peoplepill id: ian-krykorka
IK
Canada
3 views today
3 views this week
Ian Krykorka
Canadian writer

Ian Krykorka

The basics

Quick Facts

Intro
Canadian writer
Places
Work field
Gender
Male
Age
50 years
The details (from wikipedia)

Biography

Ian Krykorka (born 1975) is a Canadian children's author, based in Toronto, Ontario.

Books published so far include Silver Moon: Stories from Antonín Dvořák’s Most Enchanting Operas (Fitzhenry and Whiteside, 2004), based on Rusalka, The King and Charcoal Burner & The Devil and Kate, Rusalka Lyrical Fairy-Tale Opera First Performed in Prague 1901 (2005) and Carl the Christmas Carp a holiday story set in Prague. (Orca Book Publishers, 2006).

Previously, he compiled a two-volume guide to the Canadian children's literature industry, The Storymakers. Volume One, Illustrating Children's Books: 72 Artists and Illustrators Talk About Their Work, was published in 1999. This was followed in 2000 with Writing Children's Books: 83 Authors Talk About Their Work.

Personal Life and Career

Krykorka was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to children's book illustrator Vladyana Krykorka. He graduated from the University of Toronto in 1999 with a BA in English and Philosophy and obtained his MA in 2002.

In 2006 he won the Municipal Chapter of Toronto IODE award for Carl the Christmas Carp. The Edmonton Journal described Christmas Carp as, "Boldly illustrated and matter-of-factly told... (a story that,) cuts through all the treacle that tends to infect the holiday season.

Reviews

Education Book Reviews reviews Storymakers
Canadian Materials reviews Silver Moon
Canadian Materials reviews Carl the Christmas Carp (Sept. 15, 2006)
childrenslit.com reviews Carl the Christmas Carp
Access my Library reviews Carl the Christmas Carp (Oct., 2006)
Quill and Quire reviews Carl the Christmas Carp (Nov., 2006)

The contents of this page are sourced from Wikipedia article. The contents are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
Lists
Ian Krykorka is in following lists
comments so far.
Comments
From our partners
Sponsored
Ian Krykorka
arrow-left arrow-right instagram whatsapp myspace quora soundcloud spotify tumblr vk website youtube pandora tunein iheart itunes