Yassen Grigorov lives in Sofia, where he works as an illustrator, painter, and filmmaker. He graduated from the National Academy of Art in Sofia, the École supérieure d’Arts Appliqués in Geneva, L’École européenne supérieure de l’image in Angouleme, France, and the National Academy of Theatre and Film Art, Sofia, where he studied cinema and television directing. He is a feature film director with experience in documentary and television. As an illustrator, Grigorov has published over 60 books for various publishing houses. They have brought him international recognition and awards, and have been translated into French, Spanish, and Korean. Among them are How Many Strawberries Grow by the Sea, 2016, and Les Angesgardiens (Joie de lire, 2001). Grigorov was awarded a Special Diploma from the Bologna Ragazzi Children’s Book Festival, 2002, and he is a winner of the French Prix Octogones for children’s literature, 2004, as well as of the Award of the Union of Bulgarian Film Critics, 2011. His book If I Were a Colour (Tochitsa, 2021) was included in the White Ravens catalogue, 2022.
If I Were a Colour
Author: Yassen Grigorov
Illustrator: Yassen Grigorov
Year of publication: 2021
Publisher: Tochitsa
Number of pages: 40
Format: 120 х 220, hard cover
Age: 3+
ISBN: 9786197172317
What would you be if you were something red? Or yellow? Or blue?
This book is an invitation for a game - a game where you can let your imagination roam the world and be part of it. To imagine yourself as a cloud, a house, a warm coat. As a wall on which somebody is pasting a poster for a concert. A game where you can let your imagination transform you - but always keep a way to return to your original self.
The book is part of the White Ravens catalogue of the Munich library.
Yassen Grigorov
If I Were a Colour
