Writer Lee Su-ji of the picture book 'Summer is Coming' has been awarded the Andersen Prize, the Nobel Prize in children's literature.
At the opening press conference of the International Children's Book Fair in Bologna, Italy, the International Association for Children's Books announced that this author was selected as the winner of the Illustrator category.
This is the first time a Korean artist has received this award.
The Andersen Prize, the most prestigious award in children's literature, judges all works an author has created so far.
The artist's representative works include 'Let's Play in the Waves' and 'The Zoo'.