CAN GÖKNİL
Can Göknil studied arts and painting in New York and started publishing in 1974. She has more than fifty illustrated children's books published in Turkey. She was nominated for 2010 Hans Christian Andersen Awards as well as 2015 ALMA and won prizes at Jenny Smelik Kiggenprijs (Netherlands, 1988), The Golden Baloon Award (New York, 1989), Golden Aesop Grand Prix (1999 Gabrovo Biennale). Her books were already published in English, French, Italian, Hungarian, German, Dutch, Papiamento, Arabic and Turkish.