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December 11: Today in the History of Children’s Books

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⚰️ December 11, 2022 — Passed away: Wolf Erbruch

Ger­man illus­tra­tor and writerWolf ErbruchWolf Erl­bruch (1948–2022) has passed away. He is wide­ly rec­og­nized as…The most orig­i­nal and philo­soph­i­cal­ly pro­found of our timeOne of the pic­ture book artists whose style often com­bines col­lage, paint­ing, and unique lines.

  • High­est Hon­or: He is a rare tal­ent in the world of chil­dren’s lit­er­a­ture.Dou­ble award win­ner:
    • 2006 Award­edHans Chris­t­ian Ander­sen Award (HCAA) for Illus­tra­tionGold Award.
    • 2017 Award­edLind­gren Memo­r­i­al Award (ALMA).
  • con­tribute: His works broke the bound­aries of tra­di­tion­al chil­dren’s books and dared to explore…Death, the mean­ing of lifeSeri­ous top­ics (such as…)Who pooped on my head?》《When a duck meets death》《I am an itchy bear).

| Death Wolf Erl­bruch | Wolf Erl­bruch (Wikipedia) |

🎂 Born: December 11, 1951 Pam Muñoz Ryan

Amer­i­can writ­ersPam Muñoz Ryan(Pam Muñoz Ryan) was born. She is known for her cre­ative work.A blend of diverse cul­tur­al back­grounds, his­to­ry, and mag­i­cal real­ismHe is known for his chil­dren’s nov­els.

  • Impor­tant works and achieve­ments:
    • New­bery Hon­or: Her workecho-Echo(Pub­lished in 2015) won the award 2016 New­bery Sil­ver Medal.
    • Life­time Achieve­ment: She 2024 Award­edChil­dren’s Lit­er­a­ture Lega­cy Award (CLLA)This was to rec­og­nize his sig­nif­i­cant con­tri­bu­tions to Amer­i­can chil­dren’s lit­er­a­ture.
    • Rep­re­sen­ta­tive works: 《Chil­dren who chase their dreams-The Dream­er“Neru­da’s Child­hood” is a well-received fic­tion­al biog­ra­phy about the child­hood of Chilean poet Pablo Neru­da.

| born Pam Muñoz Ryan | Pam Muñoz Ryan (Wikipedia) |

🎂 December 11, 1898 – Birth: Fritz Mulenvik

Ger­man painter and writerFritz Mulen­vik(Fritz Müh­len­weg, 1898–1961) is born.

  • Impor­tant works and con­tri­bu­tions:
    • His rep­re­sen­ta­tive work is the young adult adven­ture nov­el “A secret mis­sion in the Gobi Desert-In geheimer Mis­sion durch die Wüste GobiPub­lished in 1950.
  • Influ­ence: This work is based on the author’sPar­tic­i­pat­ed in Sven Hed­in’s Cen­tral Asian expe­di­tion in the 1920sBased on true events, the book tells the sto­ry of two boys’ adven­tur­ous jour­ney through Mon­go­lia and Chi­na. The book is char­ac­ter­ized by…Grand nar­ra­tive and real­is­tic geo­graph­i­cal and cul­tur­al descrip­tionsIt was spe­cial­ly rec­om­mend­ed by “1001 Chil­dren’s Books”.

| born Fritz Müh­len­weg | Fritz Müh­len­weg (Wikipedia) |

🎂 December 11, 1928 – Birth: Peter Fulmin

British artist and pup­peteerPeter Ful­minPeter Firmin (1928–2018) was born.

  • Impor­tant works and con­tri­bu­tions:
    • He is from a famous chil­dren’s tele­vi­sion pro­gram pro­duc­tion com­pa­ny Small­films One of the co-founders (the oth­er is Oliv­er Post­gate).
    • He was forLoco­mo­tive Iver: The First Sto­ry-Ivor the Engine: The First Sto­ryHe illus­trat­ed clas­sic works such as [list of works], cre­at­ing a unique visu­al style. This work is includ­ed in “1001 Chil­dren’s Books”.

| born | Peter Firmin | Peter Firmin (Wikipedia) |

🎂 December 11, 1914 – Birth: Maya Karma

Finnish illus­tra­tor and authorMaya Kar­maMai­ja Kar­ma (born Ann-Maj Kaa­ri­na Gustafson, 1914–1999) was born. Fin­land’s most impor­tant chil­dren’s book illus­tra­tor of the 20th cen­tu­ryone.

  • Impor­tant works and con­tri­bu­tions: Kar­ma’s illus­tra­tion style is based onSoft, poet­ic and del­i­cate ani­mal imagesShe is well-known for her works and is loved by chil­dren in Fin­land and North­ern Europe. She has cre­at­ed illus­tra­tions for many chil­dren’s books by Finnish authors, and her works often focus onSmall ani­mals in natureAnd warm every­day scenes.
  • Inter­na­tion­al recog­ni­tion: She Lea Pen­na­nen The bookLit­tle Hedge­hog-Pikku siili) won the Hon­or­able Men­tion Award, Bratisla­va Inter­na­tion­al Illus­tra­tion Bien­nale (BIB), 1981(Hon­orary Men­tion).

| born Mai­ja Kar­ma | Mai­ja Kar­ma (Finnish Wikipedia) |

⚰️ December 11, 1929 – Died: George Percy Jacob Hood

British illus­tra­torGeorge Per­cy Jacob HoodGeorge Per­cy Jacomb Hood (1857–1929) died.

  • Impor­tant works and con­tri­bu­tions:
    • He once had withWal­ter Crane(Wal­ter Crane) col­lab­o­ra­tion, forOscar WildeThe clas­sic col­lec­tion of fairy talesThe Hap­py Prince-The Hap­py Prince(Illus­trat­ed in the first edi­tion of 1888).
  • Influ­ence: The illus­tra­tions in this work are con­sid­ered mas­ter­pieces of Vic­to­ri­an-era chil­dren’s book illus­tra­tion and have been spe­cial­ly rec­om­mend­ed by “1001 Chil­dren’s Books”.

| Death | George Per­cy Jacomb Hood | George Per­cy Jacomb-Hood (Wikipedia) |

🎂 December 11, 1925 – Birth: Stanislav Kolibar

Czech artist, sculp­tor and illus­tra­torStanislav KolibarStanislav Kolíbal was born. He was an impor­tant fig­ure in Czech con­cep­tu­al art.

  • Impor­tant works and con­tri­bu­tions: In addi­tion to his achieve­ments in sculp­ture and archi­tec­ture, he has also made sig­nif­i­cant con­tri­bu­tions to chil­dren’s book illus­tra­tion.
  • Inter­na­tion­al Hon­ors: He 1989 With the work “Sil­ver Nuts: Slo­va­kian folk rhymes, count­ing songs, songs, games and fairy tales-Stříbrné oříšky) wonMedal Award at the Bratisla­va Inter­na­tion­al Bien­ni­al of Illus­tra­tion (BIB)(BIB Plaque).

| born Stanislav Kolíbal | Stanislav Kolíbal (Czech Wikipedia) |

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