# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mitsumasa-anno
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:54:33.090Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mitsumasa-anno"
name: "Mitsumasa Anno"
slug: "mitsumasa-anno"
description: "Mitsumasa Anno  was a Japanese illustrator and writer of children's books, known best for picture books with few or no words. He received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1984 for his \"lasting contribution to children's literature.\""
tagline: "Japanese painter and picture book writer (1926–2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anno_Mitsumasa.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1926-03-20"
deathDate: "2020-12-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.14
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.05058533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/4231769"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anno_Mitsumasa"
    title: "Anno Mitsumasa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsumasa_Anno"
    title: "Mitsumasa Anno"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsumasa_Anno"
    title: "Mitsumasa Anno"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsumasa_Anno"
    title: "Mitsumasa Anno"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsumasa_Anno"
    title: "Mitsumasa Anno"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsumasa_Anno"
    title: "Mitsumasa Anno"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anno_Micumasza"
    title: "Anno Micumasza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsumasa_Anno"
    title: "Mitsumasa Anno"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AE%89%E9%87%8E%E5%85%89%E9%9B%85"
    title: "安野光雅"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsumasa_Anno"
    title: "Mitsumasa Anno"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsumasa_Anno"
    title: "Mitsumasa Anno"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AE%89%E9%87%8E%E5%85%89%E9%9B%85"
    title: "安野光雅"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q979208"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump