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Song Nan Zhang is a Canadian-Chinese artist, illustrator and author of children's books. (Zhang is his family name)

Education

Zhang was born in Shanghai in 1942. He has undergraduate (1964) and postgraduate degrees (1980) from the Central Institute of Fine Arts (Beijing), and attended the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris (1984–85).

Career

After graduating from the Central Institute of Fine Arts, Zhang became a staff member there: art professor (1980–88), deputy director (1985–87), and dean of the mural department (1985–88). Zhang moved to Canada in 1988.

Zhang's paintings have been exhibited at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; throughout China; Hong Kong; Tokyo; Paris; and Seoul.

Awards and Honors

  • 1993 - Mr. Christie's Book Awards - for A Little Tiger in the Chinese Night: An Autobiography in Art
  • 1994 - Children's Literature Roundtables of Canada honor book - for A Little Tiger in the Chinese Night: An Autobiography in Art
  • 1997 - Red Cedar Book Award - for The Children of China: An Artist's Journey
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