刘旦宅是浙江温州市人，原名小粟，生于1931年，从幼小便好涂抹，他的入门之道则是师法自然。后将所绘的民间传说故事，所见飞禽走兽和花卉等七十多幅作品，在温州举办了“十令童刘小粟画展”，有“神童”称誉。50年代初定居上海，从事书籍插图工作，同时对中国传统绘画挥写不辍，不久得转任专业画师，绘写益勤，画艺精进。近年曾在日本及香港举行画展，评价甚高。五十年代他就有不少连环画问世，创作的《屈原》曾荣获首届全国连环画绘画评奖二等奖，此外他还绘画了《雌雄剑》、《王冕》（合作）、《木兰从军》，《史湘云》（合作）、《李时珍》、《破釜沉舟》、《杜甫》等连环画。

　　Liu Danzhai (Born 1931)
　　Born in Wenzhou of Zhejiang province in 1931, Liu Danzhai held his solo art exhibition when he was merely 10 years old. The exhibition included 70 paintings of folk stories, birds, animals and flowers. It was quite impressive and the community hailed him as child prodigy. In 1951, he worked in a publication house and concentrated on illustrations, caricatures and traditional Chinese paintings. He studied old masters works from Song, Ming and Qing dynasties. He has travelled with Lu Yanshao (1909-1993) and learned poems and calligraphy as advised by Lu. Liu specialized in figure, horse, flowers and birds as subject matters. He had been Professor of Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai Chinese Painting Academy Painter and member of Chinese Artists' Association.