Mrinal Mitra

Mrinal Mitra was born, raised, and had the education in India. Mitra has earned a number of prestigious awards, both Indian and International, and received honors for his outstanding illustrations. Some of his recognitions include: The Noma Concours Award, Japan (twice), Illustrators Award, and Children’s Choice Award, India, and honors from German Television “Transtel”, Honorary Certificate from Czech Republic, and UNICEF, New York. Many of his talented artworks have been exhibited in several different countries such as; India, Japan, Italy, Czech Republic, and New Zealand. Mitra has designed and illustrated many trade and educational children’s books for both Indian publishers as well as multinational Book Publishers around the globe. Some of his publishers include: Children's Book Trust and National Book Trust, India; Oxford and Cambridge University Press, UK; World Book Inc., and Simon and Schuster, USA; Asian Cultural Centre for UNESCO, Japan; Wendy Pye Publishing Ltd., New Zealand, and McGraw-Hill, Australia.

Currently residing in Canada, Mitra now works on a variety of traditional and digital art.

Email: mitra_mrinal@hotmail.com

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