(b. 1980) – a poet, curator and animator of the literary scene. An author of experimental poetry, partly akin to Concretism. His poetry works…
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The Book Institute offers translations of excerpts from Aleksandra Mizielińska’s works in the following languages: Dutch, English and French. Interested parties are kindly invited to contact us.
(b. 1982) – a graphic artist and author of illustrated children’s books.
She graduated from the Graphic Arts Faculty at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. She makes books along with her husband, Daniel Mizieliński. She also designs games and typefaces.
This duo’s illustrated picture books often take the form of large-format lexicons and atlases; they boast the Mizieliński’s distinctive drawing style, characterized by a riot of colours and pages filled with pictures. The ‘S.E.R.I.A.’ (S.E.R.I.E.S.) series familiarises small children with the world’s residential buildings (‘D.O.M.’ [H.O.U.S.E.]), famous works of industrial design (D.E.S.I.G.N.) and outstanding modern artists and their work, both in visual art (S.Z.T.U.K.A. [A.R.T.]), and sound (‘M.U.Z.Y.K.A.’ [M.U.S.I.C.]). The ‘Mamoko’ series helps practice perceptiveness through searching (‘Miasteczko Mamoko’ [Welcome to Mamoko]) in various epochs (‘Dawno temu w Mamoko’ [The World of Mamoko in the Time of Dragons]), with even a science-fiction edition (Mamoko 3000). Translated into forty foreign languages and enlarged from one edition to the next, ‘Mapy’ (Maps), gives kids a cross-section of the cultures of the world. The double book ‘Pod ziemią / Pod wodą’ (Under Earth / Under Water), in turn, shows underground and underwater creatures, processes, phenomena and human activities. ‘Którędy do Yellowstone?’ (Which Way to Yellowstone?) shows extraordinary national parks around the world; after this book came a series of nature titles on Poland’s protected predators (‘Wilki…’ [Wolves…] and ‘Rysie…’ [Lynxes…] have been released), Here the Mizielińskis have gone for a more conventional comic-book narrative, with a plot and pages divided into panels.
H.O.U.S.E. took first prize for its visuals at the Book of the Year 2008 competition at the Polish Section of IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People) and the main prize at the 7th edition of the Child-Friendly World Competition, organised by the Committee for the Protection for Children’s Rights. The book was inscribed on the list of White Crows kept by the Internationale Jugendbibliothek in Munich. ‘Co z ciebie wyrośnie?’ (What Will You Grow Up to Be?) received mentions at the international BolognaRagazzi Award 2010. Maps took home Prix Sorcières in France, the Premio Andersen in Italy, and in Germany, the Luchs title awarded by Die Zeit and Radio Bremen; in Great Britain it was nominated in the Waterstones Book of the Year 2013 poll and for the Kate Greenaway Medal (2014) from the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals. It was also awarded the North Somerset Teachers’ Book Award 2015 from the Federation of Children’s Book Groups; in Poland, it won the Must Have 2013 poll at the Łódź Design Festival, took the Magellan Award of Magazyn Literacki Książki for Best Tourist Publication of 2012 in the children’s guide category, received Book of the Year 2012 from the Polish Section of IBBY and mentions in the Most Beautiful Book of the Year 2012 competition, organised by the Polish Society of Book Publishers. Which Way to Yellowstone?, also singled out for a BolognaRagazzi Award (2021), was inscribed on the list of White Crows and was put on school reading lists. ‘Wielka podróż dziadka Eustachego’ (The Great Journey of Grandpa Eustachy) was on the list of one hundred outstanding picture books by BRAW Amazing Bookshelf and made it to the finals of BolognaRagazzi Award 2022.
For more on the work of Aleksandra Mizielińska and Daniel Mizieliński, see: oladaniel.com.
[unless stated otherwise, all titles are co-authored by Aleksandra Mizielińska and Daniel Mizieliński]
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რუკები [Mapy (blue edition)], Diogene, 2017.
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