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Priya Kuriyan | |
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| Alma mater | National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad (2004) |
| Occupations | Comic book writer, illustrator, animation filmmaker |
| Awards | Big Little Book Award (2019) |
Priya Kuriyan is an Indian comic book writer, illustrator and animation filmmaker,[1][2] based in Bengaluru, Karnataka.[2][3]
Education
[edit]Kuriyan graduated from the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, in 2004.
Career
[edit]She began her career as an illustrator for Tulika Books.[1][4] Since then, she has been the illustrator for over 100 books and collaborated with a number of writers including Ruskin Bond, Manu S. Pillai, Natasha Sharma, Meera Nair, Jerry Pinto and Radhika Chadha.[4][5] She has also collaborated with the author Devapriya Roy for the graphic novel Indira (2018), based on the life of the former prime minister Indira Gandhi.[6][7]
As an animation filmmaker, Kuriyan directed educational animation films for the Children's Film Society, India, and episodes for the Indian edition of Sesame Street (Galli Galli Sim Sim).[8]
She is the author of the comic book Ammachi's Glass,[4] and the author of the children's picture book adaptation of Perumal Murugan's novel Poonachi.[9][10]
Awards
[edit]Kuriyan was the recipient of the Big Little Book Award at the Mumbai Literature Festival in 2019.[5][11]
Books
[edit]- Drawing the Line: Indian Women Fight Back (co-editor with Larissa Bertonasco and Ludmilla Bartscht, 2015). Zubaan Books. ISBN 978-0-99-405071-7.
- Ammachi's Glasses (2017). Tulika Books. ISBN 978-93-5046-908-8.
- Poonachi: Lost in the Forest (2020). Red Panda Westland. ISBN 978-9-38-964831-7.
References
[edit]- 1 2 George, Liza (14 July 2016). "Art of the imagination". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- 1 2 Chakrabarti, Paromita (17 November 2019). "More than words: Priya Kuriyan's illustrations capture the world of everyday quirks". The Indian Express. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ↑ "Our masked identities: Cartoons of India's new normal". BBC News. 31 May 2020.
- 1 2 3 Ray Chaudhuri, Zinnia (12 August 2017). "Priya Kuriyan's new book tells the story of an adorable, eccentric grandmother – without any words". Scroll.in. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- 1 2 Datta, Sravasti (17 December 2019). "More should be spent on children's writing, feels illustrator Priya Kuriyan". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ↑ Kirpal, Neha (19 June 2019). "These 4 women graphic novelists have an agenda: Humanism and equality". CNBC TV18. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ↑ George, Liza (7 August 2019). "Children's book illustrator Priya Kuriyan on sketching facts". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ↑ Roy, Devapriya (10 June 2017). "Ten fabulously illustrated books for young readers that adults will enjoy just as much". Scroll.in. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ↑ Venugopal, Nikhita (24 August 2020). "Perumal Murugan and illustrator Priya Kuriyan on children's adaptation of 'Poonachi'". The News Minute. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ↑ Ghoshal, Somak (6 September 2020). "Perumal Murugan's 'Poonachi' returns through Priya Kuriyan's art". Livemint. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ↑ "Big Little Book Awards 2019: Priya Kuriyan wins best illustrator, Prabhat bags prize for best children's literature in Hindi". Firstpost. 20 November 2019.
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| National | |
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- Living people
- Indian comics writers
- Indian women comics writers
- Indian illustrators
- Indian women illustrators
- 21st-century Indian illustrators
- Indian women filmmakers
- Indian animators
- Indian women animators
- Indian children's book illustrators
- Indian women children's book illustrators
- National Institute of Design alumni
- Women artists from Karnataka
- Artists from Bengaluru