Roger Mello (born 20 November 1965) is a Brazilian children's book illustrator. He was the first illustrator from Latin America to win the Hans Christian Andersen Award, which he did in 2010.[1][2][3]

Roger Mello at the Gothenburg Book Fair 2014

Honours and awards

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  • 2002 Espace-Enfants[4]
  • 2002 Prêmio Jabuti[5]
  • 2014 Hans Christian Andersen Award[6]

Publications

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  • (with Daniel Hahn) Charcoal Boys (Elsewhere Editions, 2019)
  • (with Daniel Hahn) You can't be too careful! (Elsewhere Editions, 2017)
  • (with Cao Wenxuan, tr. Chloe Garcia Roberts) Feather (Archipelago Books, 2017)
  • Meninos do mangue (Companhia das Letrinhas, 2012)

References

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  1. Roger Mello, Brazilian Illustrator and Winner of the 2014 Hans Christian Andersen Award, Literary Vittles, 13.4.2014
  2. Christensen, Samantha (2014). "Roger Mello: Brazil ⋆ Illustrator". Bookbird. 52 (2): 11. doi:10.1353/bkb.2014.0043. S2CID 143929153. Project MUSE 539725.
  3. "Roger Mello - Finalist: IBBY official website". www.ibby.org. Archived from the original on 2019-01-28.
  4. "Roger Mello — Bok & Bibliotek". www.bokmassan.se. Archived from the original on 22 September 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  5. "Roger Mello — Bok & Bibliotek". www.bokmassan.se. Archived from the original on 22 September 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  6. "Roger Mello — Bok & Bibliotek". www.bokmassan.se. Archived from the original on 22 September 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
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