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Yayo (illustrator)
Canadian writer and illustrator (born 1961) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Diego Herrera, known as Yayo, (born 1961) is a Colombian-born Canadian writer and illustrator living in Montreal.[1]
Life
Born in Mesitas del colegio,[2] he studied advertising art and fine arts, and came to Quebec in 1987. Yayo writes and illustrates children's books and also produces cartoons for Canadian and American newspapers and magazines.[1] He has provided editorial cartoons for the magazine L'Actualité for a number of years.[3] Yayo received the Charles Biddle Award in 2011, the prize from the 2012 Concours Lux for his illustrations for the book À bord de la grande roue and the Golden Smile from the First International Biennial of Caricature in Belgrade.[4]
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Selected works
Source[1]
Books
- Au lit, au lit, princesse Émilie, text by Pierrette Dubé, received a Mr. Christie's Book Award in 1996
- Le chasseur d'arc-en-ciel, finalist for the Governor General's Literary Awards in 1998
Cartoon collections
- Le carton de Yayo
- Zoo-illogique
- Rêveries
References
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