Petrlik Huseinović in Japan

         

Although my goal here is to collect English translations of Western Balkan literature for children, my recent trip to Japan inspired me to write this short post. While in Tokyo I visited the Chichiro Art Museum, dedicated to Chichiro Iwasaki, Japanese illustrator and author for children. The Museum also contains a collection of world renown illustrators for children. Among them are the works of the Croatian illustrator Andrea Petrlik Huseinović. She was awarded the Grand Prix OBI in 2004 at the Oita Biennial of Illustrations for her picture book Ciconia Ciconia, which was published in Japanese translation by Yoshie Okada in 2009.