Rūta Briede (1984) is an illustrator, author, cartoonist, scenographer, lecturer in illustration at the Art Academy of Latvia and the art editor with the publishing house “Liels un Mazs”. She is known as the author of the concept and horned doodle logo of the popular series of a hundred and one Latvian children’s poems Bikibuks (Bicki-buck books, Liels un Mazs, 2012-2017). Briede’s comics have appeared in local magazines Kuš! and Š!, and abroad in Crachoir, FinEst, Naturegraffix, she has participated in L’Europe se dessine at the Angoulême Comics Festival.
www.rutabriede.lv
2017, The International Jānis Baltvilks Prize in Children’s Literature and Book Art in category “Young Growth” for the debut as the author and illustrator for Kaiju karalienes noslēpums [The queen of seagulls]
2015, The Golden Apple-tree National Book Art Contest prize for Andris Freibergs [Andris Freibergs] by Margarita Zieda
2013, The special prize of the jury of the International Jānis Baltvilks Prize in Children’s Literature and Book Art for the design of Bicki-buck books
2009, The Golden Apple-tree National Book Art Contest prize for Latviešu zvēri [Latvian animals] by Inese Zandere and Mārtiņš Grauds
Illustrations (Books to fall for)
The Queen of Seagulls
The Queen of Seagulls (Kaiju karalienes noslēpums)
Renata lives in a city where seagulls disturb the quiet life she longs for. To ruin the life of these birds she hates, she picks up a gull’s food in the yard and eats it for lunch. She spends mornings writing complaint letters to the city council, but never receives any answer. And then a new neighbour with a fondness for seagulls arrives in Renata’s difficult life. Why does she have to suffer so much? The truth is found on a rocky island, far out in the open sea, where the sun never sets.
Contacts: pasts@lielsmazs.lv, www.lielsmazs.lv
Title
:The Queen of Seagulls
Title*
:Kaiju karalienes noslēpums
Authors
:Illustrators
:Genre
:Childrens-book
Publisher
:Rīga, Liels un mazs
Pages
:44
Year
:2017
Foreign rights
:Sold to United Kingdom
Illustrations (Translations)
Queen of Seagulls
Queen of Seagulls (Kaiju karalienes noslēpums)
Title
: Queen of SeagullsTitle*
: Kaiju karalienes noslēpumsAuthors
:Translated by
:Genre
:Children`s Book
Language
:English
Pages
:22
Year
:2018
Copyrights
:The author; the translator;
Synopsis
:Renata seems like an ordinary angry neighbour. Bet there are things that she has forgotten about herself. What are the seagulls trying to tell her? Will Renata ever remeber who she really is? This is a story about seagulls, magic and true love.
Le mystère de la reine des mouettes
Le mystère de la reine des mouettes (Kaiju karalienes noslēpums)
Title
: Le mystère de la reine des mouettesTitle*
: Kaiju karalienes noslēpumsAuthors
:Translated by
:Genre
:Children`s Book
Language
:French
Pages
:40
Year
:2020
Synopsis
:Renata seems like an ordinary angry neighbour. Bet there are things that she has forgotten about herself. What are the seagulls trying to tell her? Will Renata ever remember who she really is? This is a story about seagulls, magic and true love.
Das Geheimnis der Mövenkönigin
Das Geheimnis der Mövenkönigin (Kaiju karalienes noslēpums)
Title
: Das Geheimnis der MövenköniginTitle*
: Kaiju karalienes noslēpumsAuthors
:Translated by
:Genre
:Children`s Book
Language
:German
Pages
:44
Year
:2021
Synopsis
:Renata seems like an ordinary angry neighbour. Bet there are things that she has forgotten about herself. What are the seagulls trying to tell her? Will Renata ever remember who she really is? This is a story about seagulls, magic and true love.
A ra¡ña das gaivotas
A ra¡ña das gaivotas (Kaiju karalienes noslēpums)
Title
: A ra¡ña das gaivotasTitle*
: Kaiju karalienes noslēpumsAuthors
:Genre
:Children`s Book
Language
:Galician
Pages
:44
Year
:2022
Copyrights
:the author
Synopsis
:Renata lives in a city where seagulls disturb the quiet life she longs for. And then a new neighbour with a fondness for seagulls arrives in Renata’s difficult life. The truth is found on a rocky island, far out in the open sea, where the sun never sets.
