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BLBA announces winner illustrator 2024. Heartiest Congratulations to Suddhasattwa Basu.

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Suddhasattwa Basu

Profile:

Born in 1956, Suddhasattwa Basu, a painter, illustrator and animation film maker studied Fine Art at the Government College of Art and Craft, Kolkata.

He has designed and illustrated more than 60 books, which include Delhi Through the Seasons and Nature Watch, both by Khushwant Singh, To Live in Magic by Ruskin Bond, The Homecoming by Vijaya Sulaiman, The Story of Garuda by Roberto Calasso, Mahabharat by Namita Gokhle.

Picture books that he has authored and illustrated are The Song of a Scarecrow, 2003, Whatever You Give, 2009, Ravan Remedy, 2013, Chandernagor – A burg of the moon, 2022.

He directed and animated the country’s first animation tele-serial Ghayab Aya, 1990. His animation shorts have featured in several national and international film festivals.

He has received the Chitra Katha Award, 2003, and honorable mention in BIB (Biennale of Illustrations, Bratislava), Slovak Republic for his book The Song of a Scarecrow, 2004, the Association of Writers and Illustrators for children (AWIC) lifetime achievement award for his contribution to children’s book illustration, 2010.

Suddhasattwa Basu has been visiting faculty at the College of Art, Delhi since 1998, and the NID, Ahmedabad between 2014 and 2016. He lives and works in Delhi.

Jury Speaks:

“Few illustrators have a body of work that is as large and diverse as that of Suddhasattwa Basu, completely dedicated to children. Suddhasattwa’s work stands apart from many illustrators because of his meticulous attention to the design and finish of the book. He takes children seriously and this is made evident by the distinction that he maintains in each of his works regardless of how big or small the project is.”

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Profile:

Born in 1956, Suddhasattwa Basu, a painter, illustrator and animation film maker studied Fine Art at the Government College of Art and Craft, Kolkata.

He has designed and illustrated more than 60 books, which include Delhi Through the Seasons and Nature Watch, both by Khushwant Singh, To Live in Magic by Ruskin Bond, The Homecoming by Vijaya Sulaiman, The Story of Garuda by Roberto Calasso, Mahabharat by Namita Gokhle.

Picture books that he has authored and illustrated are The Song of a Scarecrow, 2003, Whatever You Give, 2009, Ravan Remedy, 2013, Chandernagor – A burg of the moon, 2022.

He directed and animated the country’s first animation tele-serial Ghayab Aya, 1990. His animation shorts have featured in several national and international film festivals.

He has received the Chitra Katha Award, 2003, and honorable mention in BIB (Biennale of Illustrations, Bratislava), Slovak Republic for his book The Song of a Scarecrow, 2004, the Association of Writers and Illustrators for children (AWIC) lifetime achievement award for his contribution to children’s book illustration, 2010.

Suddhasattwa Basu has been visiting faculty at the College of Art, Delhi since 1998, and the NID, Ahmedabad between 2014 and 2016. He lives and works in Delhi.

Jury Speaks:

“Few illustrators have a body of work that is as large and diverse as that of Suddhasattwa Basu, completely dedicated to children. Suddhasattwa’s work stands apart from many illustrators because of his meticulous attention to the design and finish of the book. He takes children seriously and this is made evident by the distinction that he maintains in each of his works regardless of how big or small the project is.”

Suddhasattwa Basu full Interview
Suddhasattwa Basu Citation
Suddhasattwa Basu Notable Work

Jury

Anushka Ravishankar

Anushka Ravishankar has written over forty books for children, including picture books inverse, chapter books, retellings of folk tales and non-fiction. Several of them have been published internationally and have won awards. As a picture book writer, she has collaborated with illustrators from all over the world. She worked as an editor at Tara Books and Scholastic India before co-founding a children’s publishing house called Duckbill Books (which is now a Penguin Random House India imprint). Some of her books are Moin and the Monster, Hic!, Captain Coconut and the Case of the Missing Bananas and Ogd.

Anushka Ravishankar has written over forty books for children, including picture books inverse, chapter books, retellings of folk tales and non-fiction. Several of them have been published internationally and have won awards. As a picture book writer, she has collaborated with illustrators from all over the world. She worked as an editor at Tara Books and Scholastic India before co-founding a children’s publishing house called Duckbill Books (which is now a Penguin Random House India imprint). Some of her books are Moin and the Monster, Hic!, Captain Coconut and the Case of the Missing Bananas and Ogd.

Jane Sahi

Jane Sahi has taught in an alternative school near Bengaluru for a number of years. She has until recently been engaged in teaching at the Library Educators’ Course at Bookworm in Goa. She is presently involved in The Fig Tree Learners’ Centre that works with local government schools particularly in relation to library activities and sessions with children looking at nature through observation, stories and art work. Jane has written a number of books including “In Our Own Words” which is about how to support children’s independent and creative writing. She has taught courses related to language pedagogy and children’s literature at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai and at Azim Premji University in Bengaluru.

Jane Sahi has taught in an alternative school near Bengaluru for a number of years. She has until recently been engaged in teaching at the Library Educators’ Course at Bookworm in Goa. She is presently involved in The Fig Tree Learners’ Centre that works with local government schools particularly in relation to library activities and sessions with children looking at nature through observation, stories and art work. Jane has written a number of books including “In Our Own Words” which is about how to support children’s independent and creative writing. She has taught courses related to language pedagogy and children’s literature at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai and at Azim Premji University in Bengaluru.

Junuka Deshpande

Junuka’s primary interest is in the practice of observation. The practice inspires her to engage in the process of image making through drawing, films and singing. She explores image making and image construction as sensemaking processes in her practice as an artist and an educator. Her professional journey as a film maker and community worker across forests, islands, cities and villages has led her to question implicit notions of self and hierarchy embedded in creative-perceptive processes. She is engaged in exploring methods and forms of recording, documenting, interpreting and understanding the environment in an artistic, collaborative and just manner. Junuka teaches at Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design and technology, Bangalore and works on projects that engage with communities, places and stories.

Junuka’s primary interest is in the practice of observation. The practice inspires her to engage in the process of image making through drawing, films and singing. She explores image making and image construction as sensemaking processes in her practice as an artist and an educator. Her professional journey as a film maker and community worker across forests, islands, cities and villages has led her to question implicit notions of self and hierarchy embedded in creative-perceptive processes. She is engaged in exploring methods and forms of recording, documenting, interpreting and understanding the environment in an artistic, collaborative and just manner. Junuka teaches at Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design and technology, Bangalore and works on projects that engage with communities, places and stories.

Priya Kuriyan

Priya Kuriyan is a children’s book writer-illustrator, comics maker and chronic doodler. She has directed educational films for the Sesame Street show (India) and the Children’s Film Society of India (CFSI) and has illustrated numerous children’s books for publishers like Tulika Books, Penguin, Scholastic and Hachette to name a few. In 2019, she was the recipient of the Big Little Book Award, instituted by Parag, an initiative of Tata Trusts in recognition of her contribution to Indian children’s literature. Her most recent children’s picture book ‘Beauty in Missing’ was published by Pratham Books, India. She lives and works in the city of Bangalore and in her spare time makes funny caricatures of its residents.

Priya Kuriyan is a children’s book writer-illustrator, comics maker and chronic doodler. She has directed educational films for the Sesame Street show (India) and the Children’s Film Society of India (CFSI) and has illustrated numerous children’s books for publishers like Tulika Books, Penguin, Scholastic and Hachette to name a few. In 2019, she was the recipient of the Big Little Book Award, instituted by Parag, an initiative of Tata Trusts in recognition of her contribution to Indian children’s literature. Her most recent children’s picture book ‘Beauty in Missing’ was published by Pratham Books, India. She lives and works in the city of Bangalore and in her spare time makes funny caricatures of its residents.

Vishwajyoti Ghosh

Vishwajyoti engages in visual arts, graphic novels, illustrations and the medium of visual storytelling to communicate on social and development issues. He has illustrated children’s books for Tulika, Puffin and Rupa books in the past. He is the co-founder of the Pao Collective, a comic-artists collective. Ghosh has worked together on many occasions with other comic artists across the globe.

His critically acclaimed graphic novel ‘Delhi Calm’ was published in 2010. In 2013, he curated ‘This Side That Side: Restorying Partition’, a graphic anthology discussing the Partition. His most recent work, WE Mean Business, a graphic telling of stories featuring grassroot Women Entrepreneurs won the Best Graphic Novel at the FICCI Publishing Awards in 2023. Besides being a visual storyteller, Ghosh also has engaged as a cartoonist, writing editorials and a storytelling podcaster.

Vishwajyoti engages in visual arts, graphic novels, illustrations and the medium of visual storytelling to communicate on social and development issues. He has illustrated children’s books for Tulika, Puffin and Rupa books in the past. He is the co-founder of the Pao Collective, a comic-artists collective. Ghosh has worked together on many occasions with other comic artists across the globe.

His critically acclaimed graphic novel ‘Delhi Calm’ was published in 2010. In 2013, he curated ‘This Side That Side: Restorying Partition’, a graphic anthology discussing the Partition. His most recent work, WE Mean Business, a graphic telling of stories featuring grassroot Women Entrepreneurs won the Best Graphic Novel at the FICCI Publishing Awards in 2023. Besides being a visual storyteller, Ghosh also has engaged as a cartoonist, writing editorials and a storytelling podcaster.

Library Educator’s Course

LEC Hindi is open to all educators and intended for teachers, school librarians, development sector professionals, and literacy and language educators and in fact for every one working with children and books with the desire to spread the joy and culture of reading. The LEC offers a unique opportunity to strengthen understanding and academic thinking linked to practice in a well-designed, highly charged environment with some of the best library practitioners in the field.

The course comprises three contact sessions in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. LEC hindi has successfully completed seven batches. More than two hundred library educators and teachers from 43 organisations across 19 states have participated in the course.

Participation on moodle during distance mode, completion of assignments and field projects are graded. For more information, please go through the course prospectus.

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