Utopía / Utopia

In 1516 Erasmus of Rotterdam published a work by his friend Thomas More. It was a scathing portrait of Renaissance Europe, accompanied, by contrast, by a description of an ideal place: Utopia, a remote island in the New World governed with moderation and where all the inhabitants lived in harmony. What the English humanist conceived as an “ entertaining little book” and fantasy, however, ended up far surpassing its narrative framework. That critique of the established social order became a masterpiece of thought that transcended time and frontiers to the point of giving rise to a new term: our “ utopia” .

Ximo Abadia ha publicado más de 20 álbumes ilustrados en todo el mundo. En 2011 fue seleccionado para el premio autor revelación en el Salón del Comic de Barcelona. En 2012, fue finalista del premio internacional FNAC-Sin Sentido por la Puerta Amarilla y en el INJUVE en la categoría de novela gráfica. En 2017 y 2021 sus ilustraciones fueron seleccionadas para la Mostra de Ilustradores de la Feria del Libro Infantil de Bolonia. En 2019 es seleccionado por el New York Times entre los 10 mejores libros del año. Ha ganado dos premios White Ravens de la Internationale Jugendbibliothek.

Ximo Abadia has published more than 20 illustrated albums around the world. In 2011 he was selected for the revelation author award at the Barcelona Comic Fair. In 2012, he was a finalist for the international FNAC-Sin Sentido award for the Puerta Amarilla and at the INJUVE in the graphic novel category. In 2017 and 2021 his illustrations were selected for the Illustrators Show of the Bologna Children's Book Fair. In 2019 he was selected by the New York Times among the 10 best books of the year. He has won two White Ravens awards from the Internationale Jugendbibliothek.