Awards & Winners

Allen Say

Date of Birth 28-August-1937
Place of Birth Yokohama
(Japan, Kanagawa Prefecture, Kantō region)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as James Allen Koichi Moriwaki Seii
Profession Writer, Illustrator
Allen Say is an Asian American writer and illustrator. He is best known for Grandfather's Journey, a children's picture book detailing his grandfather's voyage from Japan to the United States and back again, which won the 1994 Caldecott Medal for illustration. This story is autobiographical and relates to Say's constant moving during his childhood. His work mainly focuses on Japanese and Japanese American characters and their stories, and several works have autobiographical elements.

Awards by Allen Say

Check all the awards nominated and won by Allen Say.

2011


Nominations 2011 »

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Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award

2010


Nominations 2010 »

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Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award

1994


Caldecott Medal
Honored for : Grandfather's Journey

Nominations 1994 »

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Caldecott Medal Grandfather's Journey

1989


Caldecott Medal
Honored for : The Boy of the Three-Year Nap

Nominations 1989 »

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Caldecott Medal The Boy of the Three-Year Nap