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Michael Foreman

マイケル・フォアマン

Maikeru Fōman

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1938-03-21 (Pakefield, Suffolk, England)
死没
:
国籍
British
言語
English
居住地歴
Pakefield, Suffolk

経歴

職業
Author, Illustrator
活動期間
1960年〜2021年
ノミネート
Hans Christian Andersen Award nominee (1988, 2010)

学歴

Lowestoft School of Art
Art
国: England
Royal College of Art
Art
国: England
Won scholarship to US

受賞歴

Kate Greenaway Medal
1982
対象作品: Sleeping Beauty and other favourite fairy tales
部門: children's book illustration
主催: CILIP
結果: winner
Kate Greenaway Medal
1989
対象作品: War Boy: a country childhood
部門: children's book illustration
主催: CILIP
結果: winner
Kurt Maschler Award
1982
対象作品: Sleeping Beauty
結果: winner
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
2022
主催: British Government
結果: 受章
Nestlé Smarties Book Prize
1993
部門: Gold Award
結果: Gold
Nestlé Smarties Book Prize
1997
部門: Silver Award
結果: Silver

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

War Boy: a country childhood

1989年 Memoir Picture Book

Memoir of a country childhood during wartime.

WarChildhoodMemory

Sleeping Beauty and other favourite fairy tales

1982年 Fairy Tales

Illustrated collection of Perrault and Beaumont fairy tales translated by Angela Carter.

Fairy talesDreamsMagic

Dinosaurs and all that rubbish

1972年 Picture Book

Children's picture book about environmental issues.

EnvironmentDinosaursFuture
映像化・舞台化
  • [Theatre] Roustabout Theatre production (2021)

作風・主題

文体
Luminous watercoloursEmphasis on drawing and perspectiveRigorous anatomical training
頻出モチーフ
Childhood memoriesWar experiencesNature and landscapes

健康

  • Survived WWII bomb
    1941頃
    Trauma influencing his work

評価・遺産

One of the most prolific and acclaimed British children's book illustrators, winner of two Kate Greenaway Medals.

豆知識

  • Father died a month before his birth.
  • Family home hit by German bomb at age 3, survived.
  • Mother ran the village shop.