Oliver Jeffers (the Illustrators)

 
　　奧利佛．傑法（Oliver Jeffers）是當代圖書界的當紅之星，以活力和好奇心開展出非凡的創作生涯。現年僅四十多歲，他已出版了多部廣受歡迎的作品，身兼插畫家、繪本及圖文創作者的角色，代表作包括《蠟筆大罷工》（The Day the Crayons Quit）、《如何摘星星》（How to Catch a Star）和《歡迎來到這個美麗的星球》（Here We Are）。本書將介紹他的生活與創作歷程，勾勒出他對環境的熱情、對人類面臨的重大挑戰的探索，以及這些對他的創意及思想所產生的深遠影響。
 
　　奧利佛．傑法的擁有出色的創作成就：他曾獲得美國《紐約時報》最佳兒童繪本、英國雀巢兒童書獎金獎、英國藍彼得年度童書獎等，並於2022年獲頒大英帝國員佐勳章（MBE），以表彰他對藝術的貢獻。更重要的是，他持續挑戰圖畫書的形式與內容的既有限制，嘗試藝術創作的不同突破。他的作品已被翻譯成多種語言，並改編為其他媒體形式，包括長篇動畫電影，如《遠在天邊》（Lost and Found）、《Here We Are: 歡迎來到這個美麗的星球》。　

A phenomenon of twenty-first-century bookmaking, Oliver Jeffers’s energy and curiosity has driven an extraordinary career that shows no sign of slowing. Only in his forties, he has published an array of hugely popular books, both as illustrator and author-illustrator, including How to Catch a Star and Begin Again. This overview of his life and work so far will chart his passion for the environment and his quest to understand humanity’s major challenges, and the impact this has had on his creative and intellectual output.

The list of Jeffers’s accomplishments is long and glittering: he has been granted numerous one-man shows both in the United Kingdom and the United States and was appointed an MBE in 2022 for services to the arts. Most importantly, however, he has tirelessly pushed the boundaries of what a picturebook can be, both in terms of structure and content. His regular exploration of existential issues, both through illustration and other media, such as site-specific installation, has exerted a major influence on the practice of authorial picturebook-making. His works have been translated into multiple languages and into other media, including full-length animated films, such as Lost and Found.