Stian Hole
About Stian Hole
Stian Hole (born 1969) is a Norwegian illustrator, graphic designer and picturebook-maker. He has a master degree in visual communication from The National School of Arts and Design in Oslo. Hole has made numerous book covers and pickturebooks. His books are published in more than 25 countries. Garmann´s Summer (2006) received the Brage Prize, Bologna Ragazzi Award, and the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis. Stian Hole currently works and resides in Oslo. Among his most recent work for children is a triology made in cooperation with the Danish writer Kim Fupz Aakeson. The last book of the trilogy, Eventyr (2022), will be published in Italian (Questa Mia Nonna) in the spring of 2026. This will be Hole´s third book published in Italian. The illustration technique can be described as seamless, digital montages. The visual expression is often surreal and fairytale-like.
Awards and Nominations
2016 Illustration Award for Children’s and Young Adult Books (awarded by GEP/ Gemeinschaftswerk der evangelischen Publizistik, Germany) for Morkels alfabet
2015 Catholic Children’s and Young Adult Book Award for Annas Himmel (Germany)
2015 Ministry of Culture’s award for best picture book for Morkels alfabet
2014 Silver Pencel (Zilveren Griffel) for Garmanns gate (The Netherlands)
2014 The Most Beautiful Books of the Year (awarded by Grafill) – Silver for Nattevakt
2012 Italian Premio Andersen for Garmanns sommer (Italy)
2010 German Youth Literature Prize (Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis) for Garmanns sommer (Germany)
2010 The Brage Prize for Garmanns hemmelighet
2009 Notable Children’s Books – Best children’s book of the year for Garmanns sommer (awarded by Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)) (USA)
2009 Ezra Jack Keats New Author Award (New York) for Garmanns sommer
2009 The Book Art Prize (awarded by Grafill)
2009 Nordic Children’s Book Prize for Garmanns gate (awarded by Nordic School Librarians’ Association)
2008 Prix Sorcière – Book of the Year for Garmanns sommer (France)
2007 The Ministry of Culture’s Picture Book Award for Garmanns sommer
2007 The Most Beautiful Books of the Year (awarded by Grafill) for Garmanns sommer
2007 Bologna Ragazzi Award for Garmanns sommer (Italy)
2006 The Most Beautiful Picture Book of the Year (awarded by Grafill) for Den gamle mannen og hvalen
2006 The Brage Prize for Garmann sommer
2006 Ministry of Culture’s award for Best Picture Book for Garmanns sommer
2005 The Ministry of Culture’s Debutant Award for Den gamle mannen og hvalen