Roger Mello
{{short description|Brazilian children's book illustrator (born 1965)}}
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Roger Mello (born 20 November 1965) is a Brazilian children's book illustrator. He was the first illustrator from Latin America to win the Hans Christian Andersen Award, which he did in 2010.Roger Mello, Brazilian Illustrator and Winner of the 2014 Hans Christian Andersen Award, Literary Vittles, 13.4.2014{{cite journal |last1=Christensen |first1=Samantha |title=Roger Mello: Brazil ⋆ Illustrator |journal=Bookbird |date=2014 |volume=52 |issue=2 |pages=11 |id={{Project MUSE|539725}} |doi=10.1353/bkb.2014.0043 |s2cid=143929153 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.ibby.org/awards-activities/awards/hans-christian-andersen-awards/single/?L=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=41&cHash=54c6f6f52288b4d76ac9a7156bb3cdfb |title=Roger Mello - Finalist: IBBY official website |website=www.ibby.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190128030355/http://www.ibby.org/awards-activities/awards/hans-christian-andersen-awards/single/?L=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=41&cHash=54c6f6f52288b4d76ac9a7156bb3cdfb |archive-date=2019-01-28}}
Honours and awards
- 2002 Espace-Enfants{{cite web |url=http://www.bokmassan.se/sv/nyheter/roger-mello/ |title=Roger Mello — Bok & Bibliotek |website=www.bokmassan.se |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140922214040/http://www.bokmassan.se/sv/nyheter/roger-mello/ |archive-date=22 September 2014 |url-status=dead}}
- 2002 Prêmio Jabuti{{cite web |url=http://www.bokmassan.se/sv/nyheter/roger-mello/ |title=Roger Mello — Bok & Bibliotek |website=www.bokmassan.se |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140922214040/http://www.bokmassan.se/sv/nyheter/roger-mello/ |archive-date=22 September 2014 |url-status=dead}}
- 2014 Hans Christian Andersen Award{{cite web |url=http://www.bokmassan.se/sv/nyheter/roger-mello/ |title=Roger Mello — Bok & Bibliotek |website=www.bokmassan.se |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140922214040/http://www.bokmassan.se/sv/nyheter/roger-mello/ |archive-date=22 September 2014 |url-status=dead}}
Publications
- (with Daniel Hahn) Charcoal Boys (Elsewhere Editions, 2019)
- (with Daniel Hahn) You can't be too careful! (Elsewhere Editions, 2017)
- (with Cao Wenxuan, tr. Chloe Garcia Roberts) Feather (Archipelago Books, 2017)
- Meninos do mangue (Companhia das Letrinhas, 2012)
References
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=External links=
- [https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3AMello%2C+Roger%2C&qt=hot_authorRoger Mello] on WorldCat
{{Hans Christian Andersen Medal}}
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Category:Brazilian children's book illustrators
Category:Chen Bochui Children's Literature Award winners
Category:Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration winners