# Biennial of Illustration Bratislava

The Biennial of Illustration Bratislava (BIB) is one of the oldest international honours for children's book illustrators. First granted in 1967 to Yasuo Segawa (Japan), it is one of the more prestigious children's book awards today, along with the Hans Christian Andersen Award. Artists are selected by an international jury, and their original artwork is exhibited in Bratislava, Slovakia. From the very beginning BIB has been held under the auspices of UNESCO and the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), and with the support of the Ministry of Culture, Slovakia. There are twelve awards, including a grand prize for unique and outstanding illustration:
* 1 Grand Prix
* 5 Golden Apples
* 5 Plaques
* 1 Honorary Mention Certificate to Publisher
In 1987 BIBIANA – International House of Art for Children was founded as a "cultural institution with international activity". BIBIANA now also organizes Biennial of Animation Bratislava (BAB).

## List of Grand Prix winners

Winning illustrations can be seen at BIBIANA web site.
| Year | Winner | Country |
| 1967 | Yasuo Segawa | Japan |
| 1969 | Eva Bednářová | Czechoslovakia |
| 1971 | Andrzej Strumiłło [pl] | Poland |
| 1973 | Lieselotte Schwarz | Germany |
| 1975 | Nikolaj Popov | Soviet Union |
| 1977 | Ulf Löfgren | Sweden |
| 1979 | Klaus Ensikat [de] | GDR |
| 1981 | Roald Als | Denmark |
| 1983 | Dušan Kállay | Czechoslovakia |
| 1985 | Frédéric Clément | France |
| 1987 | Hannu Taina | Finland |
| 1989 | Marian Murawski | Poland |
| 1991 | Stasys Eidrigevicius | Poland |
| 1993 | Lorenzo Mattotti | Italy |
| 1995 | John Rowe | UK |
| 1997 | Martin Jarrie | France |
| 1999 | Etsuko Nakatuji | Japan |
| 2001 | Eric Battut | France |
| 2003 | Iku Dekune | Japan |
| 2005 | Ali Reza Goldouzian | Iran |
| 2007 | Einar Turkowski | Germany |
| 2009 | Josep Antoni Tássies Penella | Spain |
| 2011 | Eunyoung Cho | South Korea |
| 2013 | Evelyne Laube, Nina Wehrle | Switzerland |
| 2015 | Laura Carlin | UK |
| 2017 | Ludwig Volbeda | Netherlands |
| 2019 | Hassan Moosavi | Iran |
| 2021 | Elena Odriozola | Spain |

## List of Golden Apple Prix winners

| Year | Winner | Country |
| 1981 | Boris Diodorov | Soviet Union |
| 2003 | Isol Misenta | Argentina |
| 2003 | Michael Dudok De Wit | Netherlands |
| 2003 | Victoria Fomina | Russia |
| 2003 | Armin Greder | Switzerland |
| 2003 | Chiara Carrer | Italy |
| 2005 | Lilian Broegger | Denmark |
| 2005 | Byoung – Ho Han | South Korea |
| 2005 | Luboslav Palo | Slovakia |
| 2005 | Pawel Pawlak | Poland |
| 2005 | Sara | France |
| 2009 | Pavel Tatarnikov | Belarus |
| 2009 | František Skála | Czech Republic |
| 2009 | Piet Grobler | South Africa |
| 2009 | Martina Matlovicova-Kralova | Slovakia |
| 2009 | Boris Zabirochin | Russia |
| 2013 | Yu Rong | China |
| 2013 | Nobuhiko Haijima | Japan |
| 2013 | Chiki Kikuchi | Japan |
| 2013 | In-Kyung Noh | South Korea |
| 2013 | Irma Bastida Herrera | Mexico |
| 2015 | Elena Odriozola | Spain |
| 2015 | Mirocomachiko | Japan |
| 2015 | Javier Zabala | Spain |
| 2015 | Ronald Curchod | Switzerland |
| 2015 | Bingchun Huang (Mi He) | China |
| 2017 | Daniela Olejníková | Slovakia |
| 2017 | Narges Mohammadi | Iran |
| 2017 | Ji-Min Kim | South Korea |
| 2017 | Anna Desnickaja | Russia |
| 2017 | Maki Arai | Japan |
| 2019 | Chengliang Zhu | China |
| 2019 | Soojung Myung | South Korea |
| 2019 | Wen Dee Tan | Malaysia |
| 2019 | Anton Lomaev | Russia |
| 2019 | Jānis Blanks | Latvia |
| 2021 | Myung Ae Lee | South Korea |
| 2021 | Amanda Mijangos, Armando Fonseca, Juan Palomino | Mexico |
| 2021 | Sylvie Bello | France |
| 2021 | Anna Kendel, Varvara Kendel | Russia |
| 2021 | Chao Zhang | China |