Jeet Zdung author page

Jeet Zdung biography

Jeet Zdung is the pen name of Vietnamese illustrator and comic creator Nguyễn Tiến Dũng. He was born in 1988 in Đà Nẵng and raised in Hà Nội. He works in comics, graphic novels and picture books.

His style is described as a fusion of traditional Vietnamese art and manga, using pencils, ink, watercolours and digital techniques. Zdung illustrated the graphic novel Saving Sorya: Chang and the Sun Bear by Trang Nguyen, published by Kingfisher, an imprint of Macmillan.

In 2023, Zdung won the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration for his work on Saving Sorya. His manga “Stand Up and Fly” received a Silent Manga Audition Excellence Award.

Zdung’s illustrations often depict wildlife, nature, folk arts and children’s adventures. He adapts his drawing style to the content, working in realistic, cartoon, manga and folk-influenced modes from both Vietnamese and Japanese traditions.

Saving Sorya: Chang and the Sun Bear won the 2023 Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration.