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Spanish Candidate for Hans Christian Andersen Award 2020 Elena Odriozola Elena Odriozola Index Introduction by: 1 Elena Odriozola It is often said that Elena Odriozola is a subtle, delicate illustrator. stay in our memory or our imagination is not what happens to That may be true, but this widespread statement says very little them but the way in which they look at the world. What Elena of the merits of this Basque artist and undoubtedly these qualities Odriozola brings to the text does not consist of transporting the do not constitute a suf!cient motive to nominate her for the Hans argument of the word into the picture. What this illustrator offers Christian Andersen Award. By contrast, we do believe there are other is her highly personal interpretation of the literary work. Thus, weighty reasons for which she would deserve this accolade. Firstly, the reader has the chance to read what the text says, to read what for her capacity to bring her own personal interpretation to a literary the image says and to !nd a third reading: their own. text, which is able to increase its meaning and signi!cance (even If we feel like spectators when we enter the books illustrated by when illustrating works as famous as Frankenstein, Cinderella Elena Odriozola, it is because she has been researching the dramatic or La Celestina). Secondly, for her successful and creative use of narrative genres from the past (such as paper theatre, panoramas, the possibilities of the illustrated book for several years. Above all she plays and experiments with the staging, she depicts the superposition of transparencies or the traditional Spanish aleluya, a series of pictures with captions arranged on a single page) when characters’ con"icts without succumbing to simpli!ed viewpoints appropriating literary works. Thirdly, for offering young readers a or overacting and she particularly concerns herself with the rhythm, complex and close vision of the psychic reality, which makes both movement and time that each of the illustrations articulate in a identi!cation and play possible. Lastly, for the fact that her talent uni!ed narration. Therefore, it is not the same to see an Odriozola and artistic excellence transcend an aesthetic search in order to illustration framed on a wall or decontextualized in a catalogue delve into the truth. Elena Odriozola is not content with merely as to read one of her illustrated books. Her work often makes the producing beautiful images, she aspires to understand what is reader (whether child or adult) feel they need to read the book hidden behind the obvious and to express her !ndings using the again. Her books de!nitely gain as much with re-readings as with only medium through which she knows how to: illustration. the re"ections and conversations they tend to provoke. For each project Odriozola creates her own !ctional universe. She Elena offers each child an intimate space in which to !nd themselves. gives the impression that the characters which inhabit it have a life This space might be warm and tender, or sometimes playful and outside the book: they already exist before the !rst page and will carefree; it might be marked by a nostalgic luminosity, or it might undoubtedly continue to exist when we have closed it. Through the even show anxiety and the sense of fragility. The chiaroscuros of narrative sequence we readers are witness to a particular moment in childhood reside in her illustrations and, like the children for their biographies. It is almost as though we have poked our head whom she illustrates, Elena Odriozola has the curiosity and the out of a window only to suddenly see how the life of the protagonist need to understand things that many adults no longer worry about. is undergoing a moment of in"ection that will change their story. Gustavo Puerta Leisse But what makes us !x our attention on them and makes them Peripatetic School of Children’s and Young Adults’ Literature 2 Elena Odriozola Biography Elena Odriozola San Sebastián 1967 Having worked in an advertising agency for eight years, in 1997 Odriozola began working as a full-time illustrator. Since then she has illustrated over 100 books (as well as posters and covers, among other things), mainly published in Spain but also in France, the United Kingdom, Mexico and Taiwan. Her books have been published in Basque, Spanish, Galician, Catalan, English, French, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, German, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Dutch, Polish and Turkish. Highlights in her career include the following: Selected for the 2005 exhibition “Illustrious. Panorama of Children’s and Young Adults’ Illustration in Spain” at the Bologna Book Fair, at which Spain was the Guest of Honour. Included in the IBBY Honour’s List 2006 for the book Atxiki sekretua (Keep the Secret). Second prize for Best Children’s and Young Adults’ Illustrations 2006 for her work in the book La princesa que bostezaba a todas horas (The Princess Who Yawned at All Hours; OQO). Finalist for the Kate Greenaway Award 2004. 3 Elena Odriozola Biography Elena Odriozola San Sebastián 1967 Selected at the Biennial of Illustration Bratislava in 2003, 2013 and 2015. Seleccionada en la Bienal de Bratislava en los años 2003, 2013 y 2015. Basque Award for Illustration 2009 for her work in the book Aplastamiento de las gotas Después de trabajar durante ocho años en una agen- (ThePremio Smashing Euskadi of the de ilustraciónRaindrops) 2009 by Julio por su Cortázar trabajo (Laberintoen el libro de“Aplastamiento las artes). And de in las 2013 gotas” for cia de publicidad, en 1997empezó a trabajar como Tropecistade Julio Cortázar (Tumbler) (Editorial by Jorge Laberinto Gonzalvo de (Barbara las artes). Fiore Y enEditora). 2013 por el libro “Tropecista” de Jorge Gonzalvo (Barbara Fiore Editora). ilustradora. Desde entonces ha ilustrado (además de Selected for the Bologna Book Fair exhibition in 2010. carteles y portadas entre otras cosas) algo más de 100 Selecionada para le exposición de la feria de Bolonia en 2010. CJ Picture Book Award 2010 in the New Publications category for the book Oda a una libros, publicados por editoriales en España (princi- CJ Picture book award 2010 en la categoría “new publications” con el libro “Oda a una estrella (Ode to a Star) by Pablo Neruda (Libros del Zorro Rojo). palmente), Francia, Raino Unido, México y Taiwan. estrella” de Pablo Neruda (Libros del Zorro Rojo). Sus libros han sido publicados en Euskera, Español, Invited to the 28th and 30th International Fair of Invitada en las 28 y 30 Mostra Internazionale Gallego, Catalán, Inglés, Francés, Portugués, Illustrations for Children “Le immagini della fantasia” (The d´illustrazione per l´Infanzia “Le immagini della fanta- Chino, Japonés, Koreano, Alemán, Italiano, Bra- Images of Fantasy) in Sarmede, Italy, 2010 and 2012. sileño, Holandés, Polaco y Turco. sia”. Sàrmede, Italia, 2010 y 2012. NomineeCandidata for al the Astrid Astrid Lindgren Lindgren Memorial Memorial Award Award 2012, 2012, Seleccionada en 2005 para la exposición “Ilustrísimos. Panorama de la ilustración infan- 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016. til y juvenil en España” en la feria del libro de Bolonia, dónde España fue el país invitado. 2013, 2014, 2015 y 2016. Junceda International Award 2014 for Frankenstein by Incluida en la lista de honor del Ibby en 2006, con el libro “Atxiki sekretua”. Premio Junceda Internacional 2014 “Frankenstein” Mary Shelley (Nórdica Libros). Recibió el segundo premio a las mejores ilustraciones infantiles y juveniles en 2006 de Mary Shelley (Nórdica libros). por su trabajo en el libro “La princesa que bostezaba a todas horas” (OQO editora). NationalPremio NacionalAward for de Illustration ilustración 2015. 2015. Finalista del Kate Greenaway Award 2004. BIBBIB Golden Golden Apple Apple 2015 2015 for por Frankenstein “Frankenstein”.. Sentimientos Encontrados (Discovered Feelings) Sentimientos Encontrados 4 Elena Odriozola BibliographyElena Odriozola Bibliografía 5 Elena Odriozola Bibliography 6 Elena Odriozola Bibliography 7 Elena Odriozola Bibliography Oda a una estrella 8 Elena Odriozola Bibliography SENTIMIENTOS ENCONTRADOS Gustavo Puerta Leisse y Elena Odriozola OdaOda aa unauna estrellaestrella (Ode to a Star) 9 Elena Odriozola Bibliography AgureZergatik Jakagorria ez du kantatzen axa mixa zilarra cuentos de las 1001 noches Thetxantxangorriak? Old Lady In The Red Jacket Txiliku Juan Tébar Txiliku Xabier Mendiguren Elkar 2000 Anaya 2001 Elkar, 1995 Elkar 1997 ISBN 84-8331-657-9 ISBN 84-667-0654-2 ISBNISBN 978-84-7917-508-584-7917-692-X gorritxo eta beltxiko marlene eta taxizapata Zergatikahatetxoa ez eta du sahatskantatzen negartia Joxantonio Ormazabal Mariasun Landa txantxangorriak?Mariasun Landa WhyElkar Doesn’t 1997 the Robin Sing? Elkar 2000 SM 2002 XabierISBN 84-7917-683-0 Mendiguren ISBN 84-8331-631-5 ISBN 84-348-8627-6 Elkar 1997 txoko txiki txukuna magalik badaki siete noches con paula ISBN 84-7917-692-X Joxantonio Ormazabal Patxi Zubizarreta Patxi Zubizarreta / Juan Kruz Igerabide ahatetxoaElkar 1998 eta sahats negartia Anaya 2000 Edebé 2002 TheISBN Duckling 84-8331-382-0 and the Weeping Willow ISBN 84-207-4152-3 ISBN 84-236-6209-8 Mariasun Landa botoi bat bezala / kofi itsasora bidean aduskide mexikarra Elkarcomo 1997 un botón Javier Cillero Joxemari Iturralde ISBNJuan Kruz84-7917-683-0 Igerabide Aizkorri 2001 Baigorri 2002 Anaya 1999 txokoISBN 84-207-9251-9 txiki txukuna ISBN 84-8263-328-7 ISBN 84-95663-28-7 Tidy Little Corner Joxantonioortzadarraren Ormazabal kantua dindirri diez amigos ElkarJon Suarez 1998 Anjel Lertxundi