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Shaun Tan
Sign in to saveAustralian illustrator, writer, and animated filmmaker (born 1974)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 66
Top works
- Tales from Outer Suburbia
- Ein neues Land
- The Lost Thing
- Eric
- Small Things
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Film & TV
Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
Shaun Tan grew up in Perth and works as an artist, writer and film-maker in Melbourne. He is best known for illustrated books that deal with social and historical subjects through dream-like imagery, widely translated throughout the world and enjoyed by readers of all ages. Shaun is the recipient of an Academy Award for the short animated film The Lost Thing, the prestigious Astrid Lindgren…
Known for
- Graphic Novels! Melbourne!2012
- 15 — Shaun2003
- '15' — Shaun Tan2002
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1952-02-19
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 3
- Total plays
- 4
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Tan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Australia
- Place of birth
- Fremantle
- Occupation
- filmmaker
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- young adult literature
- Official website
- www.shauntan.net
- Image
- Shaun Tan 2011-05-22 002 (cropped).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1974-01-15
- Commons category
- Shaun Tan
- name in native language
- Shaun Tan
- influenced by
- Samuel Youd
- has works in the collection
- Nationalmuseum
- start of work period
- 1995-01-01
- end of work period
- 2011-01-01
- ethnic group
- Chinese Australians
Sources (14)
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