Transcript Asian Children’s Literature

Asian Children’s Literature
Group 7
Sophomore B
99121203 Jennifer
99121215 Rosy
99121257 SooKie
99121243 Sandy
About Jimmy Liao
1958, Nov, 15 : born (53 years old now)
 original name : Liao Fu Pin(廖福彬)
 pen name : 幾米
 1981 : Graduated from Chinese Culture University
 The work after graduation : in an advertising
company
 1995: suffered from leukemia
 1998 : started to publish
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Resume: Awards and Achievements
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1998 Secrets In The Woods
A Fish With A Smile
 “The Best Children’s Books”
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1999 A Chance of Sunshine
 “One of the Ten Most Influential
Books”
Resume: Awards and Achievements
2001 Sound of Colors
 “Recommended Book” of
Golden Tripod award
 2002 The Moments ,Blinking
Seconds ,and Love in the Cards
 Recommended Book of
Government Information Office
Pourquoi
 “Best seller books”
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Resume: Awards and Achievements
2003 : Studio Voice Magazine --The most
creative 55 people in Asia.
 2007 : Discovery Channel selected as one of
the six outstanding figures of the "Portraits
Taiwan
 Books are translated into English, French,
German, Greek, Japanese, Korean and so on .
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Media
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oily felt pens
watercolor
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oily felt pens
Parker ink stain
British watercolor
paper
1999-09
1999-09
1999-02
2001-01
Exhibition
In huashan1914 creative
park(華山藝文中心)
Topic：How to own a
corner(躲進世界的角落)
Why so popular ?
1. Not just for Children, but for adults also
2. touches the feelings of heartbroken people
3. be good at conveying feelings and moods
4. show his sense of humor against a backdrop
of grievance.
Publishing- Mandarin Daily
News (MDN)
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About MDN
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founded on October 25, 1948
a group of linguistic experts to
promote the right usage of the
Mandarin language
the only Taiwanese newspaper that
printed the Chinese characters with its
corresponding phonetic symbols to
provide readers with the correct
Mandarin pronunciation
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helped people from different regional groups learn a common
language
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In 1959, MDN was reorganized into a non-profit foundation
focused on promoting language and literary education
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enhanced its editorial activities to promote juvenile books,
offered quality extra curricular activities for children and
broadened its charitable activities
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publishes a Daily Journal, a Weekly Periodical, and a Monthly
Magazine named Young Writer Magazine
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The MDN Publishing is well known for its linguistic and
children literature books.
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published more than 1,300 books in the field of language,
children literature, and education
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More than 200 of their books have received awards.
It plans various activities to set reading trends and good
reading habits for children
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The objective is to create a reading society from the ground up.
Children’ Literature of the
Reed Pipe Award
(兒童文學牧笛獎)
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start at 1995, every two years
host by the MDN
purpose to encourage the creation of native children’s literature
the meaning of the logo
the cowboy: children’s hearts
music of the reed pipe: creative
buffalo: native
category
fairy tales
picture book
http://www.mdnkids.com/2010mudi/index.html
The Barefoot Girl
The Wolf Wife
Work Cited
http://www.jimmyspa.com/jimmy/jimmyarticle.aspx
http://tw.myblog.yahoo.com/englishpicturebook/article?mid=6717
http://mkhost.pixnet.net/blog/post/1588053
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2003/01/10/190417
http://www.culture.tw/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=905&It
emid=157
http://www.mdnkids.com/
http://www.ncu.edu.tw/~ncu7195/exhibit/90/ex4/about2.htm