E-mail us a comment on this writer. (Comments may be edited and used on this website.) About the illustrator Born in Cape Town, Fiona Moodie obtained a BA degree and a teaching qualification from the University of Cape Town, subsequently leaving for Europe where she was able to attend the École Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs in Paris. A chance meeting with an Austrian book illustrator who advised her to go to the Bologna Children’s Book Fair with a portfolio of work helped her to realise a life-long ambition to write and illustrate children’s books. From working with and observing the many artists and illustrators she came into contact with after the fair, and through the Czech film animator and illustrator Stephan Zavrel, she embarked on a successful career as an illustrator and writer. Fynbos Fairies is the thirteenth children’s book she has illustrated. She wrote the text of eight of these books. In 1981 she married South African Sean Baumann. Their twin daughters were born in London in 1986. In 1992 the couple returned to Cape Town permanently. In 1996, Nabulela, her eight book, was published locally in eight languages. In 2000 she was awarded the SAPPI Prize for Atlantis Rises. Fiona Moodie’s work includes Illustrated books    •   Benjamin Rocking Horse (1979)    •   Beauty and the Beast (1980)    •   A Mermaid’s Tale (1982)    •   The Sugar Prince (1984)    •   The Unicorn and the Sea (1986)    •   The Wonder Shoes (1990)    •   The Boy and the Giants (1993)    •   Haddock (1984)    •   Nabulela (1996)    •   Atlantis Rises (2000)    •   Noko and the Night Monster (2001)    •   Noko’s Surprise Party (2007) Illustrations shown at exhibitions    •   Galerie MAAG – Zurich 1979    •   International Youth Library – Munich 1981    •   Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art – New York 1983    •   Museum of Modern Art – Madrid 1984    •   Habashi Museum of Art – Tokyo    •   Otari Museum Nishinomiya City, Japan 1984    •   Centro Culturale di Esposizione – Venice 1991    •   Bibliotheque Mejanes – Aix-en-Provence, 1992    •   Centre Georges Pompidou – Paris 1993 Also Brno (Slovakia), Sarmede (Northern Italy) , Palais Auersberg, Vienna, and the Illustrators Exhibition at the Bologna Book Fair. Omtrent die illustreerder Fiona Moodie is in Kaapstad gebore en het haar aan die Universiteit van Kaapstad as onderwyser bekwaam, waarna sy na Europa is om klasse by te woon aan die École Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs in Parys. Haar lewenslange droom om kinderboeke te skryf en illustreer is bewaarheid deur ’n toevallige ontmoeting met ’n Australiese illustreerder wat haar aangeraai het om met ’n portefeulje van haar werk na die kinderboekebeurs in Bologna te gaan. ’n Susksesvolle loopbaan as illustreerder en skrywer het gevolg, onder meer danksy saamwerk met, en dophou van, die talle kunstenaars en illustreerders met wie sy in Bologna kennis gemaak het, asook danksy die Tsjeggiese filmanimeerder en illustreerder Stephan Zavrel. Fynbosfeetjies is die dertiende kinderboek wat sy illustreer sedert Bohem Press in Zürich haar eerste prenteboek, Benjamin Rocking Horse, in 1979 uitgegee het. Op vyf na het sy die tekste vir al haar boeke geskryf. Haar prenteboeke het in talle lande verskyn, onder meer in China, Denemarke, the Faroe-eilande, Frankryk, Nederland, Italië, Japan, Noorweë, Suid-Korea, Spanje, die Verenigde Koninkryk en die Verenigde State, en natuurlik ook hier – en in baie tale. In 1996 is Nabulela, haar agste boek, in sewe Suid-Afrikaanse tale gepubliseer: Afrikaans, Engels, Sepedi, Sesotho, Setswana, isiXhosa en isiZulu. Fiona se illustrasies is in belangrike uitstalruimtes vertoon. In 2000 is sy met die SAPPI-prys bekroon vir Atlantis Rises. Fiona Moodie het wyd gereis en in verskillende Europese lande gewoon vóór sy en haar man en tweelingdogters in 1992 teruggekeer en hulle in Kaapstad gevestig het. home   writers   books   contact   buy   rights all content © Umuzi, Random House Struik this website designed and maintained by Guanaco.co.za