Sally Pomme Clayton

The Phoenix of Persia

Illustrator: Sharif, Amin Hassanzadeh

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Produktbeschreibung

Sally Pomme Clayton is a pioneering storyteller and writer. As a storyteller she loves to bring fairytales, fragments of forgotten myths, folktales and epics to new life. She has published more than ten children¿s books, most recently The King with Dirty feet (Otter- Barry Books 2018). Find out more at: www.sallypommeclayton.com Amin Hassanzadeh Sharif was born in Tehran in 1979 and is an award-winning illustrator whose work has been published worldwide. To illustrate The Phoenix of Persia , Amin has used his distinctive sgraffito technique (from the Italian word sgraffire which means ¿to scratch¿), which involves scratching through a layer of still-wet paint to reveal what¿s underneath.

Produktdetails

• One Story, Many Voices
• Verlag: Tiny Owl Publishing Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 32
• Altersempfehlung: 5 bis 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. März 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 282mm x 248mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 320g
• ISBN-13: 9781910328439
• ISBN-10: 191032843X
• Artikelnr.: 56527945

Autorenporträt

Sally Pomme Clayton is a pioneering storyteller and writer, who has published more than 10 children's books. As author of The Phoenix of Persia, she has a long connection with the Iranian epic Shahnameh, haven written resource material about Shahnameh and storytelling in Iran for The British Library. She wrote the text 'Prince Zal and the Simorgh' based on Shahnameh for composer David Bruce and The London Philharmonic Orchestra (2012), which she performed with the orchestra at The Royal Festival Hall as well as delivering workshops for schools. Amin Hassanzadeh Sharif was born in Tehran in 1979 and is an award-winning illustrator whose work has been published worldwide. Amin will illustrate The Phoenix of Persia using his distinctive 'sgraffito' technique (from the Italian word sgraffire which means "to scratch"). His workshops with children explore this technique which involves scratching through a layer of still-wet paint to reveal what's underneath. His work is influenced by centuries of artistic representations of Ferdowsi's epic Shahnameh, from exquisitely detailed Persian miniatures to contemporary illustrations. He currently resides in California.