Jimmy Liao
| Jimmy Liao 幾米 | |
|---|---|
 Liao at the 2008 Taipei International Book Exhibition | |
| Born | Fubin Liao (廖福彬) 15 November 1958 Yilan County, Taiwan |
| Nationality | Taiwanese |
| Area(s) | Writer |
Notable works | Turn Left, Turn Right Sound of Colors Starry Starry Night The Floating Landscape |
| Spouse(s) | Peng Chienwen |
| http://www.jimmyspa.com/ | |
Jimmy Liao (Chinese: 廖福彬; pinyin: Liào Fúbīn; pen name: 幾米, pinyin: Jǐmǐ; born 15 November 1958) is a Taiwanese illustrator as well as a picture book writer. His Chinese pen name, 幾米, is phonetically derived from his English given name Jimmy.
Biography
After graduating from
movie, television, and animation.[1][3] Many of his characters from his picture books have been applied to the making of dolls and pictures on other authorized products, notably leather purses. His pictures are characterized by their use of striking, bold colours and depict central figures that often appear small in the foreground, suggesting the viewpoint of a child in the wide, sometimes sinister, world, or to hint at loneliness. In June 2019, Jimmy Liao was the Guest of Honor of the Comicfestival in Munich, Germany
.
Publications
- Beautiful Solitude
- Sound of Colors, translated by Sarah L. Thomson (Little, Brown and Company, 2006).
- Starry Starry Night
- The Floating Landscape
- The Rainbow of Time, translated by Wang Xinlin and Andrea Lingenfelter (Balestier Press, 2015) ISBN 978-0-9932154-3-8
- Turn Left, Turn Right
- When the Moon Forgot, translated to English in 2009 and published by Little, Brown and Company.[4]
References
- ^ a b Miranda Yeung (April 3, 2008). "Taking a colourful look at life". South China Morning Post. Retrieved June 24, 2016.
- ^ Joyce Siu (March 25, 2008). "Solitary man". South China Morning Post. Retrieved June 24, 2016.
- ^ LEE WING-SZE (September 22, 2003). "Liao's book hits the stage". South China Morning Post. Retrieved June 24, 2016.
- ISBN 978-0-316-11390-8.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jimmy Liao.
- Official website (in Chinese)
- Jimmy Liao at Facebook
- Jimmy Liao at IMDb
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