Jirina Marton - CV
Jirina Marton studied art in Prague and has illustrated and written many children’s books.
Awards
| 2008 |
Selected for outstanding International Books by US-BBY |
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Nomination for Amelia F. Howard-Gibbon Award |
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Sitting on the Children’s Illustration jury for the 2008 Governor General’s Awards |
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| 2007 |
Finalist of the Governor General’s Award Children’s Literature Illustration |
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| 2005 |
Official Selection for the Silver Birch Non-Fiction Award |
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| 1998 |
Nomination for Amelia F. Howard-Gibbon Award |
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The Japan Foundation Fellowship |
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| 1995 |
Grand Prize Winner of the Itabashi Picture Book Contest (Japan) |
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| 1986 |
Second Prize - Competition for the Czech Primer |
Recently Published Books
| 2007 |
Marja’s Skis, Groundwood Books, Toronto |
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Arctic Adventures, Groundwood Books, Toronto |
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| 2006 |
Little Book of Northern Tales, Groundwood Books, Toronto |
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| 2003 |
The Bear Says North, Groundwood Books, Toronto |
Solo Exhibitions
| 1998 |
Japan, Tokyo, Narimasu Act Hall |
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| 1997 |
Canada, Toronto, the Japan Foundation |
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| 1992 |
Canada, Toronto Kyser Goldberg Galleries |
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| 1990 |
Canada, Toronto, Kyser Goldberg Galleries |
Group Exhibitions
Canada, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Slovenia, Turkey
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