Ivan Canu

Profile

Born in Alghero, graduated in Modern Literature – history of theatre in Florence. For 8 years I worked as critic, graphic designer and illustrator for the magazine Hystrio. From 1997 to 2005 I cured the Prize’s imagine of the International Balzan Foundation. Since 2009 I’m one of founders and the manager director of Mimaster Illustrazione, Milan, Italy; since 2017 I cure the program of The Illustrators Survival Corner for the Bologna Children’s Book Fair; since 2018 for the China Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair; since 2019 for the Moscow International Children’s Book Fair. With Giacomo Benelli, I’m the author of the Illustrated Survival Guides series, published by Corraini (The Illustrators Survival Guide, 2 editions 2018-2019, The Illustrated Survival Guide – editors & publishers, 2020, The Illustrated Survival Guide – translators, 2020)