{{short description|Brazilian children's book illustrator (born 1965)}}
thumb|right|200px|Roger Mello at the Gothenburg Book Fair 2014 '''Roger Mello''' (born 20 November 1965) is a Brazilian children's book illustrator. He was the first illustrator from Latin America to win the Hans Christian Andersen Award, which he did in 2010.<ref>Roger Mello, Brazilian Illustrator and Winner of the 2014 Hans Christian Andersen Award, Literary Vittles, 13.4.2014</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Christensen |first1=Samantha |title=Roger Mello: Brazil ⋆ Illustrator |journal=Bookbird |date=2014 |volume=52 |issue=2 |pages=11 |id={{Project MUSE|539725}} |doi=10.1353/bkb.2014.0043 |s2cid=143929153 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ibby.org/awards-activities/awards/hans-christian-andersen-awards/single/?L=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=41&cHash=54c6f6f52288b4d76ac9a7156bb3cdfb |title=Roger Mello - Finalist: IBBY official website |website=www.ibby.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190128030355/http://www.ibby.org/awards-activities/awards/hans-christian-andersen-awards/single/?L=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=41&cHash=54c6f6f52288b4d76ac9a7156bb3cdfb |archive-date=2019-01-28}}</ref>
== Honours and awards == * 2002 Espace-Enfants<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bokmassan.se/sv/nyheter/roger-mello/ |title=Roger Mello — Bok & Bibliotek |website=www.bokmassan.se |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140922214040/http://www.bokmassan.se/sv/nyheter/roger-mello/ |archive-date=22 September 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> * 2002 Prêmio Jabuti<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bokmassan.se/sv/nyheter/roger-mello/ |title=Roger Mello — Bok & Bibliotek |website=www.bokmassan.se |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140922214040/http://www.bokmassan.se/sv/nyheter/roger-mello/ |archive-date=22 September 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> * 2014 Hans Christian Andersen Award<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bokmassan.se/sv/nyheter/roger-mello/ |title=Roger Mello — Bok & Bibliotek |website=www.bokmassan.se |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140922214040/http://www.bokmassan.se/sv/nyheter/roger-mello/ |archive-date=22 September 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Publications == * (with Daniel Hahn) ''Charcoal Boys'' (Elsewhere Editions, 2019) * (with Daniel Hahn) ''You can't be too careful!'' (Elsewhere Editions, 2017) * (with Cao Wenxuan, tr. Chloe Garcia Roberts) ''Feather'' (Archipelago Books, 2017) * ''Meninos do mangue'' (Companhia das Letrinhas, 2012)
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===External links=== * [https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3AMello%2C+Roger%2C&qt=hot_authorRoger Mello] on WorldCat {{Hans Christian Andersen Medal}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mello, Roger}} Category:1965 births Category:Living people Category:Brazilian children's book illustrators Category:Chen Bochui Children's Literature Award winners Category:Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration winners Category:Prêmio Jabuti winners