크리스 반 알스버그

소개

크리스 반 알스버그(영어: Chris Van Allsburg, 1949년 6월 18일 ~ )는 미국의 삽화가, 아동문학 작가이다. 그림책 《쥬만지》 (1981), 《폴라 익스프레스》 (1985)로 두차례 콜드코트 메달을 수상하였다. 1979년 작품 《The Garden of Abdul Gasazi》로는 콜드코트 메달을 수상하지는 못했지만 아너(Honor)의 영예를 얻었다.

Chris Van Allsburg is an American writer and illustrator of children's books. He has won two Caldecott Medals for U.S. picture book illustration, for Jumanji (1981) and The Polar Express (1985), both of which he also wrote, and were later adapted as successful motion pictures. He was also a Caldecott runner-up in 1980 for The Garden of Abdul Gasazi. For his contribution as a children's illustrator, he was a 1986 U.S. nominee for the biennial International Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest international recognition for creators of children's books. He received the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from the University of Michigan in April 2012.