Yu Rong

Yu Rong (Chinese:郁蓉) is a Chinese illustrator of children's picture books, especially known for her use of papercutting artwork.

Born in China, Yu Rong first trained as a primary school teacher, then studied for a BA in Chinese Painting and Contemporary Art Design (Nanjing Normal University's Art College) and an MA in Communication and Design (Royal College of Art, London). She now lives near Cambridge, UK.^[1]

• 1999 - The Folio Society Illustration Awards
• 1999 - The Quentin Blake Award for Narrative Illustration
• 2000 - RCA Graduating Students Book Awards, RCA Final Degree Show
• 2000 - RCA Sheila Robinson Drawing Prize
• 2001&2002 - Contemporary Decorative Arts Exhibition, Sotheby's
• 2004 - BookTrust Newcomer - for A Lovely Day for Amelia Goose
• 2008 - American Library Association (ALA) - Notable Children's Book - for Tracks of a Panda
• 2013 - Biennial of Illustration Bratislava (BIB) - Golden Apple Award - for Free as a Cloud
• 2013 - China's 8th National Book Design Exhibition - Best book in children's book category - for Free as a Cloud
• 2013 - Shanghai International Children's Bookfair Golden Pinwheel Awards Grand Jury Prize and Reader's Choice Prize - for Free as a Cloud
• 2013 - China's Most Beautiful Book - for Free as a Cloud
• 2013 - The 8th National Book Design Exhibition, Best Book in Children's Book Category - for Free as a Cloud
• 2015 - Chen Bochui International Children's Literature Award - best picture book - for Smoke
• 2015 - Chinese Original Picture Books Top 10 - first prize - for Summer
• 2016 - Serbia International Bookfair - Illustration Award - for Smoke
• 2016 - Shenzhen Children's Library Top 10 My Favorite Children's Books - for Summer
• 2016 - The White Ravens selection of International Children's and Youth Literature - for Summer
• 2017 - Nami Island International Picture Book Illustration Concours 2017 Purple Island Award - for Smoke^[2]
• 2017 - Image of the Book, Best Illustration Moscow - for I am Hua Mulan
• 2017 - Chinese Original Picture Books Top 10 - first prize - for I am Hua Mulan
• 2018 - The Ninth National Book Design Exhibition - for Summer
• 2018 - Chinese Picture Book Time Award Golden Prize - for I am Hua Mulan
• 2018 - Novena Exposición Nacional de Diseño de Libros, Premio Brown de Libros Infantiles - por Yo soy Hua Mulan
• 2019 - Los 10 mejores libros ilustrados originales chinos - para Li Na , Being a Better Me
• 2021 - Los diez mejores libros infantiles nacionales - por El niño perdido
• 2021 - Los 100 mejores libros ilustrados de IRead - para El niño perdido
• 2022 - Decimoséptimo Premio Wenjin de Literatura, Biblioteca Nacional - por Footprints
• 2022 - Finalista de la Medalla Kate Greenaway - por El abuelo de Shu Lin
• 2022 - Selección de White Ravens de Literatura Infantil y Juvenil Internacional - para Bread Years
• 2022 - Premio Xinhui a los Mejores Libros Ilustrados del Año - por ¿Has visto a la urraca?
• 2022 - Selección IBBY de Libros Destacados para Jóvenes con Discapacidades - por The Visible Sounds
• 2023 - Finalista de la Medalla Yoto Carnegie de Ilustración - por The Visible Sounds
• 2023 - Premio Literario UKLA,

• Un día encantador para Amelia Goose (2004)
• Huellas de un panda , con Nick Dowson (2007)
• Humo , con Cao Wenxuan , trad. Duncan Poupard 《烟》 (2015)
• Copo de nieve en mi bolsillo , con Rachel Bright (2016)
• Gratis como una nube , con Bai Bing 《云朵一样的八哥》 (2017)
• Soy Hua Mulan , con Qin Wenjun《我是花木兰》 (Reycraft, 2019) ^{[ 3 ]}
• Verano , con Cao Wenxuan, trad. Yan Ding) 《夏天》 (Macmillan, 2019) ^{[ 4 ]}
• Serie Dou Dou the Panda , con Gao Hongbo , Jin Bo y Bai Bing 《熊猫逗逗系列》 (2019)
• Serie Sweet Snow , con Tie Ning《香雪系列》 (2020)
• Li Na , Ser una mejor yo , con A Jia《李娜，做更好的自己》 (2020) ^{[ 5 ]}
• Huellas , con Xue Tao ) 《脚印》 (2020)
• El abuelo de Shulin , con Matt Goodfellow《舒琳的外公》 (Otter-Barry, 2021) ^{[ 6 ]}
• El niño perdido , con Jin Bo《迷路的小孩》 (2021)
• Los sonidos visibles . Libro ilustrado, con Yin Jianling , trad. Filip Selucky (UCLan, 2021) ISBN 9781912979790
• Cuerda , con Cao Wenxuan) 《绳子》 (2022)
• ¿Has visto a la urraca?, con Dai Yun (2022)

• Yu Rong en YouTube
• Yu Rong habla sobre los libros chinos para jóvenes lectores.