Idea and Beauty in Iwona Chmielewska’s Picturebooks Cover Image

Pomysł i piękno: o wybranych książkach autorskich Iwony Chmielewskiej
Idea and Beauty in Iwona Chmielewska’s Picturebooks

Author(s): Alina Brzuska-Kępa
Subject(s): Polish Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
Keywords: beauty; Iwona Chmielewska; picture books

Summary/Abstract: A few years ago Iwona Chmielewska, Torunian artist and creator of the picturebooks could speak that the hardest thing is to be a Prophet in his own country. She was the author much more known on the publishing market in South Korea than in Poland. However, her books gradually accustom Polish publishers and readers to their ineptitude, ingenuity, poetry and creativity. An article is a short analysis of the selected (including unpublished yet in Poland) books by Chmielewska for creative workshop of their author: ideas for an intriguing content, poetic image and the specific architecture of the whole picturebook as artifact.

  • Issue Year: 6/2018
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 136-146
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish