Shaun Tan
Author of The Arrival
About the Author
Shaun Tan was born in 1974 in Fremantle, Western Australia. He is an artist, writer, and film maker. In 2006, his wordless graphic novel The Arrival won the "Book of the Year" prize as part of the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards. The same book won the Children's Book Council of Australia show more "Picture Book of the Year" award in 2007 and the Western Australian Premier's Book Awards Premier's Prize in 2006. For his career contribution to "children's and young adult literature in the broadest sense" Tan won the 2011 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award from the Swedish Arts Council, the biggest prize in children's literature. In 2015 his title, Rules of Summer, was one of four books selected for the United States Board of Books for Young People list of Outstanding International Books for children and young adults. His book, The Singing Bones, won the 2015 Aurealis Awards for Best Graphic Novel/Illustrated work. He had two books published in 2018, Cicada. and Tales From the Inner City (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: Photo by K Tempest Bradford / Flickr
Works by Shaun Tan
Associated Works
Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm: A New English Version (2012) — Illustrator, some editions — 1,417 copies
How the World Became Quiet: Myths of the Past, Present, and Future (1900) — Cover artist, some editions — 64 copies
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Volume VIII (1992) — Illustrator, some editions — 47 copies
The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction & Fantasy: Volume 2 (2006) — Cover artist, some editions — 22 copies
AussieCon4 68th World Science Fiction Convention — Cover artist, interviewee — 5 copies
Inviting Interruptions: Wonder Tales in the Twenty-First Century (Fairy-Tale Studies) (2021) — Contributor — 3 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Tan, Shaun
- Birthdate
- 1974
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Australia
- Birthplace
- Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- Places of residence
- Fremantle, Western Australia
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Perth, Western Australia, Australia - Education
- University of Western Australia (Fine Arts and English Literature)
- Occupations
- artist
writer
filmmaker - Awards and honors
- World Fantasy Award (2001)
Crichton Award (1998)
Australian Science Fiction Achievement Awards (2001)
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards (2006)
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards (2006)
Academy Award for Short Film - Animated (2011) (show all 7)
Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (2011)
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Statistics
- Works
- 37
- Also by
- 47
- Members
- 9,429
- Popularity
- #2,547
- Rating
- 4.1
- Reviews
- 741
- ISBNs
- 239
- Languages
- 22
- Favorited
- 45