Jiri Tibor Novak (27 works by) (a.k.a. Tibor )
Born: Established: 2 Aug 1947 Prague ;
Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 1970
Heritage: Czech
Reference to 'Why Did the Chicken?' from LibAust record. I made the assumption that Novak is the illustrator (we have no sighters where it is held, and it doesn't appear in any of the soruces where his work is listed). PK 23/10/06. ADFA Personality files checked 23/10/06 PK.

BiographyHistory

Jiri Novak, a speaker of Czech, worked for some time as a freelance illustrator and designer. He has been a member of the Fellowship of Australian Writers (FAW) and in 1982 his story, Fish and Bird, was runner up in the UNESCO Noma Concours prize and was exhibited in the Biennale in Bratislavia. He has illustrated works for other authors including, One Big Yo to Go (Melbourne, Oxford University Press, 1980), Christopher (Airey's Inlet Vic., Swamp, 1987) and The Pig Farmer (Airey's Inlet Vic., Swamp, 1988). He also wrote a children's activity book You Can Make Mobiles (1996) and illustrated Why Did the Chicken? : A Collection of Crazy Jokes (compiled by Allan Cornwell, 1999).

Awards for Works

Blotsville , 2002 children's fiction single work Old Mrs. Abigail Chattery stood at her farm gate and stared at the new houses from the estate spilling over the hill. 'Blots on the landscape, all of you!' she shouted. 'BLOTS!' Other citizens of Blotsville are also becoming increasingly uneasy. What is their slipper Mayor, H.P. Burpwistle, up to in the name of 'progress'? An unlikely group forms. Mrs. Chattery and old Mr. Blunt, their two wily pet birds Galahad and Sulf, young Max and Pippi Bitzer and their parents (who own the pet shop), band together and mount an eccentric campaign to show that true progress is measured by people's happiness.(Libraries Australia record).
2003 winner The Wilderness Society Environment Award for Children's Literature Fiction
Inigo, the Adventures of a Saint , 1991 children's fiction single work
1991 joint winner Australian Christian Book of the Year Awards — Children's Christian Book of the Year
Fish and Bird , 1981 picture book single work
1982 runner-up International Awards — UNESCO Noma Concours Prize
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