Iwona Chmielewska (born 1960) is a Polish author and

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, who publishes mainly for children but also for adults. Many of her works are published in South Korea where she has gained considerable popularity. She lives and works in

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in northern Poland where she teaches in the Faculty of Fine Arts at the

Nicolaus Copernicus University Nicolaus is a masculine given name. It is a Latin, Greek and German form of Nicholas. Nicolaus may refer to: In science: * Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer who provided the first modern formulation of a heliocentric theory of the solar syst ...

Biography

Born on 5 February 1960 in

Pabianice Pabianice is a city in central Poland with 63,023 inhabitants (2021). Situated in the Łódź Voivodeship, it is the capital of Pabianice County. It lies about southwest of Łódź and belongs to the metropolitan area of that city. It is the ...

, Chmielewska studied graphic design at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. She first published in South Korea in 1990 where she has now published over 20 books, many of which have been translated into other languages. Chmielswska has received major awards including the Bologna Ragazzi from the

Bologna Children's Book Fair The Bologna Children's Book Fair or La fiera del libro per ragazzi is the leading professional fair for children's books in the world. Since 1963, it is held yearly for four days in March or April in Bologna, Italy. It is the meeting place for al ...

(2011 and 2013) and the Golden Apple at the Biennial of Illustration in

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(2007).

Selected publications

* 2005: ''Thinking ABC'', utgitt av Nonjang,

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, South Korea * 2006: ''O wędrowaniu przy zasypianiu'', utgitt av Hokus-Pokus,

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

* 2009: Kwak Young Kwon: ''Room in the Heart, BIUM'', published by Agibooks, Seoul * 2010: Kim Hee-Kyung: ''The House of the Mind – MAUM'', published by Changbi, Paju-si, South Korea * 2011: ''Blumkas Tagebuch - Vom Leben in Janusz Korczaks Waisenhaus'', utgitt av Gimpel,

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* 2013: ''Eyes'', published by Changbi, Paju-si

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chmielewska, Iwona 1960 births Living people 20th-century Polish women artists 21st-century Polish women artists People from Toruń Polish children's writers Polish children's book illustrators Polish women children's writers Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń alumni Academic staff of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń Polish illustrators Polish women illustrators