Shinta Chō

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Shinta Chō (Japanese: 長新太（ちょうしんた）, September 24 1927 - June 25 2005) was an award-winning Japanese children’s author and illustrator.[1][2] He won the  [ja] Grand Prize for Kyabetsu-kun (Cabbage Boy) in 1981.

Life[]

Chō was born Shuji Suzuki in Tokyo in 1928. He began illustrating cartoon strips in the late 1940s. He created the Talkative Fried Egg cartoon for a cartoon monthly in 1959. He also wrote children’s books, including The Gas We Pass: The Story of Farts (Japan 1978, USA 1994).[3]

Awards[]

[1][4]

  • 1959 - he won the Bungei Shunju Manga Award for Oshaberi na tamagoyaki (The Talkative Omelet)
  • 1974 - he won an honourable mention in the Hans Christian Andersen Awards for Oshaberi na tamagoyaki (The Talkative Omelet)
  • 1977 - he won the  [ja] for Children's Picture Books for Haru desu yo, Fukurō Obasan (Spring Is Here, Auntie Owl).
  • 1981 - he won the  [ja] Grand Prize for Kyabetsu-kun (Cabbage Boy)
  • 1986 - he won an award for Sakasama raion (Upside-Down Lion)
  • 1994 - he received Japan's Medal with Purple Ribbon in recognition of his work as an artist and illustrator
  • 1999 - he won a Japanese Picture Book Award for Gomu-atama Pontarō (Rubber-Headed Pontarō)
  • 2002 - he won the ExxonMobil Children’s Culture Award[1][5]

Children's books[]

  • The Gas We Pass: The Story of Farts (Onara / おなら)
  • Umph-a-Lumph, Meow (Tsumi-tsumi nya / つみつみニャー)
  • Chorus of Winter Buds (Fuyume gasshodan / ふゆめがっしょうだん)
  • The Easygoing Aquarium (Nonbiri suizokukan / ノンビリすいぞくかん)
  • The Cats and Their Flying Machine (Gorogoro nyan / ごろごろ　にゃーん)
  • Up! Up! (Dakko, dakko, nee dakko / だっこだっこねえだっこ)
  • Rolling Kittens (Korokoro nyan / ころころにゃーん)
  • A Worm Named Buddy (Mimizu no ossan / みみずのオッサン)
  • Chomp! (Pakkun pakkun / ぱっくんぱっくん)
  • Dakuchiru, Dakuchiru
  • My Beach (Watashi no Umibe)
  • The Talkative Omelet (Oshaberi na tamagoyaki)
  • Spring is Here, Auntie Owl (Fukurō Obasan)
  • Cabbage Boy (Kyabetsu-kun)
  • Upside-Down Lion (Sakasama raion)
  • Rubber-Headed Pontarō (Gomu-atama Pontarō)

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c User, J-Lit. "Shinta Chō". Books from Japan. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  2. ^ "長新太(ちょうしんた)とは - コトバンク" (in Japanese). kotobank. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
  3. ^ Obituaries in the Performing Arts 2005: Film, Television, Radio Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture, by Harris M. Lentz III (McFarland, 2006), p. 67.
  4. ^ "絵本賞 ： 講談社" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
  5. ^ "Shinta Cho wins award". The Japan Times. 15 November 2002. Retrieved 31 December 2017.

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