Noh In-kyung

South Korean illustrator

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Noh In-kyung
Born	1980 Seoul, South Korea
Occupation	Author, illustrator
Language	Korean
Nationality	South Korean
Genre	Picture Books
Website
www.tumblr.com/inkyungnoh

Noh In-kyung(Korean: 노인경) is a South Korean author and illustrator. Her first book was The Train and the Fish in 2006. In 2012, she was named Illustrator of the Year at the Bologna Children's Book Fair for Soso Cancellina. In 2013, she won the Golden Apple Award at the Biennial of Illustration Bratislava for Mr. Tutti and the 100 Water Drops.^[1] In 2019, Breathing was selected for IBBY's Silent Book collection.^[2]

Biography

Noh was born in 1980 in Seoul, South Korea. While studying at the Department of Visual Design at Hongik University,^[3] she began working in picture book publishing at the recommendation of Professor Jeong Byeonggyu. She studied in Italy from 2004, and received a master's degree in Graphics from Accademia di belle arti di Milano. She made her debut as a picture book artist in 2006 through The Train and the Fish. Her works include Mr. Tutti and the 100 Water Drops, Hedgehog X, Mr. Bear's Chair, Breathing, and The King with Donkey Ears,Breathing and I Love You NoNo Boy.^[4]^[5]

She was named Illustrator of the Year at the 2012 Bologna Children's Book Fair for her graduation project Soso Cancellina.^[3] In 2013, she won the Golden Apple Award at the Biennial of Illustration Bratislava.^[1] Her first child was born in 2015.^[5]

Awards

2012 Selected as Illustrator of the Year at the Bologna Children's Book Fair - Soso Cancellina^[3]
2013 BIB Golden Plaque Award - Mr. Tutti and the 100 Water Drops^[6]
2019 Selected for IBBY's Silent Book collection - Breathing ^[2]

Works

2022 The King with Donkey Ears (Munhakdongne Publishing Group)ISBN 978-89-546-8548-1
2018 Breathing (Munhakdongne Publishing Group)ISBN 978-89-546-5291-9
2017 I Am a Plastic Bag (Munhakdongne Publishing Group)ISBN 978-89-01-21721-5
2016 Mr. Bear's Chair (Munhakdongne Publishing Group)ISBN 978-89-546-4231-6
- 2017 Monsieur Papa et les 100 gouttes d'eau (Rue du monde, France)ISBN 9782355043284
- 2018 熊先生的椅子 (青林, Taiwan)ISBN 9789862743669
2014 Hedgehog X (Munhakdongne Publishing Group)ISBN 978-89-546-2577-7
2012 Mr. Tutti and the 100 Water Drops (Munhakdongne Publishing Group)ISBN 978-89-546-1861-8
2010 Soso Cancellina (Munhakdongne Publishing Group)ISBN 978-89-546-1352-1
2006 The Train and the Fish (Munhakdongne Publishing Group)ISBN 89-546-0114-6

References

^ ^a ^b "Korean writer takes 2nd in illustration competition". koreatimes. 2013-09-09. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
^ ^a ^b "Silent Books Collection 2019". www.ibby.org. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Noh In-Kyung - Barbara Fiore Editora". www.barbarafioreeditora.com. Retrieved 2023-07-18.
^ "K-Book Trends - Author-illustrator Noh Inkyung". www.kbook-eng.or.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 2023-07-18.
^ ^a ^b "몸집 1cm 주인공, 보셨어요?...작고 약한 존재가 가장 큰 순간". www.hani.co.kr (in Korean). 2021-01-16. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
^ "Mednarodni bienale ilustracije Bratislava, 2013" (in Slovenian). 2023-06-14. Retrieved 2023-06-20.