Cristiana Radu is utterly obsessed with drawing, lives in Bucharest, and is a free-lance illustrator. She fell in love with drawing as a way of translating and understanding the world since she was little and has been using it since as a communication tool and a way of urging stories into being.
AWARDS
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Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 2019
She was nominated to Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, currently the world’s largest award for children’s and young adult literature. The Romanian nominees for 2019 are: Silviu Băiaș, Andrea Kürti, Cristiana Radu.
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World Illustration Award 2017
She was shortlisted in the World Illustration Awards 2017 in the children’s book category.
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White Raven Books Selection:
2017 – Why do Witches fly on brooms? (and other 10 fantastical questions), by Adina Rosetti, Curtea Veche Publishing House, 2016
2016 – Wordless Ela, by Victoria Pătrașcu, Cartea Copiilor Publishing House, 2015
2015 – Miss Day-After-Tomorrow and the Game of Time by Adina Rosetti, Curtea Veche, 2014
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The Most Beautiful Romanian Children’s Book of the Year Prize
in the Romanian National Contest of Book Design “The Most Beautiful Books of Romania”:
2016 – Why do Witches fly on Brooms by Adina Rosetti, Curtea Veche Publishing House, 2016
2014 – Miss Day-After-Tomorrow and the Game of Time by Adina Rosetti, Curtea Veche Publishing House, 2014
2013 – Journey through Herbs and Light by Iulia Iordan, Cartea Copiilor, 2012
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The Best Romanian Children’s Book of the Year Award
in the Ready to Print Gala:
2015 – Miss Day-After-Tomorrow and the Game of Time by Adina Rosetti, Curtea Veche, 2014