectively convey Korea's unique cultural sentiment. The elements of Minhwa(Korean folk paintings) are distinctive in his paintings. He had his first success with Sori's Harvest Moon Day in 1995, which was published in US, Japan, China, Taiwan, France and Switzerland. As an illustrator, he was the Korean nominee for the 2020 Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest international distinction given to authors and illustrators of children's books.^[1]