About Roger Mello
Born 1965. Roger Mello is a Brazilian writer, illustrator, picture book writer and playwright.
Roger Mello (born 20 November 1965) is a Brazilian children's book illustrator. He was the first illustrator from Latin America to win the Hans Christian Andersen Award, which he did in 2010.
Honours and awards 2002 Espace-Enfants 2002 Prêmio Jabuti 2014 Hans Christian Andersen Award
Publications (with Daniel Hahn) Charcoal Boys (Elsewhere Editions, 2019) (with Daniel Hahn) You can't be too careful! (Elsewhere Editions, 2017) (with Cao Wenxuan, tr. Chloe Garcia Roberts) Feather (Archipelago Books, 2017) Meninos do mangue (Companhia das Letrinhas, 2012)
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Who is Roger Mello?
Brazilian writer
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Roger Mello was born on 20 November 1965 in Brasília.
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Roger Mello is a writer, illustrator, picture book writer and playwright.
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Roger Mello is Brazilian.
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