TEHRAN -- Iranian illustrator Hassan Amekan has received the Green Island Award of the 2nd edition of Nami Concours 2015, for his illustration of “Zal and Phoenix”.
The Green Island award is a 2,000 U.S dollar cash prize plus a certificate given to the winners by the organizers of the biennial contest that is held on Nami Island, South Korea.
Julie Bernard from France (Reunion) and Myeong Ae Lee from South Korea were the other winners of the award, the organizers have recently announced on their website.
The Grand Prix was given to Marcelo Pimentel from Brazil. Sonja Danowski and Torben Kuhlmann both from Germany received the Golden Island Awards.
Nine illustrators from Iran were taking part in this year’s edition of the contest.
All the eight other Iranian illustrators including Ali Dalvand, Reza Dalvand, Yekta Jebeli, Zahra Mohammadnejad, Melika Saeida, Narges Mohammadi, Azar Teimuri and Ali Amekan received the certificate of encouragement.
A total of 94 illustrators from 71 countries were competing in the contest.
Works of the illustrators will be put on display at an exhibition during the Nami Island International Children’s Book Festival in March 2015.
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