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.

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Andrea Petrlik Huseinović is a writer and illustrator for children. She has received the 2014 GRAND PRIX at the Oita Biennial of Illustrations, Japan and the 2003 BIB GOLD PLAQUE in Bratislava. Her two most awarded and most read books are The Blue Sky and Ciconia Ciconia, translated into English by Ludwig Bauer.

Andrea Petrlik Huseinović wrote and illustrated Maleni in English and Croatian. Together with her husband Kašmir Huseinović they created Oscar, Hector and A Tale of Snowman. She also wrote and illustrated adaptations of the famous children's classics Little Red Ridding Hood and The Three Little Pigs.

The Digital Children's Library is a great source of free multicultural e-books for children. And if you have time you can put your translation skills to great use and translate the books in as many languages as you know. It is my favorite translation volunteer  work.

If you check the web site of the publisher Kašmir promet you may find more of their books available in English, and other languages too.