Baek Heena Wins 2020 Astrid Lindgren Award

SEOUL, April 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean author and illustrator Baek Heena has won the 2020 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, the world’s largest children’s book award. “With exquisite feeling for materials, looks and gestures, Baek Heena’s filmic picture books stage stories about solitude and solidarity,” a jury of the award said in a statement [...]